And that is where we disagree .

Generally, owners have always agreed (in every thread ever written on this subject) that correct mirror adjustment is essential... however... for some drivers correct mirror adjustment in itself is not enough to sufficiently address any safety ('blind spot') issues.

If this were the case, as you state, then we wouldn't be seeing so many owners installing convex mirrors.

 

What I've done from the beginning, since I first got my license, was pushing the mirrors out all the way. I'm the only one to do this in my house...I Don't go as far as sticking my ear against the side window to adjust, but I push the mirrors out enough that by looking out, I can't see the sides of my car at all, but if I lean a bit in the direction i'm looking at, I see a little bit of the rear quarter of the car. I have it set up like that on both driver and passenger's side. I don't want to push it out much more, because I'm constantly parallel parking and do tilt the mirrors down to avoid curb rash (already hit one wheel after 1 week of driving the car, don't want it to happen again). I don't want to have to re-adjust the mirrors every time, it's easier to just raise it up and down instead of in and down, then back out and up.

 

Agreed

 

I push my mirror all the way out, and do do a blind spot check during lane change (well, I try to).

However, there are times when I wish I do have the convex mirrors

 

Wow you revived an old thread to quote me - I'm touched.

ps - in this image - the stock mirror is adjusted incorrectly!



50% of the image is the car - if you moved the mirror out, you'd see the whole garage even without convex mirrors...

 

Post a pic of a correctly adjusted one

 

I made an install video for ITG...ask him to post it

 

Our race instructor gave us a pretty straight forward method that has worked great for me. I do have the JDM mirror too.

Driver side: you put your head to the to the window and adjust so you can see the edge of your car (prolly all the way out).
Passenger side: you put your head to the imaginary line in the center of the car (as if you had a window there) and adjust so you can see the edge of your car.

That's all. Kills any sign of blind spottage.

 

Here's a good write up - it even mentions an S2000 - http://www.linquist.net/motorsports/tech/mirrors/

 

Where can I get the Clip on rearview? I've heard good things about that.