Cheaper Sport Mirrors -Ok..who's gonna try 'em???

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  1. FastMav5

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    They look like the generic plastic kind, they don't get the correct angle on mavericks. But on other cars they look fine.
     
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    Looks to me like you would be able to get the angle right ... pretty big range of adjustment there.

    If anything is wrong with them, the arms look a bit long to me.

    They could probably be made to work with a fair amount of mocking them up in alternate positions on the door, something that a few guys have done with the stock mirrors, too. I will probably move my stock mirrors forward, tucking them in closer to the pillars. It will make them flow with the lines of the car a bit better and make them a bit more useful as actual mirrors, too. :yup: ;) The visibility in my mirrors isn't very good where they are now.

    Getting them postioned could be a challenge with these aftermarket ones. With the longer arms, they may be hanging way out there in the wind.

    Guess we won't know until someone takes the plunge....
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    I have the chrome versions on my 4-door. They are very adjustable.

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    hey Craig..
    they do look adjustable, but are you happy with the "looks" of them?
    In your pic they do kinda stick up and out a bit....
     
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    They might look better a bit closer to the A pillar :hmmm:
     
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    Ive seen them, they look nice for what they are!:)
     
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    They were on the car when I bought it. They look O.K. I suppose.
     
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    Sorry Craig..din't mean to sound like a heel.. just curious. :)
     
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    Mine are from a Mustang II, they arent perfect, but they work and look good. Of course, the maverick efficcianados will spot them a mile away, LOL

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    No offence taken what-so-ever. They were on the car when I got it. They do look O.K.....but I would prefer factory mirrors. The entire "bullet" part of the mirror moves.
     
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    I had some on a car I bought, every time you closed the door, the mirror would flop down.
     
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    I will say....these don't do that. If they did.....they would be gone.
     
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