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Old 05-23-2005, 01:56 PM
Carroll DeWeese Carroll DeWeese is offline
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In regards to the SPF rear view mirror. I drive with my hardtop on. With the orriginal mirror placement, you could not see out the back. I believe that this problem occurs with the soft top on. I machined about a two inch base mouth under the mirror mount. This rases the mirror by two inches. I also put the mount with the extended arm length available from Dynamic on top of my base. My mirror is thus attached to the original base of the car body (not the wire on the glass like the current models). Covering my mirror is an attachable very wide sightly convex panoramic mirror with a coating to cut down on glare. I can see out the back from my head on the left to the edge of the wrap around windshield of the hardtop on the right. My right potential "blind spot" is covered. My mounting arrangement cuts down on the mirror share but does not stop it. The only "blind spot" is on the driver's side rear quarter panel area. With my seat belts on, I can not turn to glance to see if a car is in the way. I tried the stick on convex mirror, but it distorted distances too much. I want a mirror that shows more but does not distort distances too much (i.e., things are closer that they appear). What do these mirrors do in terms of vision area covered and distortion?
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