rear view mirror upgrade

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Permalink Reply by SATO on April 1, 2008 at 2:55am

found this web site that is of interest..

http://www.evilution.co.uk/index.php?page=modpage

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Permalink Reply by Jack Diehl on July 21, 2008 at 4:24pm

Hi SATO, I've been thinking more about the rear view mirror thing and wanted to see what it was like with no mirror there. How does it come off? Does it just pull off the "ball", and if so, will it go back on?
I love what you did. Thanks. Jack

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on July 21, 2008 at 6:28pm

according to smartster, just slide it down along the windshield, he removed his. supposedly it's a slide off/on mount. i haven't tried it myself. i like watching people pick boogers out of their noses behind me as i kill their cell phone connection with my jammer! (i use the mirror to hide my I-PASS transponder from my view, something's always gonna be there)
LOL

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Permalink Reply by SATO on July 21, 2008 at 10:20pm

It comes off the glued foot attached to the glass, not at the mirror ball but the end closest to the glass.
Think of the neck of the mirror as if it were a hoof... OK... now that hoof is covering a smaller simi-rectangular horse shoe that is attached firmly to the glass(foot)....If you grab the neck of the mirror close to the glass (windshield) and firmly but not harshly.. push up towards the headliner.. it will come off. It will scare the crap out of you the first couple of times as you do it! The neck has little room after it is disengaged before you hit the head liner and thus you feel like you hit every thing as you take it off. the best thing is to look at it from underneath and see its not glued or bolted.. its meant to come off in an impact and harm nothing... I'd show you with mine but my new prototype mirror is on....

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Permalink Reply by Jack Diehl on July 21, 2008 at 11:36pm

Thanks very much. That makes sense. Great explanation. I went to a dealer today and asked how the mirror comes off and he didn't know. He thought you had to heat the windshield somehow and the glue would unstick. Good grief. At that moment I knew I was going to come home and email you. :-) I just didn't want to be messing around and breaking something if somebody's already been there. By the way, I saw the picture of your prototype mirror and really liked it. Be well.

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on July 21, 2008 at 6:38pm

shit! i just went to that german parts site, they want $75 for a K&N air filter!

maybe you could go with the 50-60's sports car mount, rig a mirror on a stalk on the dash. some british cars actually had a bar mounted next to the wind shield and you could slide the mirror up or down to your taste.

when growing up, i only wanted to be tall enough to see what's on top of the fridge, i'm 5'8" and i can see what's on top of the fridge (buying shoes is a pain, i'm size 6-1/2) i can ride high in the smart with the seat way forward.

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Permalink Reply by SATO 1 day ago

Well Ladies and Germs, Our friend and perfectionist metal working Genius has taken my idea and perfected it. He has come out with a great looking AND functioning rear view mirror that just clips onto the existing mirror puck when you remove the OE one by pulling it up from the base towards the overhead console. The geniusparts dot com mirror slides onto the OE puck that is glued to the actual glass! so there is no problem to return the car to less genius status later on! The mirrors arm is the same as the one I made but Matt Boesch took it further and actually created a billet mirror with a great design to function well and also to be esthetically much more pleasing than my little mirror ever could be.
I'm just wondering what else Matt is going to come up with, as his stuff has been absolutely spot on!

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Permalink Reply by Jack Diehl 1 day ago

That's awesome. Thanks, SATO! Hope all is well with you. Things are fine here in Vero Beach. 27,000 miles on my little smart and still lovin' it. Heading to Tampa on Saturday for a meeting. Looking forward to a high mpg trip across the state. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Al Glover 1 day ago

So, how can us tall people get one of these?

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Permalink Reply by SATO 13 hours ago

MatthewBoesch@Boeschbuilt.com

Tell him Sato sent you....

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