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• Re: Speaking of mirrors (was painting)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:43:30 -0500
  ...Mourkas wrote: >>Speaking of mirrors, I noticed in my new Bentley (page 66.3), that it is >>possible to increase the travel (adjustment) of...
• Re: Rear view mirror success almost.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:54:07 -0400
  Yes! I can be patient! And I now know how to remove and install the rear view mirror in a Vanagon! But, I’m...
• Re: Whats with the Side Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:45:51 -0400
  ...Of course, you know there are multiple styles of mirrors on Vanagons. Most of my vans have the power mirrors. But my non-GL...
• Re: Warning: Don't buy cheap exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 2 May 2002 14:29:40 -0700
  A year ago I got 2 new VW Vanagon OEM mirrors from Bus Depot for $26 each. Not bad and they are original equipment...
• 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: interior rearview mirror bracket removal
  Historical mailing list - Dan Dutcher
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:40:11 -0700
  Al, A guy over at the Samba had a great idea and used a rear view mirror from an old '70s camper bus. It...
• 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...
• Power Mirrors - Again
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:13:20 -0600
  I've about had it with the right-side power mirror on my '88GL. The mirror is one of those types that distort distance...
• WTB: Vanagon Power Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:22:04 -0600
  Anyone have a set of power mirrors for sale for my 87 GL? I want the whole deal, controller etc., but can just use...
• Re: Rearview mirror
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:42:03 +0000
  If you decide to go the FLAPS route with the glue-on mirror down low and you keep the stock mirror in its stock...
• Re: How to keep mirrors in place
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:41:37 -0700
  ...Try something like - floppy mirrors - or some such. The mirrors can be removed and the 10 mm nut on the bottom removed and then...
• Re: mirrors, or?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:45:53 -0500
  After having my van painted the body shop went out of their way to re-install my mirrors this way. Nice to see they...
• 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: mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:17:02 -0600
  Reinhard, P-Mail me and I'll be very happy to give you the permanent solution for the loose mirror's. They will remain...
• Re: Power/Heated Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:24:46 +0000
  At 3:24 PM 2/29/96, ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY wrote: > Hey all, > > Just a quick question...Are power mirrors always heated or are...
• Re: Side view mirrors, was: cheap exterior mirrors and pet peeves
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Mon, 6 May 2002 11:08:59 -0700
  ...That's why your "side view" mirrors are actually called "rear view" mirrors. That's why your neck is designed to swivel. Steve On...
• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:39:42 -0400
  You may also use a thin flat rubber washer inside that ball joint to help keep the mirror in place. If you tighten the...
• Re: Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:05:04 EDT
  ...I'm not sure how VW attached the mirrors to the vans on the assembly line, but it seems they must have installed the...
• Re: Power mirror conversion how to??
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:31:35 -0500
  On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Ben T wrote: > I also use the power mirrors in one of my van w/o any power at...
• Re: power mirror
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:46:36 EDT
  ...i found a way to fix power mirrors that have been snapped off at the neck.. chris ************************************** See what's free at http://www...
• WANTED R POWER MIRROR?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:44:23 -1000
  WANTED R POWER MIRROR? DAN
• 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...
• 84 westy mirror
  Historical mailing list - roch roch
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:24:40 -0700
  Any idea where I can get aftermarket inside rear view mirror? Bus Depot and dealer prices are high. Is there anything cheaper out there...
• Re: Rear view mirror success almost.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:00:03 +0000
  ...I had some mirror bits and wanted to to try to create a healthy brown rear view mirror. I took a stem and froze...
• Re: LT Mirrors (Was: Wheel Help please)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:56:04 +0000
  Hi Chris, I think the LT mirrors look great - so great that I would like to put the same mirrors on my Vanagon. Do...
• Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:25:19 -0700
  These mirrors are brand new, and have to be tightened to full spring compression and then some. Now I can barely adjust them, but...
• Power mirror help needed.--please post for me
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:35:04 -0600
  ...Power mirror help needed. Volks, The wiring diagrams in the Bentley's suck in regard to the power mirrors. I have a right side...
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:08:54 -0800
  ...What's needed is one like my '65 MGB had with a vertical stick that the mirror slid up & down, much like some hand...
• Re: Side mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 9 May 2010 13:23:06 -0700
  I commented on sloppy side mirrors a couple weeks ago...here it is: Too much tightening will pull the bolt out of ball joint...
• 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: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 20:01:41 -0700
  > I'm pretty fed up with the side mirrors on Mellow Yellow. They either > fold back under 60mph wind, or crack when I tighten...
• Mirrors Floppy Fix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:08:48 -0800
  Volks, I can't remember who made the suggestion to insert a garden hose rubber washer into the manual mirror to keep them from...
• blindspot mirror
  Historical mailing list - Roch Cole
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:50:27 EST
  does anyone know if this mirror really works?
• 89 vanagon pwr mirror troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:14:42 -0900
  ...Have a question about troubleshooting the power mirrors is in my 89 vanagon. I bought a couple of used mirrors off the Samba list...
• Wobbly mirror problem...solved!
  Historical mailing list - Peter van Marwijk
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:45:07 +0200
  Hi all, I sort of solved the wobbly mirror problem that was bugging my '87 Diesel panel van. After trying to fix it the...
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:30:13 +0000
  I've always wondered about that as particularly for taller drivers the rearview mirror is to high to see straight out the back. Unfortunately...
• Re: Rearview mirror
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:22:41 -0700
  ...As others have noted, lower mirror position plus for westies with rear overhead cabinet. Alistair > On Sep 17, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Old...
• Re: Whats with the Side Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 14:28:22 -0700
  On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@verizon.net> wrote: > My side mirrors do not stay in place...
• Re: Rearview mirror
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:24:14 -0500
  ...I find it handy due to the ability to set the lower mirror to look way, way back and the upper mirror to view...
• Re: Flopping mirrors - Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:00:47 -0400
  ...No problem since then, With all this talk about fixing those Vanagon mirrors, I suspect you may not realize how inexpensive they are to...
• Re: Beware of Vanagon mirror problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:06:42 -0900
  ...Beware of Vanagon mirror problem To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > actually its a supply and demand thing.. think about it. most > people> break off...
• Re: Replacing Stock 82 Van mirrors w/stronger model
  Historical mailing list - Walter Haefeker
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 21:12:36 -0700
  ...I simply put some hose clamps around the ball joint of each mirror, adjusted the mirrors to the right position and tightened the clamps...
• Re: Fast Forward LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:28:00 -0800
  ...The LT mirrors do not really appeal to me. I have power mirrors (w/o electrics) fitted to all my Dokas. -- BenT
• Re: Rear view mirror success almost.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:05:22 -0400
  Hi Dan, This is the interior rear view mirror, not electrical. The stem at the body can turn to release. I think I went...
• Re: Convex right side mirror: Do they exist&do you like?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 12:09:45 -0800
  I have these round stick on "fish eye" mirrors in the bottom corner of both my mirrors. I think they are fantastic. Really helps...
• Need power window/mirror harness
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:40:57 -0500
  I was able buy two door that have power window,mirror and locks. The doors came from a 90 or 91. I want to...
• Re: Mirror, Mirror, on the door.....!
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:19:09 -0700
  >The right door mirror works pretty >well on left when installed by the driver. Nice wide view, easy to adjust. >But the lesft hand...
• Re: VW Mirror
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:56:24 -0400
  ...West Coast mirrors on my '64 splittie. I got >> them from JC Whitney. As to seeing to the rear, they were quite >> effective. >> >> Of...
• Re: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:52:51 -0700
  ...Try disassembling the mirror and on the round "ball-like" part that the mirror arm pivots on, file 8-10 vertical grooves into it...
• Re: Friday Trivia Question, Westy Owners Only
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 14:50:22 -0800
  I left the whole hanging closet out of mine, so no mirror use. I found a small folding mirror, put it on the rear...
• Heated mirror heater
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 05:28:24 -0400
  Still looking for a heater for the heated mirror for my '87. Chased down all the leads that were sent out last time I...
• Re: Rear view mirror....84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:52:20 -0700
  I put another rear view mirror low on the windshield. Worked out pretty well for seeing directly behind me. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve...
• truck mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:20:04 -0800
  where can you get those pickup truck style mirrors?
• Re: Side view mirrors, was: cheap exterior mirrors and pet peeves
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 8 May 2002 08:29:49 -0700
  ...Side view mirrors, was: cheap exterior mirrors and pet peeves > Don't waste your time moving that rear view mirror. Get one of those...
• Re: Bumper and Door Mirror recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:11:55 -0400
  ...You can fix the mirror supports pretty easily. There is a spring that provides the ball joint tension. Corrosion freezes the part (ball thingie...
• Re: Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:52:35 -0800
  ...Hello, I bought 4 years ago 2 brand new mirror from Vw dealer (Expensive) have the same swivel problem moving all time on highway...
• # Freewheelin' power mirrors...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 02:03:23 -0700
  ...Anyway, the current focus is the power mirrors: 1. The driver's side mirror has suddenly started Freewheelin' on it's hinge. I opened...
• Re: Left-hand mirror
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:30:48 -0800
  Last time I tightened up the spring the entire metal post pulled out of the mirror shaft! Not knowing that the list vendors had...
• anyone have mirrors for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:41:20 -0800
  I need a new drivers side mirror and an interior rearview mirror. If anyone has either of these for sale, send a P-mail...
• Re: beauty spotted
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:38:24 -0500
  My 91 Westy (syncro) did not have body colored mirrors....at least not until I added the ones I got from you. On Feb...