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#1227240 03/27/05 06:46 AM
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I went out to the yard today to pull the Mystique's new windshield. After about 45 minutes of making up new cuss words, I said [censored] it and called the glass shop.

Since I was there, and I came to buy something, I wandered. I was looking for LED third brake lamp assemblies, mainly for case mods to the `puter. I found a Seville that would have been a good donor for my new taillights, if it had its LED assembly still intact.

Anyway, while wandering, I found a fairly new 300M. I looked inside and noticed it had an overhead compass and an automatic mirror. I snagged the both of them ($4) and headed home. I dug around on the 300M Enthusiasts Forum for awhile and found my wiring diagram for the mirror (3 wires). Then I found that the overhead compass wasnt a compass at all. It is a little computer that displays all sorts of fun info. Tire pressures, distance to empty, temperature, etc. Since there is no way in hell I want to rip into my car's harness that much, I headed to ebay to see if they are sold at all. They are. I believe that I have the earlier model, but there is one up there with a final price of $30. If its the later model, there is one for $150.

My new $4 mirror is so cool.


· Jon Miconi · Coming Soon! · 01 Cougar · 98 V70R
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you and your @#(*#$%#($%^)*#$)%!)@#$%*!@#$%&!@{$(^% cheap junk yards!!!


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I bought a supercharger on ebay that the guy miss spelled "supercharger" in the search engine. Well I got it for $375.oo. This was when I planned on going supercharged until I read about the shafts and all breaking. SO, I put up some good pics and sold it on ebay for $814.oo ! I was so pumped, I got a lot of stuff for my car and payed my Credit Card down. Ebay can be fun, type in simple miss spellings and you will be surprised what you may find. -B.


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#1227243 03/29/05 02:11 AM
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Originally posted by ExDelayed:
My new $4 mirror is so cool.




Its installed. I put it in last night and had to suffer with it not being powered. After I got home from school today, I wired it up. I still need to connect the backup light feed (I still need to fix my backup lights too) but for now, it works and I am happy.


· Jon Miconi · Coming Soon! · 01 Cougar · 98 V70R
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Did you tear into your ECM wiring to hook it up?

BTW, what are you studying?


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Originally posted by Derk2000:
Did you tear into your ECM wiring to hook it up?

BTW, what are you studying?




Nope. It has three wires. Ignition power, ground and backup signal. I grounded it to one of the screws for the dome light and tied the power into the guages on the a-pillar. I didnt connect the reverse feed for now and dont know if I will.

Generals for now, but archetectural arts or mechanical engineering are my goals.


· Jon Miconi · Coming Soon! · 01 Cougar · 98 V70R
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So you're selling the "compass" and kept the mirror?
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I swear I can read.


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Originally posted by Derk2000:
So you're selling the "compass" and kept the mirror?
<---------- Me
I swear I can read.




Exactly.


· Jon Miconi · Coming Soon! · 01 Cougar · 98 V70R
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Fhew. I'm glad it only took me reading your post 3 times and about 3 posts...

Skool = sucks my brain power


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Originally posted by ExDelayed:

My new $4 mirror is so cool.




Thats awesome; I wish I could find deals like that.

Hell, all of the junkyards up here, that I know of, don't even allow you to pick parts yourself anymore.


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