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dad 01-18-2009 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dad (Post 20564)
Safety Tip: Put the dome/fish eye mirror on the "car body side " of your regular mirror! It easier and faster to look at it there,"plus your eyes aren't taken off the road as much".

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Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 21423)
On the side mirrors where is the best place to place them? Inner or the outer side of the mirror?

Some may agree, some will not, just a suggestion tip!

mspeasl 01-18-2009 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 21423)
On the side mirrors where is the best place to place them? Inner or the outer side of the mirror?

I found that the "Lower Outer edge" works the best. At least for me it does on the 350............

Crash 01-18-2009 10:36 PM

I've done both. My Formula was on the inner side and the Trans Am was on the outer side. The outer side was the best.

In fact, there was BETTER visibility on both mirrors going from the outer side. I don't know what I was thinking the first time. But I won't ever put them on the inner side ever again.
Further out, the better.

Z34drifty 01-19-2009 12:41 AM

I have never used one of those dome mirrors it's not hard to get into a lane where i live cause there are no cars driving near me
they stay 20 feet back

Crash 01-19-2009 03:30 AM

Lucky... People here in Los Angeles like to be in your blind spot on purpose. No joke.

If you even turn your turn-signals on, they'll speed up just to prevent you from changing lanes. I honestly wish that was a joke or an exaggeration.

semtex 01-19-2009 08:25 AM

I also put it on the lower outer edge. But here's an idea -- take a piece of scotch tape, fold it over on itself so that it's double sided, and experiment. Stick it on the outside, get in your car and look at it to see how it looks. Pull it off and stick it back on the inner side and repeat. Then when you decide where it suits you the best, you can remove the permanent backing and apply.

ozzfest 01-19-2009 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Crash (Post 21583)
Lucky... People here in Los Angeles like to be in your blind spot on purpose. No joke.

If you even turn your turn-signals on, they'll speed up just to prevent you from changing lanes. I honestly wish that was a joke or an exaggeration.

Oh, man. You hit the nail on the head with that one. I live down here in SD and its the same thing. They see you coming and they speed up.

sprix! 01-19-2009 11:33 AM

Well, if you are having problems with vision and changing lanes, I would surmise your mirror are angled inappropriately. There is no reason you should not be able to see a car that is either behind you or next to you with the mirrors angled properly. Most people use their side view mirrors as rear view mirrors. (it isn't like a car is going to pop out of the rear of your car... :D) That is- they have them aimed at the rear corners of the car like that is an area that one can't see from the .... oh I dunno.... REAR view mirror. If you use your side view mirrors and angle them towards the side of the vehicle, you will eliminate this. I will try to give you an idea of how I have my mirrors set up.
- My rear view mirror shows me everything that is behind my car.
- As something passes out of the field of my rear view mirror, it passes into the field of the side view mirrors.
- As something passes out of the field of the side view mirrors, it passes into my personal field of peripheral vision. In my opinion, you should NOT be able to see the side of your car in your side view mirror. If you can, you are not utilizing your mirrors fully. Why look at the side of your own car as you are traveling when it benefits much more to look at what is adjacent to you?
For most people, this may seem odd, but I found that setting up my mirrors like that effectively removed the blind spot from my vehicle.

Crash 01-19-2009 12:54 PM

I disagree... Unless you have one of those old style mirrors that go all the way across your windshield, and you have GIANT side mirrors that stick out 6 inches from the door, you CANNOT cover all the blind spots. Please do not drive around me.

As much as all my mirrors cover, I will not trust that I'm seeing everything.

Robert_Nash 01-19-2009 01:01 PM

The blind spot, particularly on the driver's side is very bad in the 370Z - I got spoiled in my 350ZR as there was no blind spot at all! :)

While I haven't gone out and bought one yet, I'm going to buy a small dome/fish-eye mirror to put on the driver's side to help...other than that, the only thing you can do is to be very aware of the traffic around you before changing lanes...you just kind of have to assume there is a car in your blind spot until you prove otherwise!

Crash 01-19-2009 01:04 PM

^^^ DING! Exactly!

sprix! 01-19-2009 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Crash (Post 21714)
I disagree... Unless you have one of those old style mirrors that go all the way across your windshield, and you have GIANT side mirrors that stick out 6 inches from the door, you CANNOT cover all the blind spots. Please do not drive around me.

As much as all my mirrors cover, I will not trust that I'm seeing everything.

You certainly have that right to disagree. Maybe I was unclear in my original post, but let me clarify and say that there will always be a blind spot, but there are methods of reducing it and making it more livable. I am not necessarily advocating that angling your mirrors in X fashion will allow you to see everything, but I am suggesting that most people have their mirrors placed in a way that is not conducive to seeing optimally. I will say again, if you have problems seeing what is directly behind your car in the rear view mirror, NO mirror will be enough. I don't have gigantic mirrors anywhere on my car, but I would argue that a blindspot is no longer an issue because of my setup on my mirrors. I guess it comes down to different people having different experiences.
As to the other replies- if you are not looking at the side of the car in the side view mirrors, I don't see how this is a problem. Most people do not have their side mirrors set up to see what is adjacent and to the rear of their cars. They look instead at the side of their own car which defeats the purpose of a side view mirror.
I haven't driven a 370z, but I have sat inside of one a few times and seen what the mirrors are set up like. That said, I don't believe I will have a problem with a blind spot when I get mine.

Crash 01-19-2009 01:12 PM

^^^ LOL! Unless they just want to make sure their paint is still on the door.

capo190 01-19-2009 08:04 PM

Where do you buy these fish eye/dome mirrors you guys are talking about?

Do they need to be professionally installed or can you do it yourself?

Robert_Nash 01-19-2009 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by capo190 (Post 21901)
Where do you buy these fish eye/dome mirrors you guys are talking about?

Do they need to be professionally installed or can you do it yourself?

Most any decent auto parts store will carry them.


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