You can pretty easily purchase an aftermarket glue-on mirror to dodge the AC
cabinet, but that obscures a bit of your view to the fore and lowers the
point of view out the back.

I toyed with the idea of doing that, but decided I preferred being able to
see a bit more of the road behind me from the higher sight line.

Driver's size is also a factor in this.  I'm 6, 0 ".  My wife is 5', 6" and
has less of a problem with the AC cab, though it's still in her field of
view.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Alistair Bell
|Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:39 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro
|
|well eveyrone has their own opinions, for me, I like the stock westy
|layout and don't mind the rear view sightlines.
|
|and hey, guess what? that's why I am putting my '82 westy stuff in my
|86 syncro.
|
|its a pity you haven't done the mirror relocation, from your original
|reply it sounded like you had and could give practical advice about it.
|
|cheers
|
|alistair
|
|
|
|
|On 12-Aug-10, at 1:46 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
|
|hi,
|no haven't lowered an inside rear view mirror.
|would have to buy a generic one and glue it to the right spot on the
|windshield.
|
|I pretty much like an open 'floor plan' in Vanagons .
|Working on an 85 Westy GL to get all happy and sell..
|someone took out the fridge/sink/stove unit ..
|and I had something similar ..
|had it in there about a day ..
|nope ..I like the open room inside, and am making it into a Faux
|Weekender.
|but I do like the rear closet ..
|that is the perfect location in terms of sight lines...
|it's the one spot the driver never needs to see through , so it's
|perfect that way, and nice to put stuff in.
|
|I had an 85 Wolfsburg Weekener, and the door to that rear closet is
|on the side, toward the bed ...so real easy to toss stuff in there,
|as oppossed to the forward facing narrow door in a westy. ..which is
|really a close hanging closet, which I have no use for really.   Bit
|I sure do like that cabinet back there in that corner, gives more
|privacy inside too.