1986 T25 Door mirrors

Post by **whitley** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:04

The standard door mirrors on my T25 are naff. Any ideas how I can change/modify. Passenger mirror doesn't twist in enough to see down side of van when parking.

Post by **kevtherev** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:08

It should be able to fold flat to the van

take it off and see if it needs some grease?

Post by **whitley** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:11

That's interesting. have stripped cleaned and sprayed. beginning to wonder if there original now?

Post by **kevtherev** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:18

is it like this

[img:200:149]http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/a5/b0/ee58_1.JPG[/img]

and that is the correct way it's fitted

Post by **whitley** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:23

Yup, that's them and fitted that way. Strange. They just don't fold in enough??

Post by **whitley** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:31

Just went out in rain to have a look. Not like mine after all. Mine are horizontal mirrors not vertical as in picture. probably not original then

Post by **kevtherev** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:32

might be fitted wrongly swap them back and try again

Post by **bigherb** » 01 Jun 2008, 20:59

The nearside mirror should have a convex glass which gives a wider angle of view. Most replacements are flat glass unless you buy from VW.

Post by **sezicoolcat** » 01 Jun 2008, 22:51

My mirrors didn't fold flat - wouldn't budge at all.
Found from ermie571 that there is a nut and bolt underneath you can loosen off a little (have to take off the door to find the nut and bolt). They fold in nice now. Take a look at yours?

SArah

Post by **toomanytoys** » 01 Jun 2008, 22:58

Yeah but as soon as you hit a strong headwind/truck wind blast/go over 50mph they will prob move... they need to be tight enough to not move easily and loose enough to be able to adjust...

Post by **pedro100** » 02 Jun 2008, 13:56

i bought 2 new mirrors from gsf on friday 7 quid each! looks a treat

Post by **PEET** » 02 Jun 2008, 19:06

Hence why I fitted Corrado mirrors that stayed put and gave normal rear vision like you'd get on a car! BUT the big factory mirrors are the best so far...

Tried 4 types of mirrors so far and the boggo standard ones are the worst!!!

Post by **Stefvan** » 02 Jun 2008, 20:01

You will probably find that the left hand mirror is on the right hand side and vice versa... this is how the mirrors were on my van when I bought it.. the mirrors look more like car mirrors. They should be upright like in kevtherevs picture which is of the right hand mirror...

good luck

Stefvan

Post by **whitley** » 03 Jun 2008, 20:03

Swapped over mirrors and now perfect. Am I stupid or what.

Post by **kevtherev** » 03 Jun 2008, 20:22

whitley wrote:Swapped over mirrors and now perfect. Am I stupid or what.

yeah