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Old 08-06-2015, 11:46 AM   #41
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Hi. Thank heavens for this forum. After reading all the information on towing mirrors we are planning to buy the grand aero mirrors. I'm double checking a couple of things. I'm assuming they will fit a 2014 Nissan Frontier SV from what I have read. Currently they are not available at Costco Canada (pity) but are available through Amazon. Is there any other place that people know of to order them through?
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Old 08-06-2015, 12:03 PM   #42
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Hi. Thank heavens for this forum. After reading all the information on towing mirrors we are planning to buy the grand aero mirrors. I'm double checking a couple of things. I'm assuming they will fit a 2014 Nissan Frontier SV from what I have read. Currently they are not available at Costco Canada (pity) but are available through Amazon. Is there any other place that people know of to order them through?
This is where I ordered mine from. They shipped from Pennsylvania.

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Old 08-06-2015, 12:46 PM   #43
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Check with a local RV shop - I say them on sale at a small shop in Binghamton, NY for less than I paid at Amazon.
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Old 08-06-2015, 02:55 PM   #44
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I have the same tow vehicle and the mirrors fit and worked very well, after traveling 8,104 miles on a months trip.
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Old 08-06-2015, 05:09 PM   #45
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An observation on the Grand Aero mirrors is they get knocked off easily by pedestrians. No, not the ones in the crosswalk waiting for the lights to change, but people walking between cars in a parking lot or around your vehicle at a gas station. If walking from the front or your vehicle to the rear the mirrors extend further than people realize and they knock them off.

A solution is to fold the entire mirror assembly in whenever possible but it still happens.
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Old 08-06-2015, 05:18 PM   #46
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An observation on the Grand Aero mirrors is they get knocked off easily by pedestrians. No, not the ones in the crosswalk waiting for the lights to change, but people walking between cars in a parking lot or around your vehicle at a gas station. If walking from the front or your vehicle to the rear the mirrors extend further than people realize and they knock them off.

A solution is to fold the entire mirror assembly in whenever possible but it still happens.
This may be related to the type of vehicle that the mirrors are installed on. Mine have not been knocked off or fallen off in the 2-1/2 yrs that I have been using them on my FJ.
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Old 08-15-2015, 07:23 PM   #47
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Just did my first trip with my new Aero 2 mirrors bought from Amazon, on the recommendation of several folks here.

Glad I got them, makes a big difference, although extra visibility area seems greater on driver's side than passenger side?

Minimal vibration, easy on/off, but require minor adjustment after reinstall action, a nuisance on the passenger side.

Thanks for the advice.

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Old 08-15-2015, 08:19 PM   #48
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Hmmm.... Used mine for 3 years and never had to fine tune between placements. Trick.. Only loosen the clamps not the bars. I also marked the location on the mirror with all pieces of electricians tape. When they are off just be careful not to disturb the pivot point behind the mirror. I also marked this with a silver Sharpie just in case the mirror did move I could put it right back.

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Just did my first trip with my new Aero 2 mirrors bought from Amazon, on the recommendation of several folks here.

Glad I got them, makes a big difference, although extra visibility area seems greater on driver's side than passenger side?

Minimal vibration, easy on/off, but require minor adjustment after reinstall action, a nuisance on the passenger side.

Thanks for the advice.

Happy travels.
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Old 08-15-2015, 10:21 PM   #49
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Just did my first trip with my new Aero 2 mirrors bought from Amazon, on the recommendation of several folks here.

Glad I got them, makes a big difference, although extra visibility area seems greater on driver's side than passenger side?.
Is the passenger side mirror flat? Mirrors on the far side from the driver are usually convex, so you see more, but everything looks smaller (and further away) than it really is.

The Aero 2 is made in both flat and convex, but the Amazon.ca listing that I found doesn't say which is supplied.
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Old 08-15-2015, 11:39 PM   #50
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Only loosen the clamps not the bars. I also marked the location on the mirror with all pieces of electricians tape.
Doing that, problem is that gap in mirror housing is so tight, very difficult to slip the clamp in without a certain amount of squeezing/wriggling. Gap is generous at sides & bottom, but bottom is angled so that clamps won't attach to hang mirror off bottom, & gap at top is very tight. Weird shape mirror -- rectangular but with outside bottom corner "truncated" (Ford Ranger) As it is, clamped on top, mirror (stock, not Aero) is so tight that with Aero clamps in place the remote mirror adjustment won't move the mirror in the housing!

Still way better than stock mirrors only.
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Old 08-15-2015, 11:52 PM   #51
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Is the passenger side mirror flat? Mirrors on the far side from the driver are usually convex, so you see more, but everything looks smaller (and further away) than it really is.
Stock mirrors are driver's side flat, passenger side convex. Aero's are both convex, same degree of "convexity" on each (can be swapped side-to-side), but degree of Aero convexity is less than degree of stock mirror convexity.

On driver's side, Aero extends field of view approx 60% (subjective guesstimate) over stock mirror, but on passenger side, only about 20% over stock -- probably because of the differing degrees of convexity between stock & Aero.

To put it somewhat differently, with the Aero's I can SEE vehicles way closer behind me on driver's side than on passenger side - regardless of how close they APPEAR in the mirror. The passenger side has a much larger blind spot, with or without the Aero's.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:24 AM   #52
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My Grand Aero mirrors are both flat. No distortion. Depends what you order.
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Old 08-16-2015, 01:14 AM   #53
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I ordered and got the Aero 2 mirrors. Mine came from Amazon without any instructions. Had to look on the box picture to try and figure out how to place them. Not sure if I got them right but in the end decided I didn't need them for the cargo trailer I was towing anyway. Saving them for when my 17A is ready.


Did you get instructions with yours? The curved bar is a bit confusing.


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Old 08-16-2015, 01:31 AM   #54
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I feel like I see pretty well with my normal mirrors I have a 17 so with the wider trailers it might be needed. My issue is the blind spot I was thinking I should get the mirrors to help with the blind spot but reading above it sounds like it doesn't help?
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The Cargo trailer I was towing from Tacoma, WA to Skagway, AK was only 6'+ wide but tall
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:45 PM   #56
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The new, stock towing mirrors from GM are excellent - no problem seeing everything when changing lanes. Maybe GM has an option that would work for your truck.
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I ordered and got the Aero 2 mirrors. Mine came from Amazon without any instructions.

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Old 08-16-2015, 01:46 PM   #58
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The new, stock towing mirrors from GM are excellent - no problem seeing everything when changing lanes. Maybe GM has an option that would work for your truck.
I ordered the large extendable camper mirrors when I ordered the new GMC tow, but the biggest disappointment was that the lower part of the mirror is not convex. Ford's mirrors are convex and totally cover any blind spot along side of you. They have aftermarket mirrors just like mine but GM doesn't recommend them because there is extra bracing in the door with the factory ones. Loren
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