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Subject:Re: Mirror, Mirror, on the door.....!
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date: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 mirror doesn't do so hot when put on the right hand door.
>Due to the angle necessary for the drive to see out of it, it jambs against
>its base and won't turn far enough in. It looks as if all that would be
>necessary to make the swap work would be a different base mounting block.
>
> Has anyone ever tackled that job and made different mounting blocks?
>
        Actually, the convex version (you knew that the replacement is
        convex as opposed to the original flat mirror?) of the right side
        mirror works fine in the vertical position. But if you want to
        swap the left one to the right, you'll have to trim (grind) the
        plastic to give it enough range of motion...

        No mounting block necessary.

      OLTECO                         Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688                  Networking Technology and Architecture
      Stanford, CA                   Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                     415.517.3519

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