Re: FW: noisey mirror

From: Steve Lowe (slow@primenet.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 1997 - 03:02:23 EST


On Tue, 25 Feb 97 09:11:00 PST, you wrote:

>
>Let's make this a general consensus... the large 6x9 power mirrors *DO*
>make noise on a windy day or at higher speeds or a combination of both.
> In my case as well, the drivers' side is the culprit... I believe this
>topic surfaced on the list a while back, and one guy had said that there
>was a spacer in between where the mirror mounts to the door, and if the
>spacer was removed, it helped with the noise problem... I personally
>haven't taken mine off to look at it, but I *could* check my FSM...
>Another pet peeve I have with the power mirrors is that they have about
>0.25" of vertical adjustment, and about 0.25" of horizontal adjustment
>(the power adjustment)... if you have any more adjustment than that, it's
>back to adjusting them manually... I would've foregone the $100 or so,
>and gotten another option had I known the limitations of the power
>mirrors... but they do *look* good at least...
>
>Ciao!
>
>Ned Vogler
>(nvogler@rghosp.chime.org)
>'96 Dakota SLT V8 5-sp 4x4 Club Cab
>Gibson 3" Exhaust/MPI FIPK-clone/MSD Ignition soon!
>

Hmmm,

        They seemed to have fixed this on the 97's. I have the 6X9
power mirrors and they make no noise at all. The other night I was
paged into work and even at 110 MPH they made no noise......
   

    -Steve
    
    97' Dakota, 4X4, CC, V-8, 5 Speed, Sport Plus

 



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