starkiller Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 ok, whoever owned the outback before me put those small round mirror things in the corners of my door mirrors, they are too distracting for me so i want to take them off but dont know how they are attached and really dont want to break the mirrors removing them...any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Easy starkiller, saw 'em off with dental floss. Then clean off the adhesive residue with your favorite cleaner, Goofoff, WD-40, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkoepp Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Then later on, if you change lanes and smack the car in that blind spot on your left you may put it back on. I have small curved mirrors on the driver's side mirror on every car and at least once or twice a year they show me a car or motorcycle riding close on my left but the big side mirror doesn't show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 My entire driving life I've always adjusted the external mirrors to pick up the image where the inside rearview stops. That plus being a swivel-head has served me well. If it's bugging you I say better to remove it. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ evL ] Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Hello Folks, Say starkiller, I am wondering if you tried to get used to those convex mirrors before deciding to take them off.? I think they are great! I love'em. This keeps me from having to turn my head at all when changing lanes or merging into traffic. I can also see my tires at the curb and if I have stuff mounted on the roof racks I can see that also. I have heard others that didn't like them much but I must say that once one gets used to them they are a valuable asset. Just my two-cents... [ evL ] - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkiller Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 well, went ahead and did the dental floss trick, now, can i use a razor blade for some of the white adhesive and then the googone or will the blade scrape off some covering on the mirrors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 well, went ahead and did the dental floss trick, now, can i use a razor blade for some of the white adhesive and then the googone or will the blade scrape off some covering on the mirrors? Automotive mirrors are front surface reflective Good chance of scratching with the blade Go with chemistry first Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkiller Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 well, did the googone thing this morning, a little fingernail scraping, a little rubbing, and poof!! nice and clean, the stuff worked really well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Click and Clack had on their site how to adjust the mirrows to get full coverage like 1 Lucky Texan was saying he has. I think their site is car talk. com if not someone here will know. I think you should have gave them little mirrows more time. I love having them on my mirrows, to much blind spot without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Mirrors are only for giving you a general picture. ALWAYS turn your head when changing lanes or merging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Setright, I agree with you most of the time and respect your opinion but I disagree here, Truck drivers are the best drivers on the road, and their driving is done with mirrows. Turning your head and looking behind you is dangerous when you are going foward. Do race drivers turn their head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Such diplomacy! Nice. However, trucks do have a whole bunch of extra mirrors to minimize blind spots. Over here, trucks have a nasty habit of taking out cyclists in town traffic because they just can't see them in their mirrors. Mind you, when I ride I keep clear of any trucks that turning. Common sense really. I agree that looking back isn't optimal during forward travel, but a quick glance next to you before moving into the space can save an accident. Just do it quick. Race drivers are for me, not the last word in safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Setright, I agree with you most of the time and respect your opinion but I disagree here, Truck drivers are the best drivers on the road, and their driving is done with mirrows. Turning your head and looking behind you is dangerous when you are going foward. Do race drivers turn their head? As a driver rated for vehicles up to and including small Tractor Trailers (12 wheels, but not 18. It is a weight thing.) I feel a need to chime in here with my $.02(US). Truck drivers use a lot of mirrors to minimise blind spots, but they still know that they cannot eliminate them with mirrors. Myself, I would put them on my car, because I'm used to them, but if someone is distracted by them, I would be the first to help them take the suckers off. Mirrors only help when they are in a format that you are comfortable with. Outside of that, they reduce visability. I frequently have a trailer attached to my Legacy, and that is just hard to see around. . . That, by the way, is why truck drivers use all those mirrors: they have no other chioice for a way to see what is on the other side of the truck. Given annother option (like, say, a ground guide) they take it, as a direct visual is far better than even the best of mirrors. As for race drivers? Yes they turn thioer heads a lot, and they have people in the infield to tell them what is going on around them. They still get into accidents. Now, on the point of looking over your shoulder to see if a lane is clear: This is the recomended method, endorsed by every traffic safety officer I have ever heard of. the time it takes to do this is really no more than it takes to scan your mirrors, and your instruments. Most people spend a lot longer than that not looking through the windshield (how long does it take you to tune in a radio station, for example? Or to adjust the climate controls?). The few seconds that it takes to look over your shoulder to be sure the lane is clear could save a life, or at the least a lot of expensive bodywork. . .(on you and the car). One last note: the Legacy Mirrors do not have a large supply of "real estate", and the only spot mirrors that fit without impeding the usefulness of the primary mirror are the ones that are primarily for motorcycles (1", IIRC) and they are useless for lane changes. Good for parking, or backing a trailer, but not much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I think there is little comparison most of us have to race car drivers. They have no pedestrians, cross streets, motorcycles, bicycles or semis to watch for. They often are in only 1-2 'lines' of travel and understand excatly where the nearest vehicles will be at any given time. Plus, they are surrounded by other skilled drivers. They are also traveling the same known course. And usually aren't eating fren - uh - freedom fries while talking on a cell phone! lol! I have a habit of being a swivel head from driving older vihicles with only a driver's side mirror. I DO think mirrors could be used adequately in 95% of driving situations - the problem comes in those 5% where a motocycle or bike is camped out in your blind spot! be careful out there Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBrat84 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Good thread I agree that if those little mirrors are a distraction that you should not have them. I adjust my side mirrors so i can see the edge of my car out. and my center so I can see out the whole back window evenly... It gives me plenty, plenty of visibility... but I would recommend ALWAYS ALWAYS checking your blind spot. Even with little convex mirrors on your mirrors!!! It really takes a fraction of a second to turn your a head a little and make sure there is no one BESIDE YOU. (I'm amazed the vehicles that can hide right there!) It's not like you need to turn so far to look behind you. Use your mirrors for that. Pay attention you aren't TOO CLOSE to the person in FRONT of you when you check your blind spot! Easy to avoid rear-ending someone! Just don't try to make the lane change if you are that close to someone! ALSO, PLEASE FOLKS, PLEASE... PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MIRRORS! A slight glance up or over... you should look at each mirror AT LEAST twice every minute. It takes a fraction of second to do each one. Now, I say pay attention to your mirros because.. you can tell when that guy is coming up on you kinda quick and it's NOT SAFE to make a lane change. Patience and Politeness would make our roads a lot more safe to be driving on. Thanks for reading my opinion. BE SAFE. BE COURTEOUS. BE AWARE!!! -Eli- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 My love of mirrows came from many years of running a large haul unit on Const. jobs, no back window to see out. It takes a while to trust them but it comes with time. Another good trick when changing lanes is to slow just a little and any car in blind spot will appear in mirrow. However I dont think the radio transmission to race drivers is telling them when to change lanes, most likely that is used to warn of danger ahead. When I speak of mirrows I am taking about the ones that come on the car, and then adding the little blind spot mirrow to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 My love of mirrows came from many years of running a large haul unit on Const. jobs, no back window to see out. It takes a while to trust them but it comes with time. Another good trick when changing lanes is to slow just a little and any car in blind spot will appear in mirrow. However I dont think the radio transmission to race drivers is telling them when to change lanes, most likely that is used to warn of danger ahead. When I speak of mirrows I am taking about the ones that come on the car, and then adding the little blind spot mirrow to it. Well, in NASCAR they definitely have spotters, but WRC or Formula or ??? I dunno. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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