Side mirrrors move when I go over 50mph

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Side mirrrors move when I go over 50mph

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Hi there,

When I get to 50mph my drivers side mirror starts to fold in. As much I as like to admire my own elbow it is now starting to become a bit of a pain, especialy with quitena few motorway miles getting to and from VW events.

Is this something I can fix or has the mirror had it?

Many thanks.

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Obviously when you searched you missed this post - https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... s#p7788746
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Cripes Wolfy, three posts since 2008? You're busy.
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He must have a bliddy good motor then - never had a problem to ask help on in 4 years!
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Side mirrors move when I go over 50mph

And I always thought this was a clever built in streamlining feature :run
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Wolfy wrote:Hi there,

When I get to 50mph my drivers side mirror starts to fold in. As much I as like to admire my own elbow it is now starting to become a bit of a pain, especialy with quitena few motorway miles getting to and from VW events.

Is this something I can fix or has the mirror had it?

Many thanks.

:twisted:

With me it occurred around 60mph. After my summer hail storm disaster, I ordered some new Hagus ones from Gunzl hoping that this would solve the problem. Not a bit of it. I am now returning them for a refund with a note asking them to give Hagus a proverbial kick up the backside for lowering the spec of these replacements. Really cheaply put together. I suggest that anybody else who get this porblem does the same thing and then perhaps Hagus will get the message.
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I dont think I can drive 60mph in my westy............................ :roll:

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I just took mine off the door and tightened the nut at the bottom.

They were handy though, when I first drove the camper after picking it up in Edinburgh and driving it back to the lake District I found that as night fell the dash lights were not working and being new to T25s was unsure of how to fix them. But when I got to 70mph the wing-mirrors folded in so as long as they didn't move I knew I was within the motorway speed limit.
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[quote="nevill3"]I just took mine off the door and tightened the nut at the bottom.
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Yes we've been through all this on the forum for some time. No matter how much you tighten these new Hagus mirrors they flip. This is a serious pain. Send them back with a complaint note.
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