whats with the passenger mirror,arrgh

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ray63
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whats with the passenger mirror,arrgh

Post by ray63 »

hi all.took advice and bought convex mirrors for my t25 air cooled ,the drivers mirror is ok.its just the passenger window,it does,nt bend in enough to get a good view.the mirrors are from jk and theyre decent hubus make not the bad repos,can anyone shed a light on whats wrong.and i did buy sided mirrors.thinking og getting truck mirrrors.thanks.

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Re: whats with the passenger mirror,arrgh

Post by Allanw »

Are they on the right way? They go this way, pointing UP:

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NOT this way, pointing OUT:
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Re: whats with the passenger mirror,arrgh

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some folk like them car styleee :rofl
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Re: whats with the passenger mirror,arrgh

Post by Ralf85 »

Agreed. It sounds like you have set the mounting round the wrong way. Also, did you transfer the tension springs from your old mirrors. That is essential as the new ones are not strong enough and cause the mirrors to flip over about 50/55mph - trust me.
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