nene
September 15th, 2005, 13:59
I've had these for over 2 months waiting to be put on. Well, yesterday in the middle of the night, I just had to get it done. At least it's only a 10 minute job, which in turn turned out to be 30 minutes with picture taking. By the end of my 20 minute commute this morning, I was already used to them. They are not really that bad. These are heated units, and they dim as well.
Some of the differences:
1. Passenger side no longer reminds me that 'objects in mirror may be closer than they appear', which for those that own an RS6 know that that is ever hardly the case.
2. Driver's side mirror, has a convex edge of about 2+ cm (about 1.5"), where it helps decrease the size of the blind spot.
Installation:
That is really not that bad. Make sure to pull the outter edge towards you, and find someone with skinny fingers if you don't have them. Use the 'finger peace sign' approach to get a handle on the bottom right (passenger side), or bottom left (drivers side) edge of the mirror. Pull it a bit, and you should start getting a bit more room to add another finger or two in there. Now pull until it pops out of place. Wires should hold mirror in place, and prevent it from falling to the ground.
Use plyers to get the wire tabs out of place. They are pretty well wedged in.
When you pop the mirror back into place, use hand cupping approach on both edges, and push it in. It should hear two popping sounds when it is nicely snug back into place.
Part numbers in the pix. Click image for larger size.
http://htms.org/img/072005/EuroMirrors/Euro1sm.jpg (http://htms.org/img/072005/EuroMirrors/Euro1lg.jpg)
Some of the differences:
1. Passenger side no longer reminds me that 'objects in mirror may be closer than they appear', which for those that own an RS6 know that that is ever hardly the case.
2. Driver's side mirror, has a convex edge of about 2+ cm (about 1.5"), where it helps decrease the size of the blind spot.
Installation:
That is really not that bad. Make sure to pull the outter edge towards you, and find someone with skinny fingers if you don't have them. Use the 'finger peace sign' approach to get a handle on the bottom right (passenger side), or bottom left (drivers side) edge of the mirror. Pull it a bit, and you should start getting a bit more room to add another finger or two in there. Now pull until it pops out of place. Wires should hold mirror in place, and prevent it from falling to the ground.
Use plyers to get the wire tabs out of place. They are pretty well wedged in.
When you pop the mirror back into place, use hand cupping approach on both edges, and push it in. It should hear two popping sounds when it is nicely snug back into place.
Part numbers in the pix. Click image for larger size.
http://htms.org/img/072005/EuroMirrors/Euro1sm.jpg (http://htms.org/img/072005/EuroMirrors/Euro1lg.jpg)