removing MY side mirrors

[tickl]

Let's be honest, the side mirrors suck. I never look at them, and when I do I am always disappointed. I have cameras on both sides anyway. And yes, it's legal in texas to only have one Rear View mirror.

I have a plan to get rid of them altogether, but I'm looking for some input on whether it's even feasible:

1. Take the mirror off per

2. scan the mirror mount and 3d print a flat plastic cover
3. spray it with truck bed liner for smoothness.
4. mount it on in place of the mirror

Questions while I work on this:
1. Will MY work fine without the side mirrors? Any system errors it'll face?
2. Anyone tried this before?
3. Would this affect the waterproof ability?
4. Does anyone already have a model of the MY side mirrors?

 

[dasmittyman]

i1tesla did this with a Model S, found it was negligible. Over time the savings adds up , which i get. the less wind noise would be nice.

 

[tickl]

Thanks that looks exactly what I'll be doing. Maybe I will lose less mpge at 80mph with this mod

 

[lobir1]

Hi, would you be willing to sell passenger side mirror?

 

[ThomasD]

Texas law on mirrors
If the vehicle is not equipped with both a left and right side outside mirrors that are located so as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle, the rear window must have a 25% light transmission value for the area used for driver visibility value. A glazing shade band is authorized at the topmost portion of the rear window, as with the windshield. The shade band area is authorized to have less than 25% light transmission. The device must have a luminous reflectance of 25% or less.

 

[noobla3]

The ability to fold the mirrors while driving on the highway for long stretches would be nice and have the mirrors in normal position for city driving.

 

[Yelobird]

The ability to fold the mirrors while driving on the highway for long stretches would be nice and have the mirrors in normal position for city driving.

Because changing lanes at 80 MPH isn’t as dangerous?!?

 

[tickl]

Because changing lanes at 80 MPH isn’t as dangerous?!?

Do you guys use the mirror at all? Really? They're so tiny and poor fov

 

[sleepydoc]

Do you guys use the mirror at all? Really? They're so tiny and poor fov

I use mine all the time. I tried the ‘blind spot’ cameras but turned them off because It’s such a crappy solution and make things less safe.

If the mirrors are not useful to you you need to adjust them better - I have my left one so it covers my left blind spot. I turn my head \slightly to the left and can see the blind spot in the mirror and any car in front of the blind spot in my peripheral vision. Ditto with the right. Now, the view out the rear view mirror is pretty crappy but that’s a different issues. I’m trying to figure out why on earth someone would remove 2 out of 3 mirrors, keeping only the worst one.

 

[noobla3]

Because changing lanes at 80 MPH isn’t as dangerous?!?

I would only do it on my road trips where there are practically nobody else on the road close to me while staying in the inner lane. Don't change lanes in those cases for many many miles streches.

 

[Gumball]

Great plan when you like accidents.

 

[nate704]

I bought my MYP due to it's acceleration, speed, and supercharger network. I don't care about efficiency and negligible efficiency loss due to side mirrors. =)

 

[kelpcar]

Let's be honest, the side mirrors suck. I never look at them, and when I do I am always disappointed. I have cameras on both sides anyway. And yes, it's legal in texas to only have one Rear View mirror.

And if you drive outside of Texas?

The rear view in the Y is pretty crappy, esp for me coming from the big and vertical back window of an Outback. I use the side mirrors to make up for this.

I also wonder if you would face any addition exposure if you were involved in an accident, having removed them, or if the TX law would shield you.

I struggle to see the ROI for the effort.

 

[bobbyjae]

This is a terrible idea.

The side mirrors work fine. You just have to adjust them to cover your blindspots.

 

[Geech72]

If you never look at the side mirrors that’s a you problem not a problem with the mirrors.

 

[804son]

I've never used the Air Bags, so I think I'll just take them out for the weight savings.....

 

[nate704]

I've never used the Air Bags, so I think I'll just take them out for the weight savings.....

LOL
I would suggest to remove all the seats except the driver's seat, which will actually increase the range a lot!

 

[WhiteWi]

Idiots who dont look in to mirrors kills motorcyclists !

 

[tickl]

Do you not use the repeater camera view on signaling? Also the street display shows if there's a car beside you.

 

[RedWhite19]

Use your mirrors. And yes, I use them. And get this… I even look over my shoulder before I change lanes…