Thread: Towing Mirror Alternatives

Hi all,

Has anyone ever seen/used these Milenco Aero (Milenco - Products - Mirrors - Milenco Grand Aero Towing Mirror) mirrors?

They claim in their blurb that they have been developed by F1 designers to withstand wind and won't slam back into the car! That impresses me - it's like 9 out of 10 doctors recommend... (hmm, may need to paint a GT stripe on the D4).

The video also shows how they connect and work with folding car mirrors.

What I like about them (purely from the advertising blurb):

1. They don't have a strap around the existing mirror (like the ORA's which eventually scratched my Cruiser mirrors)
2. They seem to work with folding mirrors (like on the D4)
3. They don't seem to need any additional bracing or straps on the bodywork
4. They look easy to get on and off

Regards, Ron

What I thought was a simple task justs get more involved and complicated. For those interested here is a test of towing mirrors conducted in the UK http://www.milenco.com/media/Mirrors.pdf.

The only slight reservation I have with their testing is that they probably don't have whopping great B-doubles shooting past at 100k over there - or maybe they do?

Regards,

Ron

Hi Ron and everybody,

I fitted the mirrors that I discussed in an earlier post in this thread over the weekend. They are copies of the 'Aussie Truck Mirror' or in this case they are the CAMEC Heavy-Duty Door Mirror. They are of the type that fit to the door's window seals with a webbing/strap that extends down the door to a clip to the underside of the door. (I'm crap at these descriptions!!) The mirror extends horizontally from the door sill and can be further extended. The webbing/strap is tensioned by a ratchet arrangement. I'm told it can be further tightened if the webbing is wet when fitted.

The fitting seemed solid enough and the electric windows went up and down without any problems and importantly without rubbing or catching on the mirror hardware. They seemed stable and solid to me and I'll give them a more practical trial later.

I wish I knew how to post pics on this site. I'm hopeless at this technology!

Cheers

George

Thanks George,

I'd be keen to see how they look. I've got an album set up for my pictures but I believe you can use the Attachment tool in the toolbar at the top when you are writing a post to insert pictures.

And your description seemed fine to me.

Regards, Ron

Hi Ron,

OK, I will set the mirrors up again in daylight over the weekend. I'm home too late at night to take decent pictures during the week.

I'll try to post the pics but if I can't manage I'll get a passing 12 year old to help. They all seem to be computer savvy.

Cheers

George

Here I go reviving another old thread. I am looking at mirrors and caravan cameras for my D4 and Bushtracker caravan which I have recently bought. I am particularly interested whether anyone tried the suction mirrors in the end and how they found them.

Might as well also ask all of you who have tried various options whether there are any new thoughts in relation to cameras and the positioning of the monitor.

This forum is great for a new kid on the block.

Thanks, Andrew

I recently purchased 2 Convex Milenco Aero Mirrors from Carevan on EBAY for $107.00AUD delivered from UK.
They work well, shake a little but not enough to blurr the image and have not yet had them move and need to be re-adjusted. The passenger side mirror does not extend as far as the drivers side because of the sharper angle of the D4's passenger side mirror.
The image you get from the D4 mirrors is still useful for steering around close objects and gutters, they would probably be useless when using the stick on mirrors.

Here is another option if anyone wants to go down the camera route. This is a wireless option:
4Kam VU - Wireless reversing camera and rear view cam systems