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1. Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Rick Neville <healeyrick@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:31:23 -0700 (PDT); My BJ7 has flat fender mirrors about 18" aft of the headlights. They don't seem to be of much use except to give someone something to knock out of alignment when they walk by. Are the convex mirrors; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00122.html (8,002 bytes)
2. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:34:38 -0500; Absolutely. If you trace the light rays, you'll see that a mirror functions just like an opening you look through; the further it is from you, the narrower your angle of view. A convex lens will caus; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00126.html (8,513 bytes)
3. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:59:42 -0600; Hi Rick, I think a lot of people copied the early Jags on the forward fender placement. They did look kind of stylish at the time. Convex mirrors will give a little wider field of view but you still; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00128.html (8,740 bytes)
4. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:24:28 -0500; Smaller, you bet. But given the choice between seeing it too small or not at all, I'll go for too small. YMMV. -- John Miller, wore out the T-shirt A light wife doth make a heavy husband. -Wm. Shakes; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00130.html (8,414 bytes)
5. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:38:21 EDT; -- -- On my 100 I have convex mirrors in the "forward" position above the wheel arch and they are great for ascertaining other vehicles' relative position once one gets used to them. On my wife's 300; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00131.html (9,016 bytes)
6. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Keith Pennell" <pennell@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:26:26 -0400; Seems to me you have multiple choices. 1. Stay with what you have and get used to it. 2. Replace with convex mirrors at present location and get slightly larger field of view. The view is not great; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00134.html (9,277 bytes)
7. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:47:01 -0700; I was always under the impression that the forward position of the 'Lucas Wing' mirrors ( ie: single post, threaded nut from the bottom) on the wings chosen by the factory / dealers was to expedite; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00135.html (11,049 bytes)
8. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:02:13 EDT; 4. Follow the suggestion from Michael on door mounted mirrors and get very good field of view. Keith-- I never said that the "field of view" was better from the doors--if anything is way too narrow f; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00136.html (8,829 bytes)
9. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:33:33 -0400; In 24 years with my Healey i have not had mirrors on it. I like the clean look--same for my E-Type. Tom won't not at; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00137.html (9,483 bytes)
10. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:46:18 -0500; I prefer the clean look, too, but alas, driving in congested city traffic requires either mirrors or keeping the top down. -- John Miller, who almost always had the top down on his XK-120 in Dallas i; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00138.html (9,118 bytes)
11. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com> (by way of John Miller; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:47:07 -0500; However...all else being equal, your field of view is wider the closer the mirrors are to your eyes. If you doubt it, two minutes spent with a pocket mirror testing some "extremes" -- e.g., 6 inches; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00139.html (9,450 bytes)
12. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:43:20 -0600; I personally think that any outside mirrors on a Hundred ruin the esthetics. Maybe that's why Coker left them off. I don't like anchovies on pizza either. Kind of clutters things up. Dave Russell; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00144.html (9,312 bytes)
13. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:36:44 -0500; I like them a little ways up the fender to on the door, I suppose the field is wider if it is closer, but the fender mirror is pretty much in my sight all the time without taking eyes off the road, w; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00149.html (9,772 bytes)
14. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "M.E. & E.A. Driver" <edriver@sasktel.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 19:18:07 -0600; Ugh Anchovies! BJ8 with convex mirrors above the wheel arches Kind regards Ed www.vintage-sportscar-touring.ca '65 BJ8; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00150.html (10,242 bytes)
15. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Reid Trummel" <editor_reid@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 03:12:15 +0000; No wing (fender) mirrors for me, thank you. Reid Trummel Portland, Oregon 100, 100M, Ski-Master _________________________________________________________________ Persistent heartburn? Check out Diges; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00154.html (10,786 bytes)
16. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 23:28:36 -0400; I've always mounted wing mirrors out on the front fenders centred over the front wheels. I install a flat one on the driver's side and a convex one on the passenger's side. The two work well as a tea; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00156.html (9,064 bytes)
17. RE: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Esko & Megan Cate" <enmcate@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:45:03 -0700; Where do you get the convex glass to do the replacement. My BJ7 has a single fender mirror, bullet type, at about the front of the windshield. Can't adjust the angle on it to get much more than the g; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00175.html (10,052 bytes)
18. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Lawrence" <ynotink@qwest.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 18:31:13 -0700; That's why I don't have bumpers either. Bill Lawrence; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00179.html (9,441 bytes)
19. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: WilKo@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:33:15 EDT; I don't think this car looks particularly bad with a mirror: http://members.aol.com/wilko (click big car for rear view) Rick San Diego; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00180.html (8,769 bytes)
20. Re: Fender Mirrors - Flat or Convex? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 07:51:52 -0400; That's the way a Healey ought to look! Even though I don't like mirrors, this one compliments the other mods on the car--IMO anyway. tom; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00193.html (9,270 bytes)

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