L322 Retrofit Powerfold Mirrors

Hi guys, I have had my 54 plate SE 4.4 V8 a few years now and it is time to start messing about with her a bit !

Is it possible to exchange my non folding mirrors for powerfold ones ? I have a set of folding mirrors that I have reconned (re-blacked, painted and new motors and cogs etc) I was wondering more about the electrical side. Will I need a new loom ? Will I need to activate anything in the settings of the vehicle ?

Many thanks

Has it got the fold button next to the mirror control if it has time to get the door card off and check out the connectors I think.

No, there is no switch on my mirror control as my car did not come fitted with folding mirrors, this is all retrofitting.

I assumed I would need the switch pack with the fold button, sounds like a job for fleabay !

In the mean time I have the electrical diagrams from RAVE, just don't know how to go about the electrical side of the job. I would be happy to have them fold off the locking, without the switch if that was necessary.

Looks like the door cards are coming off today !

You might be lucky in that the wiring loom already has the connections just need to change the window switch pack to get the fold button but (always a but) the car might need telling its got fold mirrors now.

Hi all, I know its been a huge amount of time but I have success !!!

It seems that all the wiring etc is in place for the folding wing mirrors and also the BCU accepts them !

I have folding mirrors ! All working, they dip on reverse they fold correctly and the electrochromic glass works, huge result all round !

To get the folding mirrors working actually took very little work.
1. I bought a pair of folding mirrors from Gumtree for £40. Cheap because the folding motors had gone slack and were flapping around.
2. I bought a door control switch pack from Fleabay for £60. The cheapest I could find, mostly around the £90 price.
3. I bought 2 motor repair kit from Fleabay at £30 each. The ones for an X5 are exactly the same as the Range Rover ones. I bought full kits as I did not know what parts I would need, but you could save a good amount of money by taking the mirrors apart first and only buying the bits you need.
4. I went the whole hog when I removed the mirrors and took the bases off and had them powder coated as they had started to corrode. If anyone needs their bases recoated give me a shout, I have a spare set and get new ones done quite quickly for £40.
5. Turns out the hardest part is removing the door card !
6. The motor kit was a bit fiddly but not too bad, there are some good YouTube vids of how to fit them.
7. Stripping down and reassembly, including fitting the motor kits only took a day. I also took the opportunity to thoroughly clean inside the mirrors and reblack all the plastic covers. Although I did have to wait 3 days for my bases to be powder coated.
8. All in all quite simple, quite quick and only cost £200.

Below I've attached a couple of before and after photos

Credit to you for coming back with an update and getting them to work, it might be 2 years later but at least now I can sleep at night and not lay there wondering if @Misterpants1975 did any good lol !