I will try to take some pictures of the inside of the car with the trim pieces taken off so you can see where you need to elongate the top hole and how I had to drill the trim caps for the control rod to fit through.
Also, the B12 sedan does already have a hole cut through the door itself for the control rod, but i am not so sure about a place to run the wiring if you were to try to install power mirrors. I'll look at it and snap a picture of that too. I am just happy to have the remote mirrors and to just have mirrors that stay in one place. The stock mirrors seem to have a chronic tendency to move.
What I did was trim off the alignment tit on the conector and persuaded it down by the very corner ( front of door inbetween the mounting area for the mirror and the inner door) it was a tight fit but made it. Also I replaced the harness in the doors the pulsar and sentra ones are different. I just went and looked to remind myself I got the wires for the front speakers as well and rewired those so the pulsar connectors would work. I think it took about 3 hours to do it. Well worth it.
What you will need
2 power mirrors from a 87-90 pulsar
2 remote adjustable mirrors ( I think I have seen then on reg sentras but I know the B12 S/C's will work will not work with B11 adjustable mirrors I checked)
1 the harness for the doors to include the front speaker wiring and mirror wiring only cut the speaker wires as close to the sterio as possable
1 the switch to control the mirrors
4 Butt connetors
Electrical tape and Zip ties are a big help
I have never seen power mirrors in and Sentra or Pulsar though I will look for these. In a junkyard I do recall seeing a little switch in a Pulsar that indicated it could have been a 4-way directional switch like what would be used to control a mirror and it had another switch below it seemingly to be a left-center-right toggle type OEM looking switch. Could I have seen power mirrors and not known it? I might have to peep into getting a set of these.
As for adding sport coupe mirrors to sedans type B12, the upper hole will have to be opened up more to allow it to work. I liked the bigger mirror look so this is why I got them, though I had a tweeter in the inner area where the mirror adjustable lever would be so I trimmed it all the way down to the meat so I could use the big mirror and keep my tweets.
I will look into a set though, thanks for the insight folks.
Let me find out. . . I saw it though you know it was not like a Maxima so I did not readily identify it as being what I saw, I just though it was some switch because I KNEW power mirrors AIN'T COME IN THESE CARS other than a Max or a Z. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/222930 Hmmmmmmm??? Page #2 I think is where the P/M switch goes in a B12? I think? Page #4 shows the tweet.
But you are wrong many nissans in the late 80's had power mirrors just not their entry level car (sentra) my 89 240 had them almost all KN13 pulsars have them ( I have yet to see one without). Those pics look nothing like my 87 sport coupe but the area that looks like a blank for the power mirrors, on mine is a pocket and it is too big to fit the switch but yours may be different.
I put the S/C mirrors on this past weekend. On the driver's side, I had to elongate all 3 holes. On the passenger side, it fit fine, except the top screw won't go, no biggie IMO. There's a little tab attached with a tin screw on the S/C mirrors you have to remove, again NBD.
EDIT: When you drill your little covers, make the hole MUCH bigger than enough to get the lever through. Otherwise, you won't be able to adjust the mirrors, look at the covers off a sport coupe, the holes are huge, and for good reason.
My mom thought they made the car look newer and more expensive. Personally, aside from elimanting the problems of the "flag" mirrors (how they get moved around, you have to open the window to adjust, etc.), you also get a wider field of vision.
My only thing is that the mirrors overhang a bit (like 1/8th of an inch maybe?) over the triangle part of the door where you mount them. I'm not terribly concerned, as you can only see it from the inside, but I'm going to figure out how to "fix" it. Still, its a great mod, and it looks factory, not silly like those eBay "M3" mirrors. Gives the Sentra a "sportier" look (go figure huh?).
I had the same little fitment issues as you, but not nearly as bad. Ditto on drilling the control holes out a little bigger, as you need the stock covers from you old mirrors. I went one step further, stop by your local fabric place or whatever, pick up a 25 cent sheet of black felt, cut 2 circles about 1 1/2 inches round out of it. Cut a small slot in the middle, slide them over the mirror control rods, and put your covers back on. Gives a nice finished look and covers up anything you might see beyond the hole that you drilled.
It is a nice swap just take your time if you are into wiring like me then it will be a blast if wiring frustrates you take a few breaks to keep your cool.
Ps feel free to ask any questions you may have
o im into it... somewhat fluent in nissan wiring as of late. after my tach cluster swap, ya. u gotta be one with the FSM. i'll hit u up for advice if i get confused with the mirrors. i'll take what this thread's got thus far, then just wing it like i always do.
well i went to the yard again, and someone had taken the passenger door of the pulsar i had seen. that didnt stop me. i pulled the entire wiring harness, and just as mille-16i said, its seperate from the rest of the wiring loom. i got the driver's mirror as well.
i just got the mirror hooked up! runs like a champ.
btw u gotta rout out the switch blank for the pw... best done with a dremel. for wiring u gotta hook up to a ground at the fuse panel. for power i chose the A/C fuse, as A/C isnt installed on my car.
im gonna get the other mirror shipped to me, along with some NX SE swaybars.
I was thrilled to see that the harness pulled out from the rest so nicely Also grab the door wiring harness it will make your job easier and you will only have to rewire your front speakers that is if you are using the stock wiring harness for them cause the Pulsar plug is different then the Sentras. Well glad to hear that others are doing this, I have only had one problem with mine and it was a pinched wire so route wisely.
i routed the wiring well, after wrapping everything factory-style w/electrical tape. just waiting for the passenger mirror...
i didnt use the existing factory speaker connectors. i just wired the mirrors stand-alone, using the connectors from the donor car. its a challenge getting the loom from the door jamb thru to the doors, but its done. looks like it never happened.
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