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Bought a pair of rear view mirrors from ESM to find left side mirror cant be adjusted to see anything . Nothing.
Its the ones which fit into the triangular chrome bits in front of opening vent.
Spent hours fiddling with it and holes in top of chrome surround still 1/2 inch away from holes in brackets.Now it has to come off again.! Fed up with clip on/slide off type mirrors.
'I only wanted to drive the b..dy thing'
Please help

Minormug wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 11:47 am Bought a pair of rear view mirrors from ESM to find left side mirror cant be adjusted to see anything . Nothing.

Ah its not just mine then. I cant see a thing out of my nearside mirror either. Have wondered if PO fitted the wrong type

Are they this style? They worked pretty well for me on my previous truck. Much better than the same mirrors mounted way out near the headlights on my current truck. The driver side mirror is blocked by the registration and inspection stickers. The other isn’t visible over the bonnet.

Not particularly attractive for you saloon guys but for 59elva and his Pickup ——-made from a cut down tie rod and associated forked bolt.

Ha haaa! Going to give up on that then. Swap the triangle chrome bits so the holes I drilled are inside! Put the 'clip on' one back on.
The van mirrors seem to be the way

Here’s a pic of my truck three owners past. Now those are door mirrors!

Can’t argue with that

Found undoing the three screw and rotating the plate to put slot toward the window allowed enough adjustment on nearside to give a reasonable view.

Found undoing the three screw and rotating the plate to put slot toward the window allowed enough adjustment on nearside to give a reasonable view.

I have the same mirrors on my Minor 1000. I spent a bit of time working out the best way of fitting them and adjusting them. Like Bill above, I slackened off the three screws and moved the mirror head until I found the best position before re-tightening them. Mine have convex glass which helps, and I find them excellent. They have been fitted for several years and we have driven the car quite a bit - in town, on the motorways, on foreign holidays - all sorts of conditions. Having previously had those little clip-on mirrors I can say that these are a vast improvement.

Had nt thought of the 3 screws and rotating the mirror . I did get the original one on the window upright by removing all the sticky padfing in it and screwing it onto the chrome frame. Works ok but very light small mirror.
Thanks very much

Mine don't have any sticky padding just the thin plastic piece between mirror and chrome triangle to stop water ingress.
The stud is long enough if you wanted to pack it out further.