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Old 05-09-18, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by sheltop225
Is that the one with the white clock?
No, it's black (maybe charcoal black). Looks almost identical to the RC clock you posted, except the IS is square and the RC is more rounded.
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I actually don't like the RC clock surround at all. The grained plastic looks cheaper than the metallic-painted plastic in the IS. I wish they hadn't updated it for '17. Just my opinion of course.
Old 05-11-18, 04:08 PM
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wow i like that rc clock. looks like it should fit?

anyway seems like the IS facelift uses the RC mirror now. cool
Old 01-02-20, 04:12 PM
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Did anyone else here have this issue? The base is different between mine, so I am unable to use the covers to hide the wiring, and it looks jank even though the mirror is awesome...

top mirror is the new one 87810-0W170

bottom is the original


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Just installed the RC mirror in my car today. Makes the interior look a lot cleaner! Always hated that black border around our mirrors.
Old 01-21-20, 02:13 AM
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cool mod!

personally i can never use whatever cool features newer model mirrors have because i always slap on a Broadway Wide View Mirror:

Lexus OEM RCF Auto Dimming rear view mirror DIY-okjys3b.jpg

in the IS350, i still have to turn my head sometimes but it has come in handy in other cars


if you really hate ever turning your head, you can always up for the extreme version

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Old 03-06-20, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Edwin8484
Oops didn’t notice this. This explains it better than me lol. Thank you SpecOne
Holy thread revival Edwin does your RCF dome light stay on when you touch it? The centre light? The left and right works fine, however the main one fades off around 5 seconds. Door opened etc works fine.
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In the US market, do the homelink buttons work when the car is powered off.
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Originally Posted by Prepboy607
In the US market, do the homelink buttons work when the car is powered off.
Yeah they do
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Originally Posted by Prepboy607
In the US market, do the homelink buttons work when the car is powered off.
Unfortunately yes. Kind of an annoying safety issue. My wife’s car sits in the driveway, and sometimes she forgets to lock her car, or put up all the windows, so anyone walking by at night could easily not only have access to her car, but our entire house.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
Unfortunately yes. Kind of an annoying safety issue. My wife’s car sits in the driveway, and sometimes she forgets to lock her car, or put up all the windows, so anyone walking by at night could easily not only have access to her car, but our entire house.
Does your garage door not have a physical lock on it? Might be kind of a pain but is an option.

I'm really curious now about this. I may have to try shutting the car off with the driver's window open and see if I can reach in and press the button. But if you can open the doors it is sort of a moot point.

I believe you can set the car to automatically lock, but I don't recall how.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
Unfortunately yes. Kind of an annoying safety issue. My wife’s car sits in the driveway, and sometimes she forgets to lock her car, or put up all the windows, so anyone walking by at night could easily not only have access to her car, but our entire house.
Never even thought of this, but doesn't the car lock on it's own after a few minutes? I think after I got my COMPUSTAR remote start, the car locks on it's own. I remember there were times I forgot to lock the car and it would stay open all night. I've let the car sit a few minutes and I hear it lock on it's own, not sure though.
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
Unfortunately yes. Kind of an annoying safety issue. My wife’s car sits in the driveway, and sometimes she forgets to lock her car, or put up all the windows, so anyone walking by at night could easily not only have access to her car, but our entire house.
im thinking about at getting a 3IS and have the same concerns. A quick solution would be to remove the fuse tied to pin 6. But this may make the homelink useless among other items. Another option would be to cut the pin 6 wire and tap it into the pin 1 wire.

Pin 1 (Blue): Ignition Power
Pin 2 (Puple): Ground
Pin 3 (not on ewd?)
Pin 4 (Green): Signal for light control
Pin 5 (White): Signal for light control (both are MPX)
Pin 6 (Pink): Power

Pin 1 is fused with the 10A IG1 NO.3 fuse
Pin 6 is fused with the 10A MPX-B NO.1 fuse
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Originally Posted by Prepboy607
im thinking about at getting a 3IS and have the same concerns. A quick solution would be to remove the fuse tied to pin 6. But this may make the homelink useless among other items. Another option would be to cut the pin 6 wire and tap it into the pin 1 wire.

Pin 1 (Blue): Ignition Power
Pin 2 (Puple): Ground
Pin 3 (not on ewd?)
Pin 4 (Green): Signal for light control
Pin 5 (White): Signal for light control (both are MPX)
Pin 6 (Pink): Power

Pin 1 is fused with the 10A IG1 NO.3 fuse
Pin 6 is fused with the 10A MPX-B NO.1 fuse
I feel like it'd make way more sense to just avoid using Homelink in the first place.

But even if you have one of those remotes for opening the garage door, it would have the same problem. Those are battery-powered and work no matter what. You'd have to remember to remove it from the car.
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Originally Posted by arentz07
Does your garage door not have a physical lock on it? Might be kind of a pain but is an option.
Yes, the push button control on the wall inside the house has an electrical lockout switch, and I do use that when we go on vacation, and for a few weeks after the neighbor house was entered at night through the garage by potential thieves (scared off by the owner when he heard his garage door open, while he was in bed), but then I got lazy again and the door stays active all night.

(Neighbor’s event was not a HomeLink case, but rather his wife left her car unlocked and had a physical remote for the opener in the car.)


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