As with a lot of people, i`ve used the 2" blind spot mirrors on many of my vehicles...



I`ve stopped relying on the conventional "head turn"... due to all the sporatic "slam" and go traffic during rushhour, it`s safer to keep your eyes facing forward... unfortunately, they get addicting... and then when you drive another car without them, it feels like your missing something... like not having your seatbelt on...

The problem is... with the smooth appearance, not to mention the blue tinted mirrors, i`d hate to take anything away from the TL (especially since they've decided to only start selling the cheap, black plastic round mirrors here

or)...

After driving a friends Passat with the Aspherical mirrors...



... i went looking for similar mirrors, coming across this [click>>>...MultiVex Mirrors...<<<here] they make them for the 3rd gen TL and are said to work with the heated elements... i`m leaning towards no, mainly because it is not a direct replacement... but i'd still like opinions and/or other sites that anyone may have come across... Thanks...



04 - 05 ACURA TL

 

Anyone purchased this yet??

 

I have these on my bike (ST1300), S2000, and 2005 TL

I love them. They take a little getting used to, but it's worth the little bit of effort.

I do think they are a bit on the expensive side, but again, they are worth it to me.

Just my 2 cents...

 

They are green like original, or white?

 

mostly, they look like a standard mirror in reflective properties but because some light passes though and bounces back out off the original glass, it does look a little "different". I would not describe it as green though. More like, Tinted a little.

 

Do you find that they Totally elimiate the blind spots? I'd like to switch to these multivex mirrors if they do, they look much nicer than the Square stick on convex mirrors that I'm using right now. With my square convex mirrors, the other car is visible till they pull up to the side of my front windows, where I can see them as I turn my head to see the side mirrors.


Thanks

 

If you can please post some pictures of your multivex mirrors. This would be very nice to see lots of details of how they fit in our mirror shrouds. It seemed to me that any add-on mirror would protrude from the inside edge of the shroud allowing rain to hit the mirror.

A translucent multivex may beg for a mod to have a signal LED behind them. Some folks have complained that the signals are too quiet so that might be a good mod for them.

BTW Nice avatar/

 

We need all the help we can get with poor rearward visibility and huge headrests blocking what little you can see out the back. When I got my TL I was dissapointed that I had to give up my Broadway mirror because it wouldn't fit over the TLs fat mirror with the light sensor and switch. The Broadway was tinted, wide angle and made a huge difference in visibility. My only complaint with it was the sun visors would hit it because it was much wider than the stock Integra rearview.

On the TL I've resorted to two kinds of the bubbles. One is a glass and rotates so the angle can be dialed in so to speak. My other mirror is a plastic dome and pivots on a ball joint allowing me to adjust it to any angle needed. They both get right over to the next lane but are very small. I've modded the bubble mirror that has the balljoint so its shroud does not obscure the view of the stock TL mirror.


Here's the balljoint ontha back of the bubble



Here's the shroud I cut off the convex mirror


Crappy shot but looks like this when done


Left - note it protrudes quite a bit but workss well


Right - convex mirror has 360 degree rotating base

On all my other cars I have mounted the bubble mirrors at the most outward location but on the TL I mounted them toward the inside upper corners. Mounting in any other locations just gave me an extended view of the TLs mirror shroud. Unfortunately they do hang out of the shroud a bit and get rained on.

 

i'd leave a pic, but i'm still trying to find out where the f#@* my camera walked to... anyways, my 2" round mirrors are on the outer bottom corner of my sideviews with no obstructions from the mirror shroud... i`d still rather prefer a complete replacement if i could see preview pics on a TL prior to purchasing... if they`re ugly, they will be thrown away... i've never been much of a return type...

 

A complete replacement of the stock mirror would be much more acceptable than teh glue and pray variety

I replaced my stock VW mirrors with European made asphericals with heat element that worked just like the stock. Made all the difference in the world. Hopefully someone will make a complete replacement soon?

In fact, the first time I drove the TL at the dealer, I almost ran someone over on the driver's side due to the extreme blind spot.

 

I use those since day 1 I purchased the car. It works fine.

 

Attached you will see photos of the Multivex mirrors including:

One of a 3 LED Flashlight behind the mirror for those of you that might be thinking of an in mirror Turnsignal Mod.

Three views of the mirrors installed on the car. They are adjusted for driving and, as you can see, they dont stick out past the housing except the drivers side inboard edge.



EDIT: Apparently, I cant post attachments. Can anyone give me a hint as to why? I the mean time, anbody want to post these for me?

 

Use this http://imageshack.us/ its digital content hosting service!

 

i've sent you a message with my e'mail address... thanks for taking the time to help out...

 

Hello all! I would be very interested to see those pics on how our mirrors look inside the Acura mirror housing. Did you ever get them loaded? We design our mirrors so that they will fit inside the housing and be completely unrecognizable as an upfit. This is important to us since aesthetics is important to high-end drivers. We have had no complaints from Acura customers so far. The performance is remarkable so I encourage you to check us out...

http://www.safetymirrorsonline.com/html/home.htm

Acuras have some of the worst blind spot problems in the industry so we hope you will give us a shot...thanks a lot!

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Takes away from the look(barely), but beats getting the TL in an accident.

 

nope... never recieved a reply... but still interested, once i`ve seen detailed pics... $60 is an investment that most people would rather not waste...

 

I'm lookin for those pics...when if I find them I'll post them or put them somewhere where you can check them out. thanks for considering them. Drive safely all!
Kenney

info@safetymirrorsonline.com

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CRAZY...you got em on your car? Whaddaya think of the optics? Got any pics? Thanks for sharing!

 

I PM'd mods/Smitty/admin over this one and removed contact info. Read your PMs and comment, pls.

 

OK, I finally got a chance to load these images up to Imageshack

Here are the Links...

http://img205.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img2...mirror29oc.jpg

http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...psngrside7.jpg

http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...rrorled9yw.jpg

http://img96.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img96...driverside.jpg

Hope this helps and sorry for the delay...

 

 

Thanks TIZO, but you are a bit late... See above

 

Thanks tons mchester!! Those are great!! Drive safely!!

 

too bad you lose the blue tint the OEM mirrors had

 

sounds like a good idea.

 

just figured i`d make it easier for everyone by hosting the pics... clicking on them one by one can get tedious...

 

No Problem, just sorry it took me so long to get to it myself...

 

well, I ordered a set, will do an update once it gets here.

 

Thanks oil-fighter! I very much look forward to your feedback...feel free to contact me with any installation questions or other....

 

I just got mine in the mail yesterday (Thursday) I ordered them Tuesday afternoon so kudos on the ship time! ...

Overall quality looks good. I was a bit surprised to see that they're held on by four pieces of 3M double-sided tape. (although I guess with a good surface to adhere to .. i.e. OEM mirror the sticky tape will do just fine)

I will be mounting them this weekend, so I'll let you know how it goes. I'll try and snap some before and after pics to give you guys a frame of reference.

 

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If you can, please take some pics of the mirrors before you mount them. A side shot would give us a good idea of the convexity.

 

I have a spare set of these if anyone is interested. Putting them on the "Black Market" classified forum momentarily.

 

Sorry 'bout the delay ... I was in Vegas for the week and we all have to have our priorities!!!

So, here's the deal .. installed the mirrors yesterday. I put a bead of clear silicon caulk around the top and sides so the heater will work. Today was the first day with them on, they definitely take some getting used to but I am more confident that I'm not missing anything.

I took some pics of the mirrors themselves, hope these are helpful.

this one shows the tape on the back.


Here's the curvature


The overall dimensions



the top was before installation, the bottom is after

Installation took all of like 5 minutes and like I said definitely more confident that I'm seeing everything out there...

My they're a lot of money but if they'll keep me or my wife from crossing lanes when someone is back there hiding in my blindspot .. they're worth every penny!!

 

Thanks for the pics. Very thorough. After you have adjusted to them in a week or so, please provide us with your evaluation.

 

why do you use round convex mirrors? I think it's much better to use those rectangular ones (wedge-like ones) - they look better and, imo, work better. I'll snap a pic of it on mine and post it if anyone's interested.

 

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These are not round convex mirrors .. they are the same shape and size as OEM with a much greater variability you can see the diff in viewing angle from the last two pics.

(by the way .. nothing moved in those last two pics ... just added the new mirrors)

 

sorry, i posted after reading only the first page. i wasn't referring to the multivex mirror

 

my buddy's '04 9-3 has something like this. it was standard on the passenger side - a fact he didn't know when he had to drive it home in the rain. he actually thought the mirror was broken.