outside Temperature by any chance?

Prime

Shut up Baby, I know it!
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Denver Adjacent
There is an OE setup that can give you outside temp and compass. It was an option for the Titan and Pathy. Hopefully someone has the p/n. But it wasn't factory available on the X
 

Brunnie

Bumpers Installed
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Colorado Springs
It wasn't all that hard once I figured out that I needed an input from a "speedometer". So then it was find a schematic for an oscillator, parts to build it, and then wire it up.

If I had to do it again, I'd either find a model railroad light flasher such as this one:
Basic LED Flasher and try to make it work.
Or I'd find a 1KHz oscillator kit online and use that.

Cutting the headliner and making it fit was also an adventure, as once you start cutting.... you're committed to making it work so bench test it thoroughly before installing it. I cut a piece of heavy weight cardboard as a template and once that fitted properly used it to mark the headliner.
 

Muadeeb

Nissan al Gaib
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Location
Dallas
An oscillator isn't that hard. 555 timer, couple resistors and caps and done. Or you could go the fun way with a couple transistors and resistors. Did that several years ago to add red blinking eyes to a white mini pumpkin.
 

outback97

Wheeling
Supporting Member
Location
SLC, Utah
My '09 has a Gentex Model 50-GENK50 mirror with compass and outside temp. It was installed by the previous owner and was a popular mod back in the day... not sure how available these still are or if there's a newer alternative but I really like mine.
 

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Brunnie

Bumpers Installed
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Location
Colorado Springs
My '09 has a Gentex Model 50-GENK50 mirror with compass and outside temp. It was installed by the previous owner and was a popular mod back in the day... not sure how available these still are or if there's a newer alternative but I really like mine.
Depends on where you are. As long as there are Saturn Vues in the salvage yards..... you've got a Temp/Compass source.
 

kareem600

Test Drive
My '09 has a Gentex Model 50-GENK50 mirror with compass and outside temp. It was installed by the previous owner and was a popular mod back in the day... not sure how available these still are or if there's a newer alternative but I really like mine.
have seen couple of those in Xs videos and was wondering if they were OEM for other regions. but you cleared it now! thanks. let me see if i can find any .
 

XterraRising

Bumpers Installed
Location
Utah
My 2015 P4X has temp/compass/anti-dazzling features in the mirror. Looks OEM to me. My X was/is pretty bone stock. Could have been a dealer installed option though. We used to hang crap on vehicles to make them sell when I worked for a stealership.
 
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XterraRising

Bumpers Installed
Location
Utah
Well, I was curious. So I found this in the owner’s manual.

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And here’s the electrical schematic. You can see wiring going out to the ambient temp sensor, which I think is in front of the radiator. The compass and auto dimming are internal to the mirror itself, so it gets the signal from the sensor to display outside temp.

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