I bought some standard towing mirrors for our XC90 over Easter - the type that has a rubber belt going around the back of the mirror (I guess most are like that), and found them to be absolute rubbish.
If the door was ever opened and shut, immediately my view would disappear and they would have to be re-adjusted (Perhaps they could be tightened up). Worse than that though, they just vibrated the whole time. I found them a real hindrance as the vibration made vision almost nil, and used the normal mirrors on the jeep. I am used to towing, as I was brought up on a farm, but the tractors had decent mirrors that stuck out a fair way from the main body, and therefore did not need any additional mirrors to be stuck onto them - as with HGVs.
Surely every type of towing mirror that attaches to the jeep mirror is going to suffer from the same problems of vibration. I remember my father used to use the old sort which had a big tubular frame which pressed onto the front doors, using bungee cord to hold them tight. I am sure they did not vibrate.
Do I need to return to that sort, or can anyone help me out please?
If the door was ever opened and shut, immediately my view would disappear and they would have to be re-adjusted (Perhaps they could be tightened up). Worse than that though, they just vibrated the whole time. I found them a real hindrance as the vibration made vision almost nil, and used the normal mirrors on the jeep. I am used to towing, as I was brought up on a farm, but the tractors had decent mirrors that stuck out a fair way from the main body, and therefore did not need any additional mirrors to be stuck onto them - as with HGVs.
Surely every type of towing mirror that attaches to the jeep mirror is going to suffer from the same problems of vibration. I remember my father used to use the old sort which had a big tubular frame which pressed onto the front doors, using bungee cord to hold them tight. I am sure they did not vibrate.
Do I need to return to that sort, or can anyone help me out please?
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