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08-02-2025, 01:54 PM
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Convex door mirror
I'd like to hear comments from anyone using this mirror.
LMC #38-5851, Door Mirror-Right Hand-Convex
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Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! Last edited by MikeB; 08-02-2025 at 03:59 PM. |
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08-02-2025, 04:28 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I used them on my 81 step side. It helped seeing more. I don't really like small mirrors on trucks, but I didn't want to add more holes, so when I redid the mirrors I used the covex on passenger side. It helped far as I wasconcerned.
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08-02-2025, 08:32 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
they are crap. I had one and attempted to use it for a few months and removed to go back to OEM. The optics were soo bad and distorted it really looked like a funhouse mirror. More specifically, the very center of the mirror was normal but as you got closer to the edges, it got all funky.
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'72 C10 Cheyenne SWB North Carolina kept for 50 years, 75k original miles, Medium/Hawaiian Blue paint, 3 owners - one for 40 years & garaged kept. Original: sheetmetal, undercarriage, moldings, glass, immaculate unrestored bed. * * * New - rebuilt engine at 65k in 2015, one frame-on respray in 2010, front bumper, blue houndstooth seat, carpet, 8 inch rally wheels on 275-60R-15, LED lighting. - Semper Paratus! |
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08-03-2025, 12:24 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
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For many years I've been dealing with not being able to adjust the passenger door mirror inwards enough. Thought maybe I had found a solution. Sometimes I wish I would have kept the 69 mirrors. I may try a small stick-on convex mirror.
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08-03-2025, 04:20 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
there must be a factory (good quality) convex mirror similar in size that could be cut down slightly then glued in place.
I also suspect all suppliers carry the same one. 👎🏻 Quote:
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08-03-2025, 05:49 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
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08-04-2025, 09:13 AM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I have one. Works fine, no complaints.
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08-04-2025, 10:18 AM
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Re: Convex door mirror
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08-04-2025, 02:15 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I put one my passenger side hoping for an improvement of the original sport mirror design.
It has some over the standard design, but as you know even the sleek styled originals have a small limited viewing face. You gain a little wider view. Don’t expect a dramatic improvement though.  Good luck! 
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08-04-2025, 11:36 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I have a big convex mirror, [,,Mexican Radar''] on the Drivers Side frame of my West Coast Jr mirrors. About 6'' in diameter. It kills the 7 O'Clock blind spot, and I can sweep my left rear at a glance. Helps out a lot seeing advancing Semis on the freeway, since my '68 C/10 with 407K miles, isn't going to be playing bumper tag at 85 with everyone else. Got it at Checker Auto back in the day. Bigger mirrors are better at night. They gather more light.
Also I stuck a 3.5'' fish-eye mirror on the lower half of the Passenger Side West Coast Jr, so I can see how close the curb is, when parallel parking.
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08-05-2025, 02:38 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
On the truck since the end of March.
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08-05-2025, 02:44 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
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I already have a regular mirror headed my way. At least LMC has a decent return policy.
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Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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08-05-2025, 03:16 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
That is the one from LMC.
I love the look of the sport mirrors. I drive the truck almost every day, and pull a 5x8 utility trailer regularly. I occasionally pull my 18' car hauler. |
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08-05-2025, 04:46 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
to highlight the inferior quality - the mirror is relatively flat until it gets to the very edge. The reflection you see that's all wonky looking is a fence - those should be straight boards. this does not increase the field of view at all. Otherwise, the mirror looks beautiful.
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08-05-2025, 06:33 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
Looks to me that we must have mirrors from completely different sources, or at the very least, completely different batches.
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08-05-2025, 10:37 PM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I'll see how well my new flat mirror works with a small stick-on convex mirror. If not so great, LMC has a pretty good return/exchange policy.
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Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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08-06-2025, 09:04 AM
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Re: Convex door mirror
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Last edited by Mid-Pack; 08-06-2025 at 09:46 AM. |
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08-06-2025, 10:00 AM
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Re: Convex door mirror
I added the small round convex mirror to mine works great for seeing blind spot while having big mirror for everything else. Think cost around 10 bucks.
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08-06-2025, 11:49 AM
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08-06-2025, 12:29 PM
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