Retrofit rain sensor & auto dim mirror

[LizardOfBodom]

Originally Posted by Tigrincs

Funny enough you said that. I need one of those as well. But not even sure as yet if I can! I shall figure it out soon. Is the tow bar prep present in every v50 or should I look for something specific?

Hehe, I can assure you OEM Volvo towbar IS indeed programmed into cars ECM, so requre software :P
But its easy to just put generic one, from what I heard.

[Ghost83]

What is it that whatever I wanna do on the car is either impossible or needs new SF?

Grr...

[LizardOfBodom]

Originally Posted by Tigrincs

What is it that whatever I wanna do on the car is either impossible or needs new SF?

Grr...

I keep saying, be thankful to Volvo designers that you can fill windscreen washer without hooking the car to Vida+DiCe!
could be worse!
edit - just thought of it, imagine they implemented something similar to inkjet printers where when new ink cartrige has chip that tells printer "hey, im new" and only works after pairing? Volvo could have implemented this idea in their "Volvo Genuine Windscreen washer fluid p/n 123 456 666, available at your local dealer for only 9.99 per liter " THAT would be an idea for future Volvos!!!!!

[Sysyphus]

Then there’s that yellow light, looks like a petrol pump... means “Fuel system low”: drive immediately to your Volvo dealer where a Volvo trained and certified technician can install a new genuine Volvo fuel system full of Volvo approved fuel.

[StatusRed]

Originally Posted by Tigrincs

What is it that whatever I wanna do on the car is either impossible or needs new SF?

Grr...

Hence my suggestion of just getting a car with it all there to start with.

[alexander1989]

Hi!
Did you manage to install self-dimming mirror?

[PeteTheSwede]

Originally Posted by Ghost83

Hi yous,

I am toying with the idea to retrofit a rain sensor and an auto dim mirror in my V50, 2008 2.0D R-Design and as such opening up a can worm 🐛!

Can someone shed some light as to how much could it cost? is it possible? Is it worth it?
Is there anyone out there who done this?

I just don’t wanna go and take the car apart and find that the wiring harness is not there. I would not wanna go to that distance. Just not worth the hassle IMHO!

Thanks in advance for your input
Greg

Hi,

I haven't fitted the rain sensor but I did retro fit the automatic rearview mirror no bother in my 55 plate V50 1.8.
The cables are already there and are hiding under the headlining neatly tucked away at the area of the roof control and requires no programming, as it's basically just plug and play.
There's two set of cables, a black pair and a grey pair. If I remember correctly, the cables are keyed so the one for the mirror fits the mirror.

The grey cable is most likely for the rain sensor. However, as the rain sensor cars has a bigger blacked out area on the windscreen itself, compared to non rain sensor cars, you also have to fit a new windscreen to accommodate the rain sensor.

I got a rearview mirror from eBay a couple of years ago for about £25 and it works brilliantly. The only thing is that some LED cars headlights are quite bright even when the mirror is fly dimmed so I might get some light green solar film which will make it darker at night like the old 240 cars used to have.

Hope that helped.