Folding Mirrors Car Wash
 

Lots of vehicles have mirrors that don't fold at all. So I don't think you are supposed to fold them.

almost all modern cars have foldable mirrors!
it's fairly easy to fold, a bump from my shoulder will fold them.

Ha! I didn't know our mirrors folded. I never had a reason to try to fold them.

the wind didn't fold it. Impossible. Unless there is something broken inside the mirror. While Justin is right about them being easy to fold, I've never seen a mirror fold in on it's own, even at 120mph. Someone must've bumped it at some point, for whatever reason. I mean, they're easy enough to fold in, but you still got to give it a decent nudge. Otherwise guys at the race track would be trying to find ways to keep their mirrors from folding in on them.

Also, my 1999 Civic SiR didn't have foldable mirrors :tongue: Though my 1992 Civic Si did. Likely just budget cuts/cost savings or something, back in 1999. But Justin is right again... these days, I think pretty much 99.8% of cars have foldable mirrors. It's more of a safety thing in case someone did clip their own mirror... by folding, they're likely saving themselves from having to buy a whole new mirror assembly.

I can see the carwash brushes doing it. By the way, don't use those carwashes!! They destroy your paint! :run:

Today I tried for the first time to fold the mirrors. I pushed on it but it didn't want to move, even though the part of the mirror assembly that attaches to the car, slightly forward of the main mirror body, was moving slightly away from the car. Seemed like I would break it off the car if I pushed any harder. It didn't want to fold at the circular part right behind the part that holds the glass, where it seems like it should fold. Same for both mirrors. Are they stuck, or is there some trick to getting them to fold?