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WTD pair of extended mirrors
« on: 28 December 2012, 13:05:19 »

As title says I'm after a good pair of extended mirrors for caravan towing  :y
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #1 on: 28 December 2012, 13:17:52 »

Best I've found for the Omega are "Milenco Aero"  around £40 - 45 new... IMHO the "grand aero" are too big and vibrate too much.

HTH :)
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #3 on: 28 December 2012, 14:32:13 »

Best I've found for the Omega are "Milenco Aero"  around £40 - 45 new... IMHO the "grand aero" are too big and vibrate too much.

HTH :)

Agreed!  :y :y
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #5 on: 28 December 2012, 14:42:09 »

Sad personal circumstances Andy :'( Link good enough at the minute
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #7 on: 28 December 2012, 15:44:13 »

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #8 on: 28 December 2012, 17:14:33 »

Sad personal circumstances Andy :'( Link good enough at the minute

Sorry to hear Rob .......  :-[
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #9 on: 28 December 2012, 17:15:44 »

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.

A legal requirement ...... if towing something wider than the tow car.  ::)
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #10 on: 29 December 2012, 01:43:21 »

Another vote for them, although I ended up with a different model (rectangular mirrors) but fit the same way and superb :y Also has the advantage that they don't obscure the car mirrors so you can adjust them to give additional vision low down when in confined spaces :y
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #11 on: 29 December 2012, 08:34:29 »

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.
i never use them  :y :y
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #12 on: 29 December 2012, 08:56:17 »

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.
i never use them  :y :y

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.

A legal requirement ...... if towing something wider than the tow car.  ::)

Besides being illegal then, how do you see around the burger van, for simple things like overtaking on a motorway?  ::)
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #13 on: 29 December 2012, 08:56:38 »


We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.

A legal requirement ...... if towing something wider than the tow car.  ::)


We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.
i never use them  :y :y


Besides being illegal then, how do you see around the burger van, for simple things like overtaking on a motorway?  ::)



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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #14 on: 29 December 2012, 10:07:29 »

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.
i never use them  :y :y

We never bother  :-X

Ooops! Though they are 'in' the car.

A legal requirement ...... if towing something wider than the tow car.  ::)

Besides being illegal then, how do you see around the burger van, for simple things like overtaking on a motorway?  ::)

I know they are a legal requirement, I personally hate seeing two of everything either side of the car. Omega mirrors are big enough to see either side of most caravans in my opinion but obviously opinions will differ. Never had any problem overtaking on a motorway as you would find out if you ever towed a burger van caravan

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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #15 on: 29 December 2012, 10:16:29 »

Have towed a van few times, but not in an Omega. But I did use mirror extenders, double view did not really bother me.

What did bother me was fracking great big thing on tow bar slowing me down  ;D
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #16 on: 29 December 2012, 10:19:36 »

Need a DTi or a 3.2 to tow with... you won't know it's there then!  ;D
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #17 on: 29 December 2012, 12:14:17 »

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I know they are a legal requirement, I personally hate seeing two of everything either side of the car.
Never been a problem, you just get used to where you should be looking ....... practice by using them  ;) ;)

Omega mirrors are big enough to see either side of most caravans in my opinion but obviously opinions will differ.  ....

It's the width of the towcar that matters, not the size of the mirrors. My R Class is somewhat wider overall than the Omega, but using extended mirrors still allows you to see that bit further behind you than without. You need extended mirrors to see behind you properly!
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Re: WTD pair of extended mirrors
« Reply #18 on: 29 December 2012, 22:42:40 »

Heres one on ebay? dont know if thats what your looking for?  :y

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUINE-VAUXHALL-TOWING-MIRROR-KIT-OMEGA-B-1994-2003-91146413-/251184477149?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a7bc2f3dd

Got a pair of these off LFF64 .... can only describe 'em as brilliant! :y :y :y :y :y

These genuine Vx jobbies are like hens teeth now, so personally I'd grab 'em a bit sharpish! ;)
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