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Originally Posted by SailFree
Ummm...if the mirror was flat, you wouldn't have any increased field of vision! Your stock mirror is flat!
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Maybe I did not explain it correctly..if you have seen those convex mirrors you know they rest in a small rectangular "thing" that sits on the side mirror
on an angle.
Putting a small flat mirror on this surface would give a view of just as many degrees as the regular side mirrors
but because it is on a slanted surface which is resting on that side mirror it would show a DIFFERENT view
..They key point being that it is not facing you at the same angle as the main mirror..and so does not duplicate the side mirror view.
The two mirrors,
taken together, would show a much broader field of view and, since the small mirror is flat and not convex, the image would not shrink to such a tiny image as is now the case..
I will be away for a couple of days..so if this is not clear maybe someone else can help..