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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 04:47 AM
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wassup guys I purchased my wink mirror about a year now and I had to make a custom bracket to reach the visor holes. A year passes and overtime the mirror's are starting to bend down the middle (From the back it looks like its smiling) lol about 2 weeks ago I was headed to walmart and while leavin my house the passenger bracket breaks off lol luckily my friend caught it just in time before it hit me. I wanna know if there's any wink mirror owners on these boards and how did you guys get your mirrors to fit like how it supposed to from the factory.
Old Sep 4, 2011 | 04:58 AM
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i just take out my visor and screw it on the holes from the oem visor
Old Sep 4, 2011 | 05:26 AM
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i bought those window mounts for it, i didnt like the brackets it came with
Old Sep 4, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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I just installed mine tonight, used the window mounts instead of the brackets.. my friend also uses the window mounts and has never had any problems!
Old Sep 4, 2011 | 05:13 PM
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Cut a piece of aluminum angle and screw it to the mirror (the whole length). It will keep it from bending. Use angle with sharp inside corner so it sits flush against the mirror:



I went all out custom with one on my xB:



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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jacobxahn
I just installed mine tonight, used the window mounts instead of the brackets.. my friend also uses the window mounts and has never had any problems!
How's that working for yah? I didn't feel to comfy gluing the the mirror to my window..can yah post pics?
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Reactor
Cut a piece of aluminum angle and screw it to the mirror (the whole length). It will keep it from bending. Use angle with sharp inside corner so it sits flush against the mirror:



I went all out custom with one on my xB:







Good ____!! lol can u make me one?
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Don't know why you needed custom brackets. Just take the visors off and use the hardware they gave you to bolt it up.
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by edwardl
Don't know why you needed custom brackets. Just take the visors off and use the hardware they gave you to bolt it up.
Thats the thing, the hardware that came with the mirrors didn't reach the holes where I unscrewed the visors from. It came up short.
Old Oct 9, 2013 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jo_sinista
Thats the thing, the hardware that came with the mirrors didn't reach the holes where I unscrewed the visors from. It came up short.
I have this exact same problem, any update on this? I can't seem to find any retail product in stores that comes with a mount that fits on a tC 2008.
Old Oct 10, 2013 | 11:15 PM
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I just went to home depot and bought some bracket things. Cant remember the name but its like a piece of metal with holes in it. Just get the 6 inch ones. They come in a set of 2. You also use the angles brackets that came with the mirror. It also allows you to keep your visors.
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