In case ya don't know what I'm talking about. It's a typically 5 panel rear view mirror with the panels angled to come close to proving a extra wide seamless view.





My new rig doesn't have a rear view or a mount on the glass. Since I gotta buy something and do the work anyway, and I've always thought these were neat I'm considering it. But... is it pointless with all that body and pillar behind us. Anyone here run one?


BTW I got a bit more body and pillar then usual.

 

JC Whitney used to sell stuff like that in the 1970's. I worked with a guy that bought one back then. He thought it would be great. But headlights from every mirror would get him in the eyes, and there was no day/night tilt to the mirrors like the stock mirror had. He said his face was all lit up at night, felt like he was on-stage. He couldn't see. He ended up trashing it, and getting a day/night mirror instead.

Day/night mirror - A patented invention used by most car companies for years - the two surfaces of the glass, front and back, are not parallel like a house mirror. For day, you use the reflection through the glass from the silvered back, just like a regular mirror. For night, you flip the lever that tilts the mirror up a certain angle, and you use the reflection off of the glass face for night driving. The tilting action make it work, because the front and back of the glass are not parallel, a wedge shape instead, so there are two different reflections from one object, one strong, one weak. Strong for day, weak for night. Such a simple idea.