This write-up was more of an after thought... so bare with me.
Supplies:
20-22 awg wire
Heat shrink tubing
96-97 Accord Vanity Mirror (has light)
So first off, you'll want to pick up the vanity mirror preferably from a junkyard or online. If pulling from a junkyard, cut the wire connectors/wiring for the mirror and buy them too. Tap into the passenger vanity mirror wire on the passenger side of the car... its red with a black stripe. Run that over to the drivers side and out the hole for the driver's visor. Take your original visor and remove it from the car... 2 bolts. Take it inside the house/garage wherever it's cool and remove the plastic cover where the light "should" be.
Then remove the screw. Once the screw is out, slide the mirror assembly to the left and remove.
Get your wire and run it from the upper left to the center of the visor.
Solder your connection and protect with the heat shrink tubing.
Slide the new mirror into place the opposite of how you removed it and replace the screw.
Take it back to the car and finish your connectors and reinstall the visor. You're done. Any q's.. feel free to ask.
also... you're probably wondering why i didn't just swap the entire visor from the 96-97 models... and i didn't do that because i had a hard time finding a used one in pristine condition like the original from my 92. Not to mention the 96-76 interior colors are slightly off, and you'd probably want to replace both visors to get them to match. It's easier the way i did it IMO.
sean
Supplies:
20-22 awg wire
Heat shrink tubing
96-97 Accord Vanity Mirror (has light)
So first off, you'll want to pick up the vanity mirror preferably from a junkyard or online. If pulling from a junkyard, cut the wire connectors/wiring for the mirror and buy them too. Tap into the passenger vanity mirror wire on the passenger side of the car... its red with a black stripe. Run that over to the drivers side and out the hole for the driver's visor. Take your original visor and remove it from the car... 2 bolts. Take it inside the house/garage wherever it's cool and remove the plastic cover where the light "should" be.
Then remove the screw. Once the screw is out, slide the mirror assembly to the left and remove.
Get your wire and run it from the upper left to the center of the visor.
Solder your connection and protect with the heat shrink tubing.
Slide the new mirror into place the opposite of how you removed it and replace the screw.
Take it back to the car and finish your connectors and reinstall the visor. You're done. Any q's.. feel free to ask.
also... you're probably wondering why i didn't just swap the entire visor from the 96-97 models... and i didn't do that because i had a hard time finding a used one in pristine condition like the original from my 92. Not to mention the 96-76 interior colors are slightly off, and you'd probably want to replace both visors to get them to match. It's easier the way i did it IMO.
sean
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