Blind spot elemination idea

Cmike2780

Even when the mirrors are positioned correctly, there is very little overlap between each one. I also tend to set far back and the b-pillar does block a lot. You can't tell if someone from the far right/left lane is switching over at the same time as you. The worst is looking towards the passenger b-pillar while changing lanes.



Going faster does solve this though, lol.


I saw this a while ago. A new mirror similar to how a disco ball works that offers a wider field of view.

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Damn, that's cool

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kenchan

that's the same concept as wat comes with the craftsquare mirrors. it is wide angle view, thus no need to shoulder check. one does need to learn how to know distance though as objects in mirror ARE much closer than they appear.

UNKNOWN_370

Do the power features still work with the craftsquare???

kenchan

no, it's manual. once i got it setup, i rarely change it so it's not a problem for me.

the down side is if this is going on a dd, if you lock it down at the position you like (race mode they call it) and someone bumps it with their fat arse or purse, it could potentially break the mirror. it's not a fragile mirror, but a big enough bump who knows.

UNKNOWN_370

I drive my car mostly on wkends... maybe once or twice during the week. But i ride hard so I rather just have durable shyt on my car... But the overall design of the craftsquare is pretty nice...

kenchan

it's durable enough for GT races so any street driving/weekend road course/auto-x you might be doing is not going to affect it at all... well, unless you crash. but thats a different story.

RiCharlie

Good point..the green car is completely hidden from the Z no matter how the mirrors are set....they just dont rotate out far enough.. can you illustrate the problem of coming to a stop sign where another road crosses at less than 90 degrees coming from the right?

wstar

That is the general problem with properly-adjusted mirrors on the Z. Basically, you can see one lane over in either direction fine, but there's blindspots further out for cars that are two lanes away (e.g. the guy trying to merge into the same lane as you from slightly behind, in your pic).

I still use the properly-adjusted mirror setup though. Every setup has its disadvantages (the ones that achieve a really full view also tend to distort and/or miniaturize everything). You just have to be conscious of the two-lanes-over problem, and work on your situational awareness.

As Spohn noted earlier in this thread, driving faster helps a lot because then with the rare exception of other fast drivers, everything that might be in a blind spot slightly to the rear is something you just recently saw ahead of yourself, and you already know where they are and what they're doing in your mental map of the road.

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