A3/S3 prefacelift/facelift wing mirrors question.

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A question of fitting facelift wing mirrors, firstly, are A3 and S3 fitment the same with regards to bolting up to the door frame? I have one facelift baseplate off an A3 here, and it's slightly bigger than the prefacelift S3 items, also, in the facelift A3 looms, there's 5 pins, on my preface lift S3, there's 7 pins.

I'm basically asking, do I need facelift S3 bases to fit facelift wing mirrors or will A3 ones work?
 
Hi pal a couple of years ago some one tried sealing my wing mirrors off my facelift S3, they we're snapped off at the base left hanging by the electric wires. I replaced the base of the mirror with a facelift A3 mirror and re-fitted the aluminium covers. Not sure about the connectors though as I didn't need to change that.
 
Il have a look tomorrow mate see if I can find the wiring diagram for pre and facelift I'm sure I can do something to get them working
 
Il have a look tomorrow mate see if I can find the wiring diagram for pre and facelift I'm sure I can do something to get them working

Cheers Lee, would be nice to see what the extra two wires are for?

Hi pal a couple of years ago some one tried sealing my wing mirrors off my facelift S3, they we're snapped off at the base left hanging by the electric wires. I replaced the base of the mirror with a facelift A3 mirror and re-fitted the aluminium covers. Not sure about the connectors though as I didn't need to change that.

Interesting, so it should fit, it would be stupid of Audi to reengineer a door frame for some wing mirrors! The plate that bolts onto the door is slightly bigger, maybe it's just a modified design?
 
A3 left / S3 right

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