All done. Except for the infill that next week's project.
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All done. Except for the infill that next week's project.
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Last edited by macca; 3rd May 2017 at 04:36 PM.
Cheers
Macca
Looks tops mate .
macca (3rd May 2017)
@GQtdauto, Thanks for your help, advice, support doing this. It's your fault that I did this you know.
All good mate, enjoyed the "chat" and now to go for drive!
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Macca
You could have bought Clearview for your GU but it's a doable diy if your handy enough and they look great but best of all their the best mirrors on the market I reckon .
Think we both should be thanking Josh and Fjj45 for the idea ( hope I got that right ) .
macca (4th May 2017)
Don't try this for a cheap cover up , self adhesive black foam rubber .
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Had a fiddle round with a bit of 25mm high density foam rubber.
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Macca
GQtdauto (4th May 2017)
The passenger side is done. The front corner is 25mm further out than the driver side.
Figured this is because the mirrors are for a LHD vehicle.
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Macca
GQtdauto (5th May 2017)
macca (5th May 2017)
The real test is driving with them.
Visibility was increased unbelievably. The drivers side showed cars with no blind spots, but motor cycles being shorter disappeared, the bottom mirror was all the way "out" so I'll have to watch that.
The passenger side is a bit trickier as the bottom mirror is so clear I had to be careful to check the top mirror (a little obscured by the wind visor that is badly scratched) before moving left after passing someone.
They didn't seem to block the view as much as I had anticipated, so was all good there.
Vibration was evident but not too bad, on rough surfaces and corrugations its going to be a problem I'm thinking. Just have to wait and see.
A smart move will be to fit fender washers to the mount points even a one piece plate on the bottom two mount screws sooner rather than later.
Electrics worked good, heater is slow if the mirror is covered in early morning dew, about 3 minutes to really be effective. Mirror range was perfect and indicators even though a bit bling actually do a good job. Used the passenger side one to pull in left after passing, once the vehicle was in the indicator I was about 20 meters in front of them.
Noise, heard no wind noise at all.
Yes it is a mod well worth doing, a vast improvement over the ones on there before.
Only real down side is extra width when parking and the passenger side is higher that a parked car when reversing into a parking space. Using the lower mirror for parking takes some practice, that or lower the main mirror for that purpose.
Would I do it again? Yes definitely.
Cheers
Macca
GQtdauto (8th May 2017)