Towing mirrors

Having fixed the mirror to yours car's mirror shell can you not adjust the vertical and horizontal view for each of the makes you name?

I have Milenco ones  which, fortunately for me, do clamp on and I am then able to adjust to meet my needs.

I also had no such problems with strap on ones a few years back, the mirror swivelled on the centre screw of the bracket up,down and sideways.

Don't give up

Do VXL sell a towing mirror in their accessory range? Tried clamping the Milenco on the lower edge of the mirrors? Tried asking on an Insignia forum? 

We use milenco mirrors are you saying that the brackets will not fit on either top or the bottom of the mirror housing? we had a problem at first trying to get them to hold on our Sportage mirrors but one i had worked it out,i now leave the brackets in place,and just remove the mirrors and arms only.i nave a mark on the arms so that they fit in the same place each time

milenco are very good.They have different clamps for some vehicles (eg kia sorento).check if they list specials for your car or if the std.clamps are suitable!

Yes the mirrors adjust asthey all do but the view is too restricted, hence my query would convex give a better view.

Vauxhall did sell a specific towing mirror but not longer do so. Comes as nonsurprise when they wanted over £200 each! 

Fitted to top or bottom of mirror the clamps slide off due to the angle of the edge of the mirror. Had blindspots, aeros, different clamps, nothing works and heard the same complaint from VW owners.

I can only find one type of clamp for my mirrors. I think they design clamps for the mirror, not for specific cars so unless clamps from different mirrors fit, i dont know. I think Id have to try every type in the range to find out.

I do know that aero and blind spot mirrors use the same clamps, which wont clamp!

To what vehicle are you trying to fit a mirror?

I have a set of german mirrors (well, Aldi) that fit with two rubber straps each. I used them with my Discovery 3 but the straps are not long enough for the mirrors on my Discovery 4 so I use Millenco now. The view from both types is good. It is important that the additional mirror will detatch should it be struck as, expensive though they are, they are about 1/15th the cost of replacing the vehicle original mirror should it be wrenched off.

What do you think you should be seeing in the mirror? The idea is to give you a view of what is behind your trailer, not of the side of the trailer itself. Normally going straight ahead I would see the trailer just at the edge of the mirror glass with the rest of the view filled with the scene behind.

Plain glass gives an even view, curved glass gives a distorted view, and things can be a lot nearer than they appear. I have driven trucks that are fitted with both at the same time and I would not feel safe with only the distorted view to rely on.

he did say it was an Insignia.