good idea! my only problem with those particular mirrors is that they stick out too far. I would just like higher mirrors really, maybe a touch wider but not that wide. Maybe they could do the same mirror without the extended arms? I think maybe the mirrors on my other car had a more convex shape, you could see the blind spot clearly.
“removes blind spot but makes distance a bitch!”
Oh, I hear ya, coming from a D1 to a D3 sure makes things interesting!
Now on both cars.
Can't recall if first set were from Repco or Auto/Supercheap, and second set were more recently found at Autobarn. Don't see them around all that often, so may have to order them in. I'm very happy with the "adjustable" additional peripheral views, and having 2 separately adjustable convex mirrors on each item gives a very good spread sideways and up and down to supplement the disco marginal mirrors.
Tip - if you also use extension mirrors with arms that clip over your existing ones, place the little convex ones on the best place to re-inforce the clipons so they won't droop or otherwise move - ask me how I know! From experience, I found the best location was top centre, plus I put a rivet in, in addition to the two way fixing tape.
MY16 D4 TDV6 - with a little Cambo magic for towing "The Brick"
MY95 RRC LSE Vogue Softdash "Bessie" (turning circle comparable to QE II) with MY99 TD5 and 4HP24 transplants. Back home Nov 22 after a magic overhaul by Chivalry
SADLY SOLD MY04 D2a TD5 auto Classic and MY10 D4 2.7 both with lots of goodies
The reason he followed me was to have a bitch about my speed. I had just left a 60 kph zone that turned to 90kph, it was a single lane, he reckons I wasn't traveling fast enough. I told him I can't accelerate that fast in a D1 towing a boat,it takes a little bit longer because of the tonnes, besides I was turning off to the right not far up the road so it I had of built up speed I would only have to plant the anchors shortly after. Sitting in my blind spot and being on a single laned road with no shoulder to pull over in safely to I had to travel a bit further before I pulled over, I wasn't in the mood for bull faeces from him. His attitude was not good, if I had of done something wrong I'm sure he would have booked me.
I bought a pair of those Clearview mirrors. They stick out too far in the retracted position, exacerbating the blind spot and they don't extend far enough to see past a full width trailer.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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