[6pack] Source for 4" Convex Mirror

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Oliver,

I have 3 3/4" stick-on convex on my pass side 4" bullet, cost <$3.  The reason I did this is I couldn't get enough adjustment out of the mirror to cover the blind side closest to and behind the car specially with the top up.  It works great, the 1/8" "gap" doesn't bother me enough to go to the extents described here for a non stick-on solution.  

IMHO, If you have a different mirror or mount point and can aim it where you want it, then I would see no reason to add the convex. 


Lou
 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>

Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:28:01 
To:<6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [6pack] Source for 4" Convex Mirror


wait!  not flogged quite to death.

i'm gonna ask this question, and i'll admit to being naiive, so please don't 
flame me.

with as limited as visibility can be, especially with the top up, other than 
the fact that you have to compensate for the distorted distance appearance, 
is it a stupid idea to think that one might put this convex mirror on the 
driver side?  has anyone experimented with this?  is this a terrible idea? 
does it have any merit?  what am i missing?

thaks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster at hp.com>
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Source for 4" Convex Mirror


> Thanks everyone for following up. I didn't personally feel that we had 
> flogged
> this to death until we had some sort of satisfactory conclusion so to
> summarize:
>
> 1. You can buy said convex mirror as part of a pair (Talbot) for around 
> $300,
> alu or chromed brass and very nice they look too.
> http://www.talbotco.com/talbot_mirror.htm
>
> 2. There is evidence that a stained glass shop may be able to grind a 
> mirror
> to size
>
> 3. Dick says he has managed to produce a convex mirror of the right size 
> at
> home (would like to hear more about that)
>
> 4. Aaron has researched a friend that will cut a convex mirror to size for
> $25.00 plus shipping.
>
> I think that is a pretty good list of four viable options to this common
> problem.
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