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Please talk to me about rear view mirrors in a Spec Box.
I've tried concave. I've tried 5-panel golf cart. Still awful vision out the back and blind spots on both sides. Any solutions... or is this just an SPB deal? Add the hard top and window nets on both sides. Sheesh.
I'm fine in a racing situation because the closing speeds are manageable and you can HEAR another SPB coming. But in a DE situation with fast-running super cars approaching at the speed of light, I feel blind out there.
I use stock mirrors all round. When I DE it I drop the side net but keep the center net up.
I have driven SPB' s with cage nets ( I don't use one, prefer arm bands) and found they seem to block vision a good amount due to the way they flap. Side net up also changes awareness quite a bit due to being able to hear better.
The Boxster's have a relatively small window once some cage tubes cross it and you sink a race seat with Halo sides down low. So the rear view is only going to help so much, which is part of the reason the wide view style mirrors don't help much.
Some of Matt's suggestions help fill in the blanks.
I try to go faster than everybody else. Then I don't need to use the mirrors so much
Just a follow-up here and a word of advice. The Panoramic 17" Mirror recommended earlier here is a BEAUTIFUL piece of engineering...and it's EXPENSIVE. Unfortunately, the model with the 6" arms is not adjustable, which means you can pretty much only see what's on the right...and NOT what is directly behind your car.
I contacted the manufacturer, and they said the mirror is really only for center-mount dune buggies and other off-road vehicles. But they did offer to send me a pair of 2 1/2" arms, which they say ARE adjustable. Unfortunately none of their website pages make any of this clear...so beware.
Just a follow-up here and a word of advice. The Panoramic 17" Mirror recommended earlier here is a BEAUTIFUL piece of engineering...and it's EXPENSIVE. Unfortunately, the model with the 6" arms is not adjustable, which means you can pretty much only see what's on the right...and NOT what is directly behind your car.
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