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Old 06-05-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Unanswered: Side View Mirrors

Last year I bought a pair of the flag style mirrors from J.C. Whitney to replace the chrome "racing" mirrors that were on the car. I was told that these mirrors had gaskets to seal the fasteners and keep out water, etc.

The ones that I bought had no such gaskets and the screw head was exposed so that rain could get in.

The major problem with them was that the rubber boot that is part of the design, is completely exposed, and which covers the joint for mirror adjustments was completely rotted and torn after being on the car a couple of weeks. At that point the rubber was grey looking and falling apart.

These were bought as new parts. J.C. Whitney also never responded to any of my inquiries on a possible refund, exchange, etc, for obvious garbage parts.

Just thought I'd warn people to avoid wasting their money on absolute junk.
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They look good in the catalogue. I bought and returned a set last year. never put them on.
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