After delivering furniture to my son up at RIT a few weeks ago, my wife
had the fun experience of driving the Vanagon
with the floppy mirror syndrome. As soon as we hit 65 mph the drivers
mirror would make a quick readjustment, making it almost impossible
to use without constantly resetting.

I have been able to put up with this for a few years as I am generally a
lazy person. My wife, however, is a different type of person all together.

So my goal was to find replacement mirrors that did not cost an arm an a
leg and mounted on the door. After looking at every SUV that passed by
on the
road, I found two possibilities; Toyota FJ Cruiser and Hummer. There was
one set of FJ mirrors on Ebay, but they went for nearly $300 .

I then looked up the Hummer mirrors and there were tons for sale on
Ebay. I think it's because everyone with a Hummer wants Bling (chrome)
and the
boring painted mirrors don't cut it.

I bought the drivers mirror for $50 (incl shipping) and installed it las
weekend. Boy is it an improvement! I hope to receive the passenger
mirror this weekend
it cost $60. All I need now is a power switch and I am good to go.

If anyone is (or knows) a machinist, I would like to get some cover
plates made out of aluminum to cover up the holes from the old mirrors.

I can also forward pictures to anyone who is interested.

Thanks