I started this endeavor at least a year ago, and have been planning on it for some time before that. My biggest hurdle was finding mirror glass that wasn’t already adhered to the black plastic frame with the black goop. Once I found that, I was on the way.
This mod isn’t, however, for the feint of heart. You need to REALLY want heated mirrors to go through this. Its not really complicated, but it involved much more work than I had initially anticipated. My main feeling at the completion of this is, I REALLY wish Honda would have just included friggin heated mirrors to start with :twisted:
So, onto the info...
First the parts. Mirror glass (glass only, no black plastic frame or goop) from Amazon:
Manufacturer: Fit System
Model Number: 90157 (Passenger Side)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KSE0YI/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details
Manufacturer: Fit System
Model Number: 99157 (Driver's Side)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KSCF2M/ref=oh_o03_s00_i01_details
Cost was $17 for both.
I had bought replacement mirrors from Honda, and they came in the black plastic frame. I tried removing one, with a heat gun and some patience, and I broke the glass. Then I didn’t do anything with it for months, until I found the Amazon mirrors. HOWEVER, when I was removing the unbroken Honda mirrors from the plastic frame, I laid it on the heater vent on the floor for a while, then I was able to pry it out of the frame by hand without breaking the glass :roll: Oh well.
Here is the Honda mirror removed from the frame. Unbroken.
But I didn’t feel like messing with the black goop on the back of the mirror, so I used the Amazon mirrors anyway. So I now had two empty black frames (the one with the broken mirror, I just pulled the glass out with the plastic scraper).
Here are the grip heaters I used:
Motorcycle grip heaters use two different heaters, one for the clutch side and one for the throttle side. The throttle tube is plastic and the clutch side is just the steel handlebar, so the clutch side provides more heat (because you lose some to conduction). On my bike, I use the throttle heater on both sides (for good reasons, a separate story), so I kept the two clutch heaters for the mirrors. I would recommend to just buy snowmobile grip heaters, which are both the same. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Parts-Grip-Heater-SM-12474/dp/B003CKI4FI/ref=sr_1_4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1324261912&sr=1-4
Here are my heaters:
First step was to stick the heaters to the back of the mirrors. I put the glass in the plastic frame and marked the glass where the heater should go...then took the glass out and stuck the heater on (it has an adhesive back):
Then put the double sided foam tape on the plastic frame (this came with the mirror glass):
Then stuck the mirror in the frame:
Completed mirror (with a view of my pot rack):
After repeating for the other mirror, it was time to start on the car.
This mod isn’t, however, for the feint of heart. You need to REALLY want heated mirrors to go through this. Its not really complicated, but it involved much more work than I had initially anticipated. My main feeling at the completion of this is, I REALLY wish Honda would have just included friggin heated mirrors to start with :twisted:
So, onto the info...
First the parts. Mirror glass (glass only, no black plastic frame or goop) from Amazon:
Manufacturer: Fit System
Model Number: 90157 (Passenger Side)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KSE0YI/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details
Manufacturer: Fit System
Model Number: 99157 (Driver's Side)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KSCF2M/ref=oh_o03_s00_i01_details
Cost was $17 for both.

I had bought replacement mirrors from Honda, and they came in the black plastic frame. I tried removing one, with a heat gun and some patience, and I broke the glass. Then I didn’t do anything with it for months, until I found the Amazon mirrors. HOWEVER, when I was removing the unbroken Honda mirrors from the plastic frame, I laid it on the heater vent on the floor for a while, then I was able to pry it out of the frame by hand without breaking the glass :roll: Oh well.

Here is the Honda mirror removed from the frame. Unbroken.
But I didn’t feel like messing with the black goop on the back of the mirror, so I used the Amazon mirrors anyway. So I now had two empty black frames (the one with the broken mirror, I just pulled the glass out with the plastic scraper).
Here are the grip heaters I used:
Motorcycle grip heaters use two different heaters, one for the clutch side and one for the throttle side. The throttle tube is plastic and the clutch side is just the steel handlebar, so the clutch side provides more heat (because you lose some to conduction). On my bike, I use the throttle heater on both sides (for good reasons, a separate story), so I kept the two clutch heaters for the mirrors. I would recommend to just buy snowmobile grip heaters, which are both the same. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Parts-Grip-Heater-SM-12474/dp/B003CKI4FI/ref=sr_1_4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1324261912&sr=1-4
Here are my heaters:

First step was to stick the heaters to the back of the mirrors. I put the glass in the plastic frame and marked the glass where the heater should go...then took the glass out and stuck the heater on (it has an adhesive back):

Then put the double sided foam tape on the plastic frame (this came with the mirror glass):

Then stuck the mirror in the frame:

Completed mirror (with a view of my pot rack):

After repeating for the other mirror, it was time to start on the car.