Mirror Upgrade
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Mirror Upgrade
After almost running over a motorcycle riding in my blind spot I decided something better had to be done for my mirrors. I searched a lot on the forums here and didn’t find any good solutions so wanted to post mine for anyone else looking.
Before:
After replacing with a couple Grote 12073-5 mirror heads:
The Grote mirror heads have a 1-4” - 20 thread, so to adapt them I bought a couple threaded standoffs from McMaster-Carr and ground a flat spot to make them a “D” shape to fit in the existing mirror arms.
Rear viewing is vastly improved; from a 4-1/2” circle to a 5-1/2” x 7-1/2” rectangle (250% viewing area!). Extremely glad I made the change and easily reversible for the purists.
Edit: please note my mirror assemblies are from Dennis Carpenter; I would assume the mirror arms are the same as OE but you may want to verify the 1/2” internal dimension.
Before:
After replacing with a couple Grote 12073-5 mirror heads:
The Grote mirror heads have a 1-4” - 20 thread, so to adapt them I bought a couple threaded standoffs from McMaster-Carr and ground a flat spot to make them a “D” shape to fit in the existing mirror arms.
Rear viewing is vastly improved; from a 4-1/2” circle to a 5-1/2” x 7-1/2” rectangle (250% viewing area!). Extremely glad I made the change and easily reversible for the purists.
Edit: please note my mirror assemblies are from Dennis Carpenter; I would assume the mirror arms are the same as OE but you may want to verify the 1/2” internal dimension.
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