One of my only complaints with the RX8. I'm used to having a "flip"adjustment to the "night" position in a standard rear-view mirror. When the RX8's auto-dimming mirror is in "auto" mode it just doesn't seem to darken enough. Anyone else bothered by this?

I do like having the buttons to control your garage door opener on there though.

do you have a spoiler? I bought mine without the spoiler and had it installed later. The spoiler interefered with the auto dimmer, so I had to aim the mirror slightly higher than normal. Works fine now.

No spoiler.

My car has no auto-dimming mirror. You're so lucky. My previous BMW and Mercedes have it and I want one for my RX-8. Is your mirror wired or it's just attached to the front windshield with no wiring involved? I'm thinking about ordering it.

It has wiring.

My auto dimming mirror works great. I am so glad I don't have to flip it at night. Since I would always forget to flip it back in the morning when I am still half asleep.

Originally posted by clem
One of my only complaints with the RX8. I'm used to having a "flip"adjustment to the "night" position in a standard rear-view mirror. When the RX8's auto-dimming mirror is in "auto" mode it just doesn't seem to darken enough. Anyone else bothered by this?

I do like having the buttons to control your garage door opener on there though.

maybe yours is defective? Probably worth having looked at...mine gets pretty dang dark. A very dark green.

you sure yours is on? mine is really dark. there should be a green light on the mirror when it is on.

My spoiler also got in the way just raise the mirror a few notches and your good to go

Maybe I'm being too nit-picky. My wife insists that it works fine. I DO like how it works in twilight situations where the normal night mirror setting would be too dark. I just find myself instinctively reaching up to "flip" it when some yahoo has his high-beams on in back of me, only to realize that it's already as dark as it's going to get.

Oh well, it's just a small issue and overall I'm really enjoying the car!

where can i buy the auto-dimming mirror?
My RX8 doesnt have it

It's with the GT package when you bought the car.

here in Greecev we dont have this GT Package :(

it is called the Sport Package here in FL. I liked it for the first three days i had the car......now it never kicks on at all....might be due to the 5% limo tint on the rear window though ;-)


just add tint and your problems are solved. i am wishing i could turn it off and KEEP it off...it comes back on everytime you restart the car!

Mine doesn't seem to get very dark, either. I see a minor difference between it and the side-view mirror. I wish mine got darker too (and no, I don't have a spoiler).

If the standard mirror mounts the same as the autodimming one, I'd swap for the manual style. Send me a picture of your manual mirror mounting if you're interested in a straight swap!

what does the dimming function do anyways?

i don't have a rx8 but then alot of cars i've driven has the dimming function, just that I never use it because I use those wide view mirror attachments

mine works great also im loving my 8

Originally posted by weiweiwei
what does the dimming function do anyways?

There is a sensor that, when activated, automatically darkens the rear-view mirror when it senses bright light, for instance when the person behind you is using their high-beams. The concept is cool, I just wish it would darken a little more when it's active.

I love my auto-diming mirror. Mine goes exactly the correct darkness and I do not have the spoiler. I find that the colour of the dim is slightly green.