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• Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:40:27 +0000
  The older style of manual mirrors where you can see the fasteners in the mirror base. Thanks, Jim
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:57:28 -0500
  I now sell the factory convex ("wide angle") mirrors for both driver and passenger sides for half of the original price. They are $49...
• Re: Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:20:27 -0600
  The Bus Depot wrote: > > This is to pass along a fix for non-remote mirrors (which I covet). > > So, you've got floppy mirrors...
• Re: Mirror glass for fiberglass mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 4 May 2006 08:46:19 -0500
  joe trussell wrote: > I bought some power mirrors off of an '87 and both mirrors have that > discoloration on the edges. > > The mechanic who...
• Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:26:17 -0400
  Now that I have painted the bumpers, my mirrors look very bad. Time to spruce them up. What is the easy way to take...
• Glass for Heated Elect Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Thu, 3 May 2001 09:06:48 EDT
  Can you get the glass for the left and right side mirrors on a 1990 Vanagon (heated and electric type. Rick [text/html]
• Re: Power Mirrors on a non-power van
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:48:48 -0700
  ...I know there is a third mounting hole for the > power mirrors to use. Do I need to use it? Has anyone been down...
• Re: Power mirrors switch substitutes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 May 2014 08:24:54 -0400
  ...Cunegonde is an 83.5 and of course had the usual flag mirrors. We're ready to install power mirrors but don't have...
• Re: non power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ben Eisenbraun
  Wed, 8 May 2019 22:52:30 -0400
  On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 02:21:49PM +0000, mike riley wrote: >anybody have a recommendation for a set of outside mirrors, non...
• Re: FS: 87 Westy in Asheville, NC (not mine)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:36:55 EST
  ...didn't have the power mirrors > though. never seen a vanagon that had power locks but no power mirrors... ive seen them with power...
• Re: LT Mirrors (Was: Wheel Help please)
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:22:07 -0700
  ...LT Mirrors (Was: Wheel Help please) >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> I think the LT mirrors look great - so great that I...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:35:24 EST
  Well I believe if you have electric mirrors then you have heated mirrors. Look into the archives for the differential lock additions. TIm g...
• Re: truck mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:29:15 -0500
  ...Mike > where can you get those pickup truck style mirrors?
• Re: Speaking of mirrors (was painting)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:05:11 -0600
  Another mirror thought -- the PO added convex stick-on mirrors on both the outside mirrors on my 85 GL. This was very handy for...
• Heated LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:09:42 +0000
  Anyone ever heard of this or do I have to make my own? I really like the LT mirrors but I dotn want to...
• Re: Power mirror conversion how to??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:59:48 +1300
  You don't have to use Vanagon power mirrors, either. If you don't mind small (car-size) ones, those off a doorskin-mount...
• Re: Replacing Stock 82 Van mirrors w/stronger model
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:18:41 -0700
  >I have an '82 Vanagon w/side mirrors that cant stay put in >winds over 70 mph (i.e. 10mph headwind while going 60...
• Re: Glass for Heated Elect Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 3 May 2001 14:49:48 +0100
  >Hi, > >How do you know if the mirrors are heated? Do you have an extra dashboard >switch for this function, or does it come...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:51:16 EST
  ...don't you just install a fullsize convex mirror on the pasenger side? They are available for both power and non-power mirrors. BenT
• Re: Fast Forward LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:43:28 -0800
  ...Fast Forward LT mirrors > Chris, > > No, the mirrors I got FF are a perfect fit on both the top and bottom. I > just trying...
• Convex exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:40:36 -0500
  Just a note that I have received a small quantity of right side exterior mirrors with convex ("wide angle") glass. I normally don't...
• Re: How to keep mirrors in place
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:33:12 -0400
  ...How to keep mirrors in place > Always search the archives FIRST. Try something like - floppy mirrors - > or some such. The mirrors can be removed...
• Re: Glass for Heated Elect Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 3 May 2001 07:43:37 -0700
  ...Yoshi wrote: > > All power mirrors are heated. When you turn on your rear window defroster, > > it defrosts the mirrors as well. I love the...
• power/heated mirrors for sale, fit all vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:42:11 EDT
  i have a pair of power/heated mirrors for sale. fit all vanagons. switch included. $200 pmail me if interested chris [text/html]
• Re: Fast Forward LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:36:57 -0600
  Chris, No, the mirrors I got FF are a perfect fit on both the top and bottom. I just trying figure out the best...
• Re: Bus Depot's STRICT return screening policy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:12:34 -0500
  On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Gnarlodious wrote: > I'll say! When I had my van painted they put the mirrors on the wrong sides...
• FS: Vanagon power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:00:15 -0500
  Since I can't seem to sell my Syncro, I'll sell some power mirrors instead! These are the factory power/heated mirrors, in...
• Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:40:24 -0700
  ...Power mirrors on an '85? > > The archives are full of "how to Fix" floppy mirrors. here is m2cw: > > http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin...
• Re: Fix for floppy mirrors
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 17:07:14 +0000
  ...Fix for floppy mirrors > Or if you can, find a set of power mirrors, you don't have to hook > them up. Even though...
• Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:38:53 -0700
  ...Power mirrors on an '85? In a message dated 9/5/2012 1:12:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes...
• ISO: Power mirror plastic cover
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:28:25 -0700
  I'm looking for one of those plastic cover pieces that cover the third screw of the power mirrors... anyone happen to have one...
• Re: LT Mirrors (Was: Wheel Help please)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:32:59 -0500
  I think my current mirrors that droop down like an elephant are ugly as well, and given discussions on the list of how common...
• Re: Speaking of mirrors (was painting)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:03:44 -0500
  >Speaking of mirrors, I noticed in my new Bentley (page 66.3), that it is >possible to increase the travel (adjustment) of the power...
• Re: where can I find more about this? Syncro plow mount
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:31:14 -0500
  The mirrors you are asking about are "LT" mirrors - those used on the large LT series trucks that VW has made. Michael
• Re: truck mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:42:26 -0500
  ...where can you get those pickup truck style mirrors?
• Re: pwr mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Doran Nugent
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:21:10 -0800
  My power mirrors and power windows are also recently on the fritz. It's a conspiracy! --- Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM> wrote: > Jonathan...
• Re: retrofitting power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:16:58 EDT
  ...It would be best if you got the wiring harness with the mirrors when you get them. One alternative if you like the look...
• Re: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 20:42:52 -0700
  ...Proper side mirrors? >> I'm pretty fed up with the side mirrors on Mellow Yellow. They either >> fold back under 60mph wind, or crack...
• Re: Product review Bus Depot Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:36:54 -0400
  ...Eric Caron > On Jul 28, 2022, at 6:26 PM, Steven Brower <brower@browerpropulsionlab.com> wrote: > > I have those mirrors too and I agree...
• Re: Looking for convex mirrors for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:00:22 -0800
  The "Syncro 16 /LT Mirrors" that we carry are convex - just not written on them that they are so. These are much bigger than...
• Re: Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 May 2003 18:41:58 EDT
  ...but who cares? i put power mirrors on my 84 and never even hooked them up. they look cool, and you can adjust the...
• Whats with the Side Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 12:17:12 -0700
  My side mirrors do not stay in place. Closing the door moves them, the wind of a passing truck can lay one flat! I...
• Rear hatch droops, mirrors won't stay in place
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:27:09 -1000
  ...new mirrors from vendors run approx 20 bucks. Leif Paulsen '86 Syncro "Thor"
• FS Vanagon Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:16:14 -0700
  ...Wasatch WestiesI have a pair of regular Vanagon mirrors (non-power). Both have 3" spots on them and are in decent shape. $30.00...
• Re: Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 1 Apr 2017 10:46:25 -0700
  ...Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors? The older style of manual mirrors where you can see the fasteners in the mirror...
• Re: How to keep mirrors in place
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:15:52 -0700
  ...This worked for about 2 years unil this spring when the mirrors started flopping again. Upon disassembly I discovered the root of the problem...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:56:00 -0800
  ...Blind spot mirrors >Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:51:16 EST > >Mark, > >Why don't you just install a fullsize convex mirror on...
• Re: Fix for floppy mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 13:00:52 -0400
  ...Fix for floppy mirrors Or if you can, find a set of power mirrors, you don't have to hook them up. Even though...
• Ah, heated mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:25:14 -0500
  ...So I turned it on and watched as a few minutes later, the ice on my outside mirrors started to melt away. Made me...
• Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:19:51 -0800
  Chris wrote > > "The PO put one of those convex mirrors on the passenger side power mirror on my 86 Syncro. Well, I hate those...
• truck mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:24:00 -0700
  ...truck mirrors? > > FLAPS ... JC Whitney, and such. You probably wouldn't want to pay a > dealer's price.
• Re: tightening floppy manual exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:44:51 -0700
  ...this seems to work well even with cracked plastc at the base of both mirrors.
• Re: non power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 13 May 2019 12:33:04 -0400
  ...set of outside mirrors, non power, >> that hopefully come with gaskets? > > I installed a set of the Land Rover Defender mirrors over the weekend...
• Re: Heated Mirrors '86 westy syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:52:29 -0400
  In a message dated 96-10-23 16:08:19 EDT, ljohnson@halhinet.on.ca (Lawrence Johnson) writes: << The heated mirrors on my 1986...
• Re: Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 31 May 2003 09:08:51 -0700
  --- Douglas L Urner <dlu@CANISHE.COM> wrote: > Does anybody know if the '86 and later Vanagons were > pre-wired for > power mirrors, even if...
• Re: pwr mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:45:06 +0100
  Jonathan, My '90 Vanagon has power mirrors which are heated, too, when you switch on the rear screen defroster. (On this double-glazed Westy...
• Re: FS: 87 Westy in Asheville, NC (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:01:23 -0600
  ...didn't have the power mirrors >>though. >> >> > >never seen a vanagon that had power locks but no power mirrors... ive seen >them with power...
• Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:29:29 -0400
  ...I've got new mirrors from BD on my rig, and I've had to tighten down the stud to the point I may...
• Re: West Coast Mirrors on vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:35:19 -0600
  ...If > > you click on the pictures, it is apparent that > > the mirrors on this vehicle aren't OEM. > > First, that is the same color...
• Installing power mirrors on vanagon & PM FS (wasRe: Permanent Door Mirror
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:05:13 EST
  ...Might have better aerodynamics - > less wind noise? The permanent lock down thing is > interesting, but mirrors aren't supposed to be > completely locked down...