Hi all i have a sierra sapphire 4x4 cos and my problem is a bit embarrassing im quite a short person and my passenger mirror does not adjust enough to give me a propper view towards the rear of the car. So i managed to find some brand new manual adjusting door mirrors as opposed to the electric ones i have and the problem is still there but not as bad.

Any ideas that might help me?

 

You can raise the seat.....

 

Yeah, I thought that.....just add spacers to seat?

 

Is the recaro seat not in a saph not like the one on my 3 door that has a winder at the front and allows you to raise the seat or lower it to your desired height??

 

ive raised the seat but im still having trouble because im short my seat is moved quite forward for me to use the clutch comfortably. Should i just live with it because all the other mirrors are perfect. Its just the passenger side door mirror giving me abit bother god i wish i was a bit taller like a normal human being

 

sit on a cushion? maybe one or two cushions from a garden chair might do the trick?
conversely, i have similar problems cos i'm 6' 7" so my seat doesn't go far enough back and down to give me a comfortable driving position in my 3dr

 

A real size man

Steve

 

You can wind up the seat like you wind up people LOL

How many posts in how many years the op

Possibly hes been in a coma for a shonky ford user

 

I've already done that guess i just live with it, btw to anyone thinks im winding people up lol i brought a moonstone cossie off fordsportjay which i dont see him on here anymore, i now own a not so mint lol flint grey 4x4 cosworth.

I have put back my electric mirrors back on anyway cant win so why try

 

what about putting a spacer inbetween the mirror and mirror pedastall.

 

Oh cheers cosworthkev that's a mint idea but here's the mong moment what do you mean?

do you mean remove the mirror via the access hole under the wing mirror casing? then peel the glass away from the sticky pad and space it out?

 

no if you pull the mirror in any direction it will move leaving a gap between the mirror and the pedastall or base which fits to the door, place a wedge inbetween you will only need to move the mirror a small amount to gain the angle you need and the gap will hardly be noticable.

 

Ideally you want to remove the glass and separate it from the plastic back plate carefully. Then refit with a wedge shape spacer between the glass & back plate (thickest portion to the top)

This will move your adjustment range down lower and hopefully get it sorted for you.

You could get the 'wedge' made up by a machine shop or use your imagination. You could even form it with silicon by clamping the glass & back plate gently together with some packers towards the top and filling the gap left.

Cheers

Brad