Rear view mirror

robx251 · Jul 2, 2016

Hey guys I love my new rubicon but I can't stand how low the rearview mirror is located. Even with it all the way up it is still angled too lots and all I can see is the top of the rest seats. Any others have this issue ?

Speedy_RCW · Jul 2, 2016

Put a 37 on the tire carrier which will render the mirror useless. Problem solved. :thumb:

robx251 · Jul 2, 2016

Speedy_RCW said:
Put a 37 on the tire carrier which will render the mirror useless. Problem solved. :thumb:

While this might be the end game, I can't do that right this minute. Any other options? And I could see over muy 35s on my 2010

Speedy_RCW · Jul 2, 2016

robx251 said:
While this might be the end game, I can't do that right this minute. Any other options? And I could see over muy 35s on my 2010

Haha, yea it was a half joke. But honestly I just think it is what it is. You could add a backup camera but don't really know of any other options. The JK's just have a short windshield so there's no a lot of room to do much.

dillard09 · Jul 2, 2016

Flip it upside down

robx251 · Jul 2, 2016

Speedy_RCW said:
Haha, yea it was a half joke. But honestly I just think it is what it is. You could add a backup camera but don't really know of any other options. The JK's just have a short windshield so there's no a lot of room to do much.

I wasn't an issue on my 10 though, I don't know if anyone has gag that issue ore tried an older style mirror on the new windshields

Judesign · Jul 2, 2016

dillard09 said:
Flip it upside down

This worked for me. Well helped anyways

dillard09 · Jul 2, 2016

Judesign said:
This worked for me. Well helped anyways

It raise it up some and get a little better angle plus it opens up the front field of view as well

rogerk93 · Jul 2, 2016

dillard09 said:
It raise it up some and get a little better angle plus it opens up the front field of view as well

I bet it looks funny lol. My 37 blocks most of my view anyways but i understand how it is positioned low.

jeeeep · Jul 2, 2016

x2 flip it upside down

dillard09 · Jul 2, 2016

rogerk93 said:
I bet it looks funny lol. My 37 blocks most of my view anyways but i understand how it is positioned low.

At first I was weird but you get use to it. But if came that way it would be funny the other way, rite?

robx251 · Jul 3, 2016

dillard09 said:
It raise it up some and get a little better angle plus it opens up the front field of view as well

Not sure of that would work

OverlanderJK · Jul 3, 2016

robx251 said:
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Not sure of that would work

Umm push that tab back the other way. It's a mirror, not rocket science.

robx251 · Jul 3, 2016

OverlanderJK said:
Umm push that tab back the other way. It's a mirror, not rocket science.

Yea I know, that makes it even lower, that's how I can even see the headrests

JeepDrum · Jul 3, 2016

robx251 said:
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Not sure of that would work

You should be able to move the whole mirror up. Not just the angle, but the actual arm the holds the mirror should move too. That's how it is on my 08 at least.

dillard09 · Jul 3, 2016

OverlanderJK said:
Umm push that tab back the other way. It's a mirror, not rocket science.

It's rocket surgery... way harder!

DMF · Jul 3, 2016

Recline your seat back a little.. That angle looks like you can almost kiss the windshield.

wcarlson40 · Jul 3, 2016

Also putting the headrests down on the rear seats helps visibility tremendously. There's a post somewhere on how to release the springs so that they will stay down, but yet they'll still lock upwards when you have a passenger back there.

robx251 · Jul 3, 2016

DMF said:
Recline your seat back a little.. That angle looks like you can almost kiss the windshield.

My seat is currently back as far as it can go with my back against the back of the seat the top of my head is resting on the roll bar and the headrest at the same time

robx251 · Jul 3, 2016

wcarlson40 said:
Also putting the headrests down on the rear seats helps visibility tremendously. There's a post somewhere on how to release the springs so that they will stay down, but yet they'll still lock upwards when you have a passenger back there.

I'm sure that will help some of the visibility and I did take the seat there headrests completely out of the seat in my 2010 but the issue is more that I can't see over the top of the rear tire so it's just the angle isn't up high enough on the rear view mirror the side not really the problem on the side of the spare tire

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