What did you do with your Range Rover today

Anybody any idea what could cause this? went out this morning and the door mirror is weird. Dark outer edge with a clear spot in the centre like a strange movie image.
It wasnt especially cold last night and the other mirror is fine.

Gunnerhavesome said:

Anybody any idea what could cause this? went out this morning and the door mirror is weird. Dark outer edge with a clear spot in the centre like a strange movie image.
It wasnt especially cold last night and the other mirror is fine.
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Think it's broked

kermit_rr said:

Think it's broked

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Yep it's gone. If that's an auto dimming mirror then yeah, time to buy a new one.

Gunnerhavesome said:

Anybody any idea what could cause this? went out this morning and the door mirror is weird. Dark outer edge with a clear spot in the centre like a strange movie image.
It wasnt especially cold last night and the other mirror is fine.
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Better start saving up for a new one

backinblack said:

Better start saving up for a new one

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Bugger,

Gunnerhavesome said:

Bugger,

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Do you really need auto dimming? Can you not just fit a replacement heated glass?

Its been so long ever being out at night in it I forget if it has auto dimming, so guess it has and as so accurately put its Broked. Thanks guys for the info.

kermit_rr said:

Think it's broked

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Or its the spirit of Christmas come to haunt you and make you change your ways

Mine supposed to be heated, doesn't work though, new ones are eggspensive!! My other car has them, it's a genius feature really. They just need to invent an auto dimming windscreen to filter out HIDs

Both mine have been replaced with tinted glass instead of the auto dimming ones

i know this might be classed as swearing on here but have a look at the british parts web site based in stevenage for new glass

Gunnerhavesome said:

Anybody any idea what could cause this? went out this morning and the door mirror is weird. Dark outer edge with a clear spot in the centre like a strange movie image.
It wasnt especially cold last night and the other mirror is fine.
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Age. There's a very recent discussion , somewhere, on it. New replacements start around £300 on the L322, not sure about P38. You might be lucky and get a new, old , part.

badfluffy said:

i know this might be classed as swearing on here but have a look at the british parts web site based in stevenage for new glass

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Interesting, it only shows electrochromatic mirror for LH side and no mention of heated, I think I'd be ringing them up to confirm as that seems very cheap to me.

backinblack said:

Interesting, it only shows electrochromatic mirror for LH side and no mention of heated, I think I'd be ringing them up to confirm as that seems very cheap to me.

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best of luck talking sense to them over the phone ( i did say it was swearing) as their local to me i always find it easier to pop in and explain to the old guy rather than talk to the young lad

Thanks guys. I think i'll have a look next time i'm in the UK as it's just taken 4 weeks to get some other parts shipped out here. Never used to be that bad in the past, since the Russians took over everything has to go via Moscow and sit on somebody's shelf for days on end and after all it is still working as a mirror just has a weird look.

Are they auto dipping too when you select reverse?? A Vogue SE feature i think as well as electric headrests. I bought a new heated glass for my old Westminster and it only cost me i think £20 off ebay delivered and it was brandnew in the box.

Yes they auto dip and memory function on p38. You don’t have to have all the heated dimming etc just normal glass and usually new plastic spacer. Still expensive though
The cheap plastic ring things are waste of time.

Enthusiastman said:

Are they auto dipping too when you select reverse?? A Vogue SE feature i think as well as electric headrests. I bought a new heated glass for my old Westminster and it only cost me i think £20 off ebay delivered and it was brandnew in the box.

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The auto dip comes with electric seats. Cars with manually adjusted seats don't have the auto dip function, strangely.

My DSE started life with manually adjusted seats, no auto dip. A few years ago, I happened upon a set of electric seats still with the original grey Connoly on them and so I grabbed them. Installed into my DSE- the harness is all there so it was a true plug and play and..... Presto! Auto dip!

Only mine would auto dip and not auto come back when you disengage reverse, something to do with the position potentiometers in the mirrors I'm told, so I disabled it. Ignition on, put car in reverse, hold down "Seat Memory" button on your driver's seat until the car beeps. The mirrors have enough viewing angle that I've not missed the auto dip and in fact find it quite annoying in that it'll show me the nearside rear wheel, allright.... but I lose sight of the rear bumper! I'd rather have the mirror permanently fixed in a position showing the end of the car and enough of the tarmac that I know I'm not rolling over somebody's baby, which is quite easy given aforesaid wide viewing angle.

That electrochromatic liquid is quite corrosive on plastic if it leaks out, ask me how I know

backinblack said:

That electrochromatic liquid is quite corrosive on plastic if it leaks out, ask me how I know

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How do you know. LOL. We need a laugh.