Damn, never measured it! would have guessed 12". Almost middle of the window! DGreat question, OLDFATGUY . . .
Just measured The Doophus's mirrors. They are just shy of 16 inches from the forward edge of the actual mirror to the door / front fender seam.
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:|Why do you think Chevrolet engineers put the side mirrors so far back on the door? Like 10-12 inches back. Just curious why they were not up toward the front farther. hmmmmmmm. D
when the engineers designed these vehicles way back when they said let's put the mirrors here because on May 14th 2018 Dino is going to ask why did we put the mirror here.Why do you think Chevrolet engineers put the side mirrors so far back on the door? Like 10-12 inches back. Just curious why they were not up toward the front farther. hmmmmmmm. D
Another good reason might be is because that's where they put the mounting holes.Why do you think Chevrolet engineers put the side mirrors so far back on the door? Like 10-12 inches back. Just curious why they were not up toward the front farther. hmmmmmmm. D
:agree I assume the mirror is positioned optimally for all driver positions.:|
Regardless of how far back/forward on the door they may be..............Do they provide the usual and expected view that one would expect. In my opinion, they do just that.:wink2:
D’oh! ?Nice job but I'd move the seat back further instead of all that work.![]()
Damn nice work!!!! I actually was thinking of that too! But sounds like it was lots and lots of work!! great job . dI too wondered why the SSR’s mirrors were set so far back on the door. To look through the drivers side mirror, I had to turn my head to the point I could no longer see the road in my periferial vision. I habitually check my outside mirrors when driving, so the mirror position was annoying.
I looked for solutions (fitting other mirrors, relocating them, etc.) but didn’t want to do body work to cover the mounting and wiring holes, and didn’t want to depart too far from the original look.
I decided swapping the mirror bases from one side to the other would move the mirror heads far enough away from the driver and allow use of the original mounting and wiring holes. I had to alter the internals of the mirrors significantly, make mounting base adapters, do a small amount of body work to the mirror bases and heads, and make a tool to allow reassembly of the heads to the bases. While I had the mirrors apart, I made, and recessed in, LED turn signal and clearance lights.
This is what they look like. The mirrors function and fold as original. Looking through the mirrors is much improved! Almost no-one notices the recessed lights, or the reversed bases.
It took a lot af head scratching and work to make this change, but worth it to me.