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Racer
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Don't waste your money on blind spot mirrors. They just look tacky and fall off. All you have do do is sit in a comfortable position in your car and adjust the mirrors so that you can just barely see your rear fenders then just move them out to where they are just out of your field of view. This, with the Corvette being as short as it is, should eliminate your blind spots.
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Use the inside mirror to see what's behind you. Adjust both outside mirrors so that you have to stretch just a little to barely see the side of your car. Then there will no longer be a blind spot.
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Burning Brakes
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I actually can't see my car in my side mirrors. It felt strange to do that but it totally eliminates the blind spot as nothing can fit in that gap between the car and the inside edge of the mirror. Between the range of the rear view mirror and the side mirrors "spread" away from the car, you're fine.Elmer
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Mirror position is one of the first things taught at various high performance driving schools. Braking hard from 130+ before diving into a turn, you don't really have time to look over your shoulder 
It's also one of the things that transfers from the race track to the road. 
Racer
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From: DFW TX
I dont know if "progressive mirrors" are available yet, but if you can find them, they look to optimal for automobiles. Here is what they look like, and an artical on them if you want to do some research.
Progressive Optics for Side Mirrors Ends Automobile Blind Spots without Distorting View
These images illustrate the performance between the aspheric and progressive mirror (top) and the flat and progressive mirror (bottom).
Progressive Optics for Side Mirrors Ends Automobile Blind Spots without Distorting View
These images illustrate the performance between the aspheric and progressive mirror (top) and the flat and progressive mirror (bottom).
Race Director
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From: Frederick, MD
Don't waste your money on blind spot mirrors. They just look tacky and fall off. All you have do do is sit in a comfortable position in your car and adjust the mirrors so that you can just barely see your rear fenders then just move them out to where they are just out of your field of view. This, with the Corvette being as short as it is, should eliminate your blind spots.
Also a quick look over your shoulder helps.
Racer
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How to adjust mirrors properly:
For the driver side: put your head against the window, adjust the mirror to the point where you can no longer see the side of the car.
Passenger side: lean your head into the middle of the car, do the same.
Boom.
For the driver side: put your head against the window, adjust the mirror to the point where you can no longer see the side of the car.
Passenger side: lean your head into the middle of the car, do the same.
Boom.
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Don't waste your money on blind spot mirrors. They just look tacky and fall off. All you have do do is sit in a comfortable position in your car and adjust the mirrors so that you can just barely see your rear fenders then just move them out to where they are just out of your field of view. This, with the Corvette being as short as it is, should eliminate your blind spots.
Racer
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From: Romulus NY
Rule one... go fast and never look back it is behind you and no longer important.
Seriously... not that rule one doesn't really apply... but I always adjust rear outside mirrors to be slightly wider in view then the rear fenders. Why... because if you drive at night the headlights from those behind won't blind you and take away your night vision. I always say I do my best work in the dark! My avocation.
Seriously... not that rule one doesn't really apply... but I always adjust rear outside mirrors to be slightly wider in view then the rear fenders. Why... because if you drive at night the headlights from those behind won't blind you and take away your night vision. I always say I do my best work in the dark! My avocation.