Folded mirror mystery

[Deleted member 3063]

they fold forward, where's the problem

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[Low Hammer]

IIRC TFL's video Friday showed them folded flat along the body and pointed out that in said position they are more narrow then the fenders. I think one of the Bronco Nation videos pointed out that it's safe to push the windows out with the door.

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

You must have the world's skinniest garage doors if you can't get all 7'2" of Bronco through with the mirrors out.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Wouldn’t the window already be down from where you folded them in to enter the garage door... so you could just push them back out as needed? Sounds like the whole scenario would suck though, hopefully they are narrow enough to just save you the trouble.

It’s a reasonable point and I think that will be the plan, though currently I get out to fold both in from the outside, mostly because it’s so far to lean all the way over to the passenger side.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Here's another thought - aside from the aforementioned pushing it forward idea......it looks as though the mirror would be above the beltline when folded backward - you might be able to just roll the window down and open the door normally with it folded back. You'd be leaving your windows down in the garage, which for me isn't an issue.

This is what I am HOPING, that the door will clear the mirror with the window down, but as mentioned by a couple folks above, sounds like the door does make contact when swinging out.

Regarding folding them forward, it doesn’t look from the videos that it saves you much width, they don’t fold flat that direction.

 

[Garemlin]

Third world issues. I have to reach out and manually fold my mirros. LOL

No offense meant. Just busting your chops.

Seriously though I'd much rather have to do that then to slap on a set of mirros every time I take the doors off.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Third world issues. I have to reach out and manually fold my mirros. LOL

No offense meant. Just busting your chops.

Seriously though I'd much rather have to do that then to slap on a set of mirros every time I take the doors off.

Ain’t that the truth, no argument there.

 

[Erock]

How about cutting out an area for the mirrors to fit through... make a steel bracket to connect the jack studs, then put a little rubber flap like a doggy door to seal that area up.

just tryin to help with alternative ideas...

 

[Swamp Yankee]

How about cutting out an area for the mirrors to fit through... make a steel bracket to connect the jack studs, then put a little rubber flap like a doggy door to seal that area up.

just tryin to help with alternative ideas...

Ha, not a bad idea! For a second I thought you meant notches in the Bronco door…

 

[Wanted33]

Good question, I never thought of that SY. But, now that I know they'll fold both ways I'm good to go.

 

[ZackDanger]

Here’s how much the fold back:

Here’s how much they fold forward (not all the way):

 

[Erock]

From this pic, they almost look even with the flares... so everyone may be ok without any modifications. Reckon there is a dimension for the overall width from mirror to mirror?

 

[Erock]

Best I could find was 86.2... but it says “base”, so I don’t know if that means all of them, or that it’s just for the base and they vary.

 

[Corsair]

You must have the world's skinniest garage doors if you can't get all 7'2" of Bronco through with the mirrors out.

I could point out hundreds of examples of these by just doing a short drive down my street.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

From this pic, they almost look even with the flares... so everyone may be ok without any modifications. Reckon there is a dimension for the overall width from mirror to mirror?

Yes, that looks to be the case that they line up with the flares. That pic is a great perspective. Mr. Danger always seems to have the answer

Now, I guess I should double check the flares will fit

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