Rear view mirror adjustments?

[hi-im-jeff]

I have yet to see a slate truck in person, but one of my usual questions when I buy a new car is how the rearview mirror is mounted. Most American cars use a two ball system, where I can raise the mirror up and down, and most of the European cars I have driven use a single ball system, where you can only change the angle of the mirror. I'm a big guy, and being able to raise the mirror up removes a blind spot (my eye line is about even with most mirrors, and I have to duck around it so I can see going around corners). Has anyone seen how the mirror is mounted on the truck?

 

[Luxrage]

I have yet to see a slate truck in person, but one of my usual questions when I buy a new car is how the rearview mirror is mounted. Most American cars use a two ball system, where I can raise the mirror up and down, and most of the European cars I have driven use a single ball system, where you can only change the angle of the mirror. I'm a big guy, and being able to raise the mirror up removes a blind spot (my eye line is about even with most mirrors, and I have to duck around it so I can see going around corners). Has anyone seen how the mirror is mounted on the truck?

I believe from the videos it's a standard american-style single ball flip. I'd flip around some of the videos of people driving them and see if you can find any good angles of it. Here's one I got from an interior shot.

I'm also very much interested in this, as I had plans on replacing the mirror with a power dimmer, as I have done in my other vehicles. Gentex mirrors, from a variety of Fords from the 90s and onwards, have a locking screw that secures the mirror to the little windshield button, and people make kits to adapt them to a variety of vehicles. I made a post about it in another thread.

I asked the Slate reps at the Ft. Worth showing about it, and they couldn't give me an answer. But I see what looks like a notch for the screw that holds the mirror to the button.

An etsy post of a mount someone made for replacing the flip-mirror in the Element:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1589593407/honda-element-gentex-rearview-mirror-kit

My thread showing what I did on my Element ( and what I plan to do with my Slate ).
https://www.slateforums.com/forum/t...an-install-if-slate-does-not-offer-one.13465/

 

[livehappy42]

I have yet to see a slate truck in person, but one of my usual questions when I buy a new car is how the rearview mirror is mounted. Most American cars use a two ball system, where I can raise the mirror up and down, and most of the European cars I have driven use a single ball system, where you can only change the angle of the mirror. I'm a big guy, and being able to raise the mirror up removes a blind spot (my eye line is about even with most mirrors, and I have to duck around it so I can see going around corners). Has anyone seen how the mirror is mounted on the truck?

I stopped using my rear view mirror. I already know there's someone aggressively tailgating me who's too passive to go around. I don't need to actually see them.

I do appreciate huge side view mirrors, tho. I'll sacrifice wind resistance for more side visibility.