The N/S wing mirror lens doesn't seem to come in far enough for me to see anything behind me.

As I'm 5' 7'' tall, could it be that I sit too far forward and the mirrors don't adjust that far?

If that's the result, does anyone have a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

Hi ya

Sorry if you have tried this
Are they electric folding or just electrically adjustable
I take it the lens moves when you use the toggle switch to move it.
The other thing to try is hold the wing mirror with both hands, and twist it like you want to fold it, twist it towards the windows then twist it back you should feel it clunk into place.
It should be in line with the mounting on the door. Mine got clipped and was out and I had the same sort of problem. I just reset it
Hope this helps if it does not try to post some pictures :-) and we will see what we can do

Hi and thanks for your advise, but I'd already thought of that (great minds must think alike!).

The mirrors are electric folding.

The other thing that I'm thinking of trying is removing the mirror and trying to file away a small piece of the mirror base, or maybe try placing a few metal shims/washers underneath the mirror base.

The problem seems to be that the mirror lense can't come far enough forward or far enough down (even though it can't physically move any further) for me to see the traffic behind.

Any other suggestions?

Should be able to work for you, im a similar height and the wing mirrors work well for me.

I have the seat pumped up to full height but a little further back. Maybe that might help?

Hi and thanks for your advise, but I'd already thought of that (great minds must think alike!).

The mirrors are electric folding.

The other thing that I'm thinking of trying is removing the mirror and trying to file away a small piece of the mirror base, or maybe try placing a few metal shims/washers underneath the mirror base.

The problem seems to be that the mirror lense can't come far enough forward or far enough down (even though it can't physically move any further) for me to see the traffic behind.

Any other suggestions?

Hi ya

if you new me you would take that thing about great minds back :-)))
i have attached some pictures of my mirror and measured the movement,
my lens is slightly convex (dished outwards) sorry if you know that.
picture 1 and 2 are when mirror is at full adjustment using toggle to the right
picture 3 and 4 are when mirror is at full adjustment using toggle to the left
and the last picture is looking down at the mirror for alignment .
i don't think filing the notch off is a good idea i think it is there to stop the mirror loosing position due to vibration so on.
have a look hope they help, one of my mates she is 5ft 1 and she does not have trouble and at 5ft 7 you are not much shorter than me.
i wonder if may be the mirror lens has been broken and there is a bit of glass in the mechanism or if the lens is not on correct.
and now its going to take me for ever to get my mirror back so i am happy with it :-))))))))

Hi ya

if you new me you would take that thing about great minds back :-)))
i have attached some pictures of my mirror and measured the movement,
my lens is slightly convex (dished outwards) sorry if you know that.
picture 1 and 2 are when mirror is at full adjustment using toggle to the right
picture 3 and 4 are when mirror is at full adjustment using toggle to the left
and the last picture is looking down at the mirror for alignment .
i don't think filing the notch off is a good idea i think it is there to stop the mirror loosing position due to vibration so on.
have a look hope they help, one of my mates she is 5ft 1 and she does not have trouble and at 5ft 7 you are not much shorter than me.
i wonder if may be the mirror lens has been broken and there is a bit of glass in the mechanism or if the lens is not on correct.
and now its going to take me for ever to get my mirror back so i am happy with it :-))))))))


Thanks for the photos any helpful tips, I've tried everything I can think of but the mirror lens won't move far enought in or down.
I've even taken the lens off to see if there was anything stuck behind it. I then tried moving the lens holder/motor enclosure and that won't move any further either.
The next thing that I'm about to try is to take off the mirror body any try to twist it towards the passenger window as I'm tightening it back up.

Failing that it might be a matter of packing the small gap where the mirror twists with a few shims/washers to help with the "tilting" process!

Do you think it might help by fitting a convexed lens?

Hi

I have just been out to have a look at my mirrors both left and right mirrors are convexed.
If I put a straight edge across the lens so it's touching the center of the lens, I have a gap at each end of about 3.5 to 4mm. Check both your lenses have a look at this link.
A convexed lens will help.
RealOEM.com BMW R53 Cooper S MIRROR GLASS (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=RE32&mospid=48020&btnr=51_7093&hg=51&fg=07)

Still no joy!

I'm going out later to buy convexed lenses to see if that helps.

Mirror problem is now "temporarily" sorted.
I removed the mirror glass and managed to wedge a small piece of wooden dowling between the motor and the mirror body.