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UNKNOWN_370 08-01-2012 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1849053)
no, it's manual. once i got it setup, i rarely change it so it's not a problem for me.

the down side is if this is going on a dd, if you lock it down at the position you like (race mode they call it) and someone bumps it with their fat arse or purse, it could potentially break the mirror. it's not a fragile mirror, but a big enough bump who knows.

I drive my car mostly on wkends... maybe once or twice during the week. But i ride hard so I rather just have durable shyt on my car... But the overall design of the craftsquare is pretty nice...

kenchan 08-01-2012 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1849157)
I drive my car mostly on wkends... maybe once or twice during the week. But i ride hard so I rather just have durable shyt on my car... But the overall design of the craftsquare is pretty nice...

it's durable enough for GT races so any street driving/weekend road course/auto-x you might be doing is not going to affect it at all... well, unless you crash. :icon17: but thats a different story.

RiCharlie 08-01-2012 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780 (Post 1847404)
Even when the mirrors are positioned correctly, there is very little overlap between each one. I also tend to set far back and the b-pillar does block a lot. You can't tell if someone from the far right/left lane is switching over at the same time as you. The worst is looking towards the passenger b-pillar while changing lanes.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1343768458

Good point..the green car is completely hidden from the Z no matter how the mirrors are set....they just dont rotate out far enough.. can you illustrate the problem of coming to a stop sign where another road crosses at less than 90 degrees coming from the right?

Jack370Z 08-01-2012 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 1848992)
Back into to the spot and you never have to worry about that.

That is true but if you're picking up groceries it's hard to get the grocery cart between cars to the hatch for loading is impossible.

RiCharlie 08-03-2012 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Magic Bus (Post 1847722)
My daughter has a mirror like that on her inside rear view mirror. While it does give a wider range of view, objects are going to be smaller. So I'm 50/50 on it. Because when I drive her car, I have to focus longer on the mirror longer to check for motorcycle riders and this only gets worse at night.

But then again, I don't have young eyes :shakes head:

That is exactly the problem..and it would be solved by a simple flat mirror that was attached to the regular mirror at a different angle..thereby giving a wider view without the distortion..the two mirrors would work together..

I cant believe that such a F*** a simple common sense thing is unavailable!

( Yes I am loosing my patience!)

RiCharlie 08-03-2012 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by bigdog1250 View Post
Or you just set your mirrors correctly (so you don't see the side of your car in them) and you will have no real blind spots...

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Originally Posted by binary0x01 (Post 1847745)
:iagree: Spot on.




Ok so tell me how I adjust the mirror so I can see a car coming from my right hand side at an intersection where the intersecting road cannot be seen in the windshield because it is not intersecting at a 90 degree angle but at something less and cannot be seen thought the pillar on the right hand side because the side mirror cannot be adjusted far enough out to see it either?

I have had to stop and actually get out of the car in this situation..

Mike 08-03-2012 09:16 PM

I have mine adjusted to where I can't see the sides of my car. Before an oncoming car on either side of me goes out of view of my rearview mirror, I can see it in the sideview, and before it goes out of view on that, I can see it without a mirror.

My 2013 Mustang GT has the little extra mirrors on the sideviews and I hate them.

w0rM 08-03-2012 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1853202)
Originally Posted by bigdog1250 View Post
Or you just set your mirrors correctly (so you don't see the side of your car in them) and you will have no real blind spots...






Ok so tell me how I adjust the mirror so I can see a car coming from my right hand side at an intersection where the intersecting road cannot be seen in the windshield because it is not intersecting at a 90 degree angle but at something less and cannot be seen thought the pillar on the right hand side because the side mirror cannot be adjusted far enough out to see it either?

I have had to stop and actually get out of the car in this situation..

I've honestly never in my life come across a situation like this.

RiCharlie 08-03-2012 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 1853205)
I have mine adjusted to where I can't see the sides of my car. Before an oncoming car on either side of me goes out of view of my rearview mirror, I can see it in the sideview, and before it goes out of view on that, I can see it without a mirror.

My 2013 Mustang GT has the little extra mirrors on the sideviews and I hate them.


Why do you hate them?

RiCharlie 08-03-2012 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by w0rM (Post 1853212)
I've honestly never in my life come across a situation like this.

Well there are several roads here which have intersections that are more like an X than a + ( not to mention the roundabouts)and that is a real pain! See the problem?

Mike 08-03-2012 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1853214)
Why do you hate them?

because they are unneccesary and distracting. They take up mirror space that could be better used with a direct view. There is no reason to see the side of your car in your sideview mirror. Noone is ever going to sneak that close without you knowing it.

HDyoyo 08-05-2012 04:56 PM

http://www.wegetworld.com/images/pro...u160_400_4.jpg
these help a lot!

cooltoy 08-05-2012 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nightwish (Post 1855088)
I almost side swipe another car so with that said the next day I came up with this set up.I used a set motorcycle mirrors and mounted them under the factory mirrors..honesty I didn't care what it look like as long as it was functional but it looked pretty good to me.
One of the company should design something like this to add on under our mirrors i used koso 380 degree but there are tons of designs to choose from i had these already .

Pictures?

RiCharlie 08-06-2012 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nightwish (Post 1855088)
I almost side swipe another car so with that said the next day I came up with this set up.I used a set motorcycle mirrors and mounted them under the factory mirrors..honesty I didn't care what it look like as long as it was functional but it looked pretty good to me.
One of the company should design something like this to add on under our mirrors i used koso 380 degree but there are tons of designs to choose from i had these already .

Yes lets see those pics..

RiCharlie 08-06-2012 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by HDyoyo (Post 1854906)

Thanks for your post but this illustrates the problem..see how your mirrors duplicate a lot of what you already see?? They show a lot of area you already see and make the extra area very small,.

Imagine if the mirror was flat and placed at an angle to the original mirror..now you would see the additional area but objects in that area would not be so small...
Its not so much a problem on the drivers side but on the passengers side ..objects are so small you cannot see them..

I was thinking of carrying a microscope and using it each time I glanced at the passengers mirror but.....:)


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