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Old May 19, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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Any info on how to tighten up the rear view mirror? After all my wrenching and moving to install radar set up, the mirror now has slight movement and shakes slightly when driving.. Any help here? Thanks
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Old May 20, 2005 | 07:19 PM
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It shakes because you are adding weight to the bottom of the mirror, and giving it more leverage. Mine does the same thing, and I suppose evryone else's does too. But there is a solution, if you crank up the car and sit there in the garage staring at the wall, you can easily burn through a tank of gas and never see the mirror shimmy.
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It shakes because you are adding weight to the bottom of the mirror, and giving it more leverage. Mine does the same thing, and I suppose evryone else's does too. But there is a solution, if you crank up the car and sit there in the garage staring at the wall, you can easily burn through a tank of gas and never see the mirror shimmy.
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I put a small piece of black foam rubber in the mirror mount holding the radar unit and it eliminated most of the vibration
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It shakes because you are adding weight to the bottom of the mirror, and giving it more leverage. Mine does the same thing, and I suppose evryone else's does too. But there is a solution, if you crank up the car and sit there in the garage staring at the wall, you can easily burn through a tank of gas and never see the mirror shimmy.
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