Custom blind spot mirrors for Rangers with BLIS

[importfighter01]

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[Lift_The_Truck]

Mine were shipped quickly, but unfortunately USPS has dropped the ball. They were supposed to be here Friday, now they are MIA. Hopefully I'll get them soon, and certainly no fault of the company.

USPS lost our incoming package with family photos !! Then a week later turns out they were at the wrong house and they just showed up ??‍

 

[got3fords]

If anybody is worried these blind spot mirrors interfere with the regular mirror vision, fret not. I keep forgetting they are there until I need them, like when pulling out on the highway. These are great little mirrors.

 

[Wytchdctr]

A single trip down I45 in the middle of Houston, in the rain.... during traffic, already paid for themselves. I even mentioned this before then it freaking happened this week. I saw a lunatic in Cadillac ATC coming at what must have been 100mph+ in the little mirror first and it caught my attention. (Speedy black dot is what I saw on a glance at first but the mirror is good enough to notice something wasn't right). As the little mirror alerted me I was looking when he violently swung my direction heading for the HOV lane from two lanes to my right (I was in the middle lane with two more on the other side of me) but when he did he lost traction. Butt... Before that even happened as soon as I saw him start to come over the 2.3t did some work and accelerated me away to gave him a bigger gap. Hard to say how close he was because as he passed by I was making sure I wasn't going to ram anyone myself but it was close.

No clue how that guy recovered from that slide and got it back as he got within a foot of the wall. It would have been impressive looking had it not been so stupid.

All that said/summary

Little mirror gave me a heads up to hit the gas and let the turbo literally save my trucks ass(end). Worth it.


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Final note: later in that trip I was following a fellow shadow black ranger around until the exited in north houston. I thought these things were rare untill I bought one.

 

[Lift_The_Truck]

Crazy! Have had these just a few weeks but for something so small it really is a big difference. I'd feel totally naked without them!! This was my thought exactly when I first got them, the light does not replace seeing what is going on all around you and this is exactly why ?

 

[HarryManback]

I got my mirrors installed today (no pictures, sorry), and while the driver's side is very helpful I'm not sold on the usefulness of the passenger side. I didn't do a proper test, just a rough alignment, so I'll wait to see how they are in the real world. Either way, super easy to install, and they look they like came with the truck. I used a hair dryer to try to improve adhesion and 99.9% (supposedly...) alcohol to clean the mirror first.

 

[Wytchdctr]

I got my mirrors installed today (no pictures, sorry), and while the driver's side is very helpful I'm not sold on the usefulness of the passenger side. I didn't do a proper test, just a rough alignment, so I'll wait to see how they are in the real world. Either way, super easy to install, and they look they like came with the truck. I used a hair dryer to try to improve adhesion and 99.9% (supposedly...) alcohol to clean the mirror first.

Agreed. Driver's side is way more useful. Passenger side is helpful but not as much.

 

[Lift_The_Truck]

Agreed. Driver's side is way more useful. Passenger side is helpful but not as much.

I learned with my last GM truck that the passenger mirrors are already convex and that is why it says objects in mirror are closer than they appear. My GM had a factory blind spot mirror on the driver side but not passenger and I wondered why, and that was their answer. Just the look of it not being symmetrical kinda drove me nuts...

But that is also why the spot mirrors do much more on the drivers side, which is a pretty big difference. Where it does help and is still pretty useful for me on the passenger side is backing into spots like my garage, towing and parallel parking. Plus I like symmetry!!!

 

[mailbox4449]

I very much prefer the European mirrors. There was a company in the U.S. that made them but I am unable to find them now. Out of business perhaps.

They are flat about 80% of the way from the inside to the outside with the last 20% curved so there are no blind spots. Some have a fine line from top to bottom that separate the two segments. The first time you look t them you go whoa, what the... But from then on it's a very natural adjustment.

With the small stick-on mirrors or those such as those on my RS I have to focus once, then focus again IOT fully use the small mirrors.

There may be a legal reason why they are not available in the U.S. but given a choice they are worth every penny.

This was standard my 2014 Honda Accord. Agree, strange to look out of at first, but I got used to it very quickly, and now notice when it's NOT there in other vehicles.

Also, the Honda has a camera under the right mirror and is activated when the right turn signal is activated. Image in that lane comes up in the center screen with hash marks indicating how far the vehicle in the blind spot is. This camera feature was a few years later removed because of the adopting of the blind spot monitoring lights in the mirrors. I actual like the camera, but i guess it's too much $$ to keep it in there, even for Honda .

 

[Lift_The_Truck]

This was standard my 2014 Honda Accord. Agree, strange to look out of at first, but I got used to it very quickly, and now notice when it's NOT there in other vehicles.

Also, the Honda has a camera under the right mirror and is activated when the right turn signal is activated. Image in that lane comes up in the center screen with hash marks indicating how far the vehicle in the blind spot is. This camera feature was a few years later removed because of the adopting of the blind spot monitoring lights in the mirrors. I actual like the camera, but i guess it's too much $$ to keep it in there, even for Honda .

Not sure if you looked through some of the photos on NXTGENs website, but they actually have a photo of a BMW with those wide mirrors and a similar mirror to our ranger. It is kinda surprising how much more visibility the little ones still have and how much less distortion. These really are an A+ made product. I attached one of the photos, they show driver and passenger side.

https://nxtgenautomotive.com/portfolio/wide-angle-european-mirrors-vs-nxtgen-extended-view/

 

[Trigganometry]

Word of warning guys and gals! I put mine on but wanted them in top right corner. I was hoping it would allow me to see the blind spot area better. Big disappointment!!! I used my heatshrink hot air gun and very carefully lifted them off. Doesn’t matter as it messes up the adhesive, no point in trying to reattach them. Got some new 3M tape on the way for a do over! ? So, low to the left it is…?

 

[micl9]

Finally got mine on - used the heated mirrors to set the adhesive ?
the driver side is AWESOME. Passegner side is... well worthless. It is almost an exact mini view of what I see it the mirror. May peel that one off.

 

[Lift_The_Truck]

Finally got mine on - used the heated mirrors to set the adhesive ?
the driver side is AWESOME. Passegner side is... well worthless. It is almost an exact mini view of what I see it the mirror. May peel that one off.

Try setting your mirror different on the passenger side! When I first put them on passenger side was not much different either. But then I started messing with it and found a setting that has more visibility by combining the two. Mine is now angled further in toward the truck and further down than I’d do without the little ones. By doing that I have a commanding view of the lines and curbs parking, the bed hauling and a trailer towing. The little one extends the visibility outward where you would normally have the bigger mirror without. Play with it a little!!

 

[HarryManback]

Try setting your mirror different on the passenger side! When I first put them on passenger side was not much different either. But then I started messing with it and found a setting that has more visibility by combining the two. Mine is now angled further in toward the truck and further down than I’d do without the little ones. By doing that I have a commanding view of the lines and curbs parking, the bed hauling and a trailer towing. The little one extends the visibility outward where you would normally have the bigger mirror without. Play with it a little!!

I had to move my passenger mirror WAY in compared to where it was before. I'm still not done dialing it in, but I do feel I can see everything I could see before, plus a lot more along the side of the truck. Normally I don't do this because it creates a bigger blind spot, but with these mirrors it's not an issue. Still not as good as proper towing mirrors, but better than stock.

 

[Lift_The_Truck]

I had to move my passenger mirror WAY in compared to where it was before. I'm still not done dialing it in, but I do feel I can see everything I could see before, plus a lot more along the side of the truck. Normally I don't do this because it creates a bigger blind spot, but with these mirrors it's not an issue. Still not as good as proper towing mirrors, but better than stock.

Yep!! Normally I push the mirrors out as recommended. I still do that on the driver side and although you can't see the truck in the big mirror you can in the little mirror. The view is awesome now like that. Passenger took some playing for sure, but in and down was my trick, and the little one fills in the outer and upper area that is less important nicely. Someone mentioned mounting on top, but I'm glad these are low because you get a much more useful view vs lots of sky. Birds and clouds are cool, just not in my mirrors ?

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