Optional passenger side mirror

[goodgod]

Any suggestions for neatly adding a passenger side mirror on a 71 4 door Satellite?

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have factory mirrors both on my 68 & 69 Charger & they are absolutely worthless.

 

[goodgod]

I'm adding a camera, but I have to have the additional mirror because I am used to using it in traffic on my other vehicles.
I'd like to see pics of your Charger. I had a 73 long ago. Also 16?

 

[Richard Cranium]

There's one.......

 

[goodgod]

Niiice. A few miles away from my house, a guy has a 69 he's working on to go with his Southern Culture museum. He's at the primer stage

 

[Richard Cranium]

Many here will say that I have no culture, which may be true, but I have plenty of character.

 

[verdelaw]

Cranium, why are they worthless?

 

[YY1]

On my 73 I replaced the manual mirror that was about the same size as a 50 cent piece with a rallye mirror, which used the same mounting points, and added a passenger side rallye mirror.

I simply measured the mounting hole locations on the driver's side, and transferred them over, marking them with a pencil.

Took about 20 min. hardest part was fishing the remote cable through the driver's door and getting it to stay out of the way of the glass going up and down.

 

[goodgod]

Hear ya. Cartoon characters count, right? lol That's me

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Thanks for the working solution. Do you know where 1 is available?

 

[YY1]

I've bought two sets off ebay for less than $50, but that's not the norm.

Be careful as there are 75 and up mirrors that look like 71-74 but have a totally different mounting style and won't work unless you do serious fab work.

Also, IIRC 71 is slightly different with respect to the spacing of the screw holes (closer together).

E body and A body rallye mirrors can look similar. E body has a real tight sharp corner on the pass side housing.
Not sure about A body.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Cranium, why are they worthless?

There isn't enough movement in the mirror to be able to give you good vision. Perhaps if the mirror had a slight convex curve to it vision would be better, but still, the main problem is that it doesn't have enough adjustment in it.

The OP is looking for one for a 71 & I have no idea if they are any better or not.

 

[goodgod]

Thought that I had a B body, but just looking for something functional, as I plan to use it as a daily driver. I'm not particular to the year/style, I just don't want to hit people.

 

[YY1]

Those round, remote style 66-70 Mirrors are better than the "two poster" or the base mirror in glass surface area.

The 71-74 is an oval, not quite as tall, but considerably wider.

Part of the problem, esp with Chargers and 71-74 is that the quarter panel is higher than the mirror mount, causing the quarter to take up a LOT of the viewing area.

Also they're not "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" style.
Less of a view radius, but more accurate distance judgment.

 

[goodgod]

Thanks, I think that they would make a big difference. Do you have a link?

 

[YY1]

IIRC there was also available what I call the "SE" style mirror for Charger SE and for door cars.

It looks like the round ones Richard posted, but mounts like a 71-74.

Cop cars had that style.

 

[goodgod]

Where are they available?

 

[Dennis H]

They are useless. Don't. Two less holes in your car. Just hit the gas and do a head check when passing/changing lanes. Less is more.