I have power mirrors and love them. Have never had a problem with them being blown out of place. There is a spring-loaded nut concealed in the base, that on my drivers side mirror occasionally needs to be tightened. The mirrors can be moved back against the body for tight spaces or moved forward so the mirror is facing away from the body so one can use them as a mirror in camp for whatever one uses a mirror for. They can be adjusted manually. I think they can be fitted to older vans, but I'll leave that to people who have done it, to answer. The only downside, is that bugs deflect off the inner angle and splat on the side window and then get smeared when you lower the window. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Vehring" <rvehring@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: mirrors
> Hi, > I'm getting annoyed by the mirrors getting blown out > of place on my 83 Westy all the time. Almost got into > an accident because of it. I replaced them already, > but even the new ones have the same problem. I have to > tighten them almost to the point that the base cracks > to get them to stick. Until I meet the next 18 wheeler > in a headwind... > Do the power mirrors on the later models have the > problem? Do they fit on the older door? Can they be > adjusted manually? I don't want to put the whole > mechanism in the door. > Also my interior rear view mirror disintegrates. > What's a good place to get a replacement and how is it > done? > Thanks in advance for your help, > Reinhard > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com |
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