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Old 05-31-2011, 12:05 AM   #49 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by vskid3 View Post
I ended up just putting the stock mirror back on for now.

I put the mirror on the outside because i couldn't get a few good view from inside (if I had had a helper to hold the mirror in different positions, it probably would have be easier). It looks big in the pictures, but the frontal area was at most 1/4 of the other mirror. I would have added a little cover in front of it to make it more aerodynamic.
The bolts were of little risk to passengers. The stuck out barely farther than the ones that hold the stock mirror, and the mirror adjuster stuck into the cabin far more. If someone's head came in contact with the bolts, they would probably already be dead.
I have to agree with euromodder. This littler one won't help aero much. For the passenger side you really don't need the outboard mirror at all--either under law or for safe driving. Do like everyone did before these side mirrors became standard equipment sometime in the 1990s: look over your shoulder before you change lanes or back up. I'm guessing that makes you nervous. You could try to train yourself to it by covering the passenger side mirror on some drives.

Good luck.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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