Are you sure the illumination enable does not turn off after 10-20 minutes or so? I know when you leave the trunk open, for example, eventually the trunk lights shut off.

 

to be honest with you I only tried it for a couple of minutes. I was thinking that it takes the same times as it does for the dimmers to fade out

will give it another go

 

We have a winner, 12V does shut off after 15-20min, thanks WhiteXKR

 

Excellent !!! You're welcome.

 

Everything is connected and back together. The good news is green led on the mirror works, +12v goes out in about 15 min. The bad news is shining flash light into mirror sensor does nothing. So $100 question is do I leave it alone or take it out (and risk breaking the windshield) and send out for repair. The car will be mostly driven in the summer in the daytime I am inclined to leave it alone, the **** part of me wants to send it out for repair. What do you guys think.

 

When I started this project the mirror looked perfect. After one month of use I see the dreaded separation of jel inside the mirror in half- moon shape. I can't win. Add to this that I broke one of the vents trying to take care of the squeaking noise from under the windshield. Not my day I guess.

 

It gets better, mirror leaked during the shipping (I sent it out to repair) and damaged the housing. I guess looking at the positive side it leaked outside of the car and did not destroy anything else. Anybody has old mirror you are willing to part with so I could use the housing?

 

You might want to try a breaker yard.

 

Not too many of these in NJ, I am trying to find one that is relatively close. Thanks.