towing mirrors

[adrian_374544186]

Hello I would like to say hi to every one and post up a question at the same time if that is permitted. I have been towing for a few years but have only just found this website (hope my towing is better than my surfing). I have a Swift Challenger which is 1550 max weight and have just bought a Mercedes e class 320 cdi with a kerb weight of 1700 kg I have yet to fit a towbar which I can remove or fold away and find some suitable mirrors which wont damage the car mirrors any one have any suggestions

 

[Parksy]

Hi Adrian

Welcome to the forum, questions are always permitted anywhere on the forum. You might receive a few more replies to your questions however if you re post in in the Equipment & Accessories section of the forum where more members will notice them.

 

[thursdays child]

Welcome Adrian and co.You will get all the help you need from these good folks.I know we have !!

Thursdays Child

 

[GRAHAM_374543129]

Adrian - I tow with a Bmw X5 Diesel and have been using the Suck-it and See mirrors [ i think Pyramid make them ]for 3 years with no problems. They are fitted higher on my towcar than a normal car and do not suffer in bad weather.

I find them convenient,fully adjustable with no damage to my fixed door mirrors. Ensure they are fitted correctly using the extra elasticated support provided [ or something stronger if you prefer ] and they work fine .

Recommended.

Graham

 

[Lutz]

The mechanism of standard mirrors and the adhesive joint between the mechanism and the mirror glass was never designed to take the extra load of a "suck-it-and-see" mirror. It is therefore risky to use this type of mirror and hardly surprising if you experience a mirror vibration problem.

 

[GRAHAM_374543129]

I dont!! - I highly recommend them

GrahM

 

[terence1]

adrian,..i too tow a challenger with a mercedes e class e230 and i use the suction cup type rear view mirrors and have had one or two problems with them,..for example,..last year when returning from scotland the wind force was strong enough to move the whole mirror assembley resulting in a loss of the rear view and required adjusting 2 or 3 times,..this only happened to the drivers side mirror however,later i found that the suction cup was placed to far out on the car mirror and this caused the problem but if stuck to the centre this did'nt happen,.so i can say that the mercedes mirrors are very sensitive to where you place theme,...the second problem was when one came off and bounced down the road,i managed to recover it with only a few scrapes,but this was probably my fault for not ensuring they were fitted correctly

 

[catherine2]

adrian,..i too tow a challenger with a mercedes e class e230 and i use the suction cup type rear view mirrors and have had one or two problems with them,..for example,..last year when returning from scotland the wind force was strong enough to move the whole mirror assembley resulting in a loss of the rear view and required adjusting 2 or 3 times,..this only happened to the drivers side mirror however,later i found that the suction cup was placed to far out on the car mirror and this caused the problem but if stuck to the centre this did'nt happen,.so i can say that the mercedes mirrors are very sensitive to where you place theme,...the second problem was when one came off and bounced down the road,i managed to recover it with only a few scrapes,but this was probably my fault for not ensuring they were fitted correctly

The narrow piece of elastic you get with the mirrors is intended to go completely over the car mirrors so that if the suck it and see ones fall off (which only happens if they are incorrectly fitted) then the mirror does not fall onto the road