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Ahh. lol.
I think the new Mustang has one as well.
My last car I could just raise up out of my seat, look and see just about everything. I'm not complaining, I like the **** out of my Z. Just want to adjust to it and feel safe/confident. I also want to track it, and when you're tracking the more visual data you have the better.

Leap of faith to push mirrors out all the way and it's good to go now. I always set mirrors to see a little bit of the car in driving so I had to go out a little further and tada. For backing up I would recommend a back up camera. No more backing out on faith.

No issues, the tape worked fine, have had mine on for about a year


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no, 2014 and up.

But only Nismo's, right? So he wouldn't have those on his car.

If any car needs a blind spot monitor it's the Z. It should be standard in all of them!

people that think they have a blind spot just do not know how to set their mirrors !

OK... I just set my mirrors all the way out. I've had the little round stick-on blind spot mirrors on for a year or so now and they work OK for me. I'm gonna see how I like the mirrors set out like that. In one afternoon of driving around like this I've noticed I can still see the side of my car in the little blind spot mirror but see other cars in what used to be the blind spot in the much larger side view mirror. I'm gonna stick with this a while and see if I like it. So far so good.

Has anyone talked about reversing out of a parking spot? Its worse than the blind spot issue.
I cant see crap when backing out of a space. I always fear I might get rear ended.

I have no problems.

Here's an option. Zoom Engineering.

I use my OEM mirrors pretty well but it has its limits. The car has a blind spot. This one eliminates it. Viewing angle is wide and it's blue.

[IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3841/...7f873538_b.jpgDSCN7147 by axmea?, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/...5f820d77_b.jpgDSCN7149 by axmea?, on Flickr[/IMG]

Zoom?

How's the quality on those? I like the idea. And they just stick on over the stock mirror? +1 on the back-up camera. I can't believe they sell this car without one.

Can't believe I did not specify. Yes, Zoom Engineering.

These are high quality, blue-convex mirrors from Japan that stick on your oem mirror using mfr provided vhb tape (I added more). The carton you see on the edge of the passenger side is at 4 o'clock a little over 3 feet away - directly across the hub of the rear wheel. It is a great option.

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but another thing that I do is lean the passenger seat all the way back and see out the little small window in the rear.

same here

Thanks for posting pictures. That seals the deal for me, I'm ordering a set.
I can mitigate the issue by pointing my mirrors out as far as they'll go, but I like the idea of having more viewable. Seems like it would make it easier to drive.

Thanks mate.

Looks like a decent affordable option has now been presented. thanks.

I simply stop at a less aggressive lift and right angle. at turning areas. Explanation: When i get to an area where I have to make a stop to check if it's clear to merge; I don't point the car left or right (if I'm turning left" or right) too much. Basically I'm more perpendicular to the traffic I'm merging too. This gives me a clear view out my windows by not having my passenger's headrest "dead blind spot/rear window."

Merging into the right lane isn't that bad. I simple use body position to change my vision in my passenger side mirror. I don't drive up close to my steering wheel like an old granny. By bending forward towards my steering wheel prior to merging, I change my angle of vision in my side mirror and eliminate the blind spot.

Just installed my Zoom Engineering side view mirrors. Very easy to understand instructions, had to add double sided to tape to each spot that had double sided tape already since my side view mirrors are flat and not convex. Extra double sided tape was included, just had to cut out the size needed and stick on. Lined up the tape and stuck it on both mirrors, took about 10 minutes. Side mirrors are all the way out now, haven't driven with them yet but it looks good, had issues with the blind spot, have a backup camera so I wanted an affordable option that would make driving a little easier.

I almost always look over the shoulder just to be safe. I hit a car once because I didn't, so ive been doing it very often ever since. Thankfully it was a light scrape!

Just stuborn I guess....
 

There is no need to get anything other than OEM mirrors......but it seems like some people just want to waste money. Look at the pictures of the posts above with their new pricy mirrors.......I guess the guy just wants to see the side of his car and not cover ALL of the blind spot......

For the driver side mirror, roll up the window and press your head against the glass. Adjust the mirror so that you can just see the edge of the car. For the passenger side mirror, place your head in the center of the car (directly behind the inside mirror mount) and adjust the outside mirror so that you can just see the edge of the car. This is necessary even with convex (curved) mirrors where the image is distorted a little. - See more at: How To Adjust Your Side-View Mirrors

It does make a difference, you can see quite a lot more than the OEM mirror and there is much less glare. This is exactly what I was looking for, feel better about making lane changes when I drive in the dark cause the blind spot in the Z is the worst I've had in any car I've owned.

I would not recommend this mirror if it did not work and would have gotten rid of it. And don't say I like to waste money. You have no clue what you are talking about.:gtfo2:

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Like many opinions on our mirrors?

I recently bought aftermarket CS JDM types, And the increased viewing angle from the convex passenger side makes all the difference to me in my opinion.

My driver side is wide angle and makes for great visibility changing lanes almost to the point you could lane change without the need to look over either your left or right shoulder.


I also like member Axmea?'s mirror option as another option albeit a less expensive way to increase the viewing angle.

I know some may argue all you need is the correct viewing angle, But you're only making the best with the mirrors current viewing angles, and maybe not be to receptive that there are better options out there.

But to each own nothing wrong with that.

Just wanted to share an update.
I bought a set of these, installed a few weeks ago.
Couldn't be happier.
I now have ZERO blind spot on the highway. If I turn my head to the right, I either see the car out my window, or in the mirror. It's never the case that a car is there and I can't see them.

I wasn't 100% happy with how they install. It's essentially just thick foam-like double sided tape in the middle holding them up. Because the back is concave, tape won't connect anywhere else other than the center, so it's just the middle holding it. That said, so far so good. They don't seem to be going anywhere. Modern highperformance tape can hold 20+ lbs per sq in, so hopefully they used the good stuff.

Cliffs: These are the very good, buy them if want to see everything around you.

the worse thing is backing out of a parking spot with an SUV or big truck parked on your right side.. Our fat *** is sticking out in the flow of traffic before when can even begin to see whats coming.

i pulled in once... and now i always reverse park now unless it's coming home.

my damn driveway is a PITA to back up into and i dislike parking rear-first in the garage cause of carbon monoxide and such.

We all live in a yellow submarine... :)

I agree! I adjust mine to where I don't need to see the rear quarter panels....why would I need to see them :confused:

What scares the crap out of me is when on the expressway, I notice I can see the guy's face in his wing mirror when he's in the right lane. I know damn well his mirrors aren't adjusted properly and no way can he see me coming up beside him. And don't me started on damn SUVs that sit so high their mirrors can't see low enough to see me. I feel safer around semi's....at least they have all kinds of mirrors for backing into loading docks.

There's a previous post in this thread (link at bottom of this post) that links to a good guide on how to properly adjust your side-view mirrors. Once I went ahead and did that to my passenger side, I've not had any issues with my blind spot there. I can see cars in the mirror no problem as they approach, and once they go out of view in the mirror, they are visible outside the window and out of my blind spot. I'd suggest others give it a shot before they start ordering up different mirrors.

http://blog.motorists.org/how-to-adj....wy7KY0e3.dpuf

Drive faster won't have any problems then.

I just picked up a 2013 Solid Red Touring in MN. I adjusted the seat and side mirrors more times than I can mention. In the end, I decided to get those blind spot mirrors inserts and I highly don't recommend them. At night, they are completely useless. I have not tried adjusting the mirrors all the way out because I have a habit of wanting to see some of my car in the mirror, but that sounds like the best way to go here

I used to drive with seeing the edge of the car as well but I decided to try from the links above to adjust my mirrors. At first it took a while to get used to, I would always move my body to make sure there was no car next to me lol but now that i'm more used to it, it works so much better I do it to every car I drive without noticing it lol...it really makes a difference on your blind spot

I adjusted my mirrors all the way out.
It helps, but nothing like being able to really see everything.

There's no fixing the blind spot that the mirror + a-pillar create.

I've missed many a turn signal from other vehicles due to that. A few were upset/honked at me in disgust.

Not my fault.