Mirrors needed to fit on a Land Rover Discovery 4

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Wendy - it would be helpful if you could say which ones you have tried which didn't work. I have Milenco Grand Aeros on my VW Touareg - which has big standard mirrors like the Disco and although they are a bit fiddly to get the brackets between the mirror lens and the housing, once on they are very secure, give a good view and don't vibrate.

+1 on the mirrors and have found them excellent, seen lots of them on all makes.

I have found that if fiddly to fit at the top of your mirrors try the bottom, and vice versa, there is probably more of a gap at one end than the other?

Corners - I used to fit them on the bottom of the mirrors on my last Touareg because they wouldn't fit on the top but on this latest model, they are fine on top if a bit fiddly sometimes.  Only downside to fitting on the bottom is that when they fold in when locking etc, they tend to foul on the door whereas on the top they are fine. Being able to fold them in fully is useful - particularly in Devon

Milenco Grand Aero fit my Discovery 4 just fine.

Milenco claim to do pads specifically for Landrovers. Might be worth investigating?

@ RichardandRos. I couldn’t get my grand Aeros to fit the top of my 2015 Escape.  I will have to try again. I fitted them on the bottom but can’t fold them in and take real care in fitting otherwise they work loose.  Are you using the standard pads?

I use suck it and see mirrors.  They stick to the centre of the wing mirror.  Some people say they find it awkward having the wing mirror obstructed, but I don't find it at all bad.  The suck it and see mirrors have a tiny convex mirror in the centre which I find useful.  Dead easy to adjust - just use the electronic mirror adjusters.  We gave up on our Milenco Aero mirrors.  Trying to adjust the nearside mirror was a complete pain.  No longer do I need to ask my wife....  up a bit, no down, left, right, a bit more, now back etc

David

Yes indeed very good point.I found it irritating to remember to disable the auto fold option each time I was towing, so I used the mirror adjust button/toggle to move the mirrors downward enough to make the space larger.

following on from my previous post,I found that when they were fitted to the top of the mirror they 'seemed' to not need adjusting at all from one use to the next? I think maybe that was because as it is curved on the top (and flatter on the bottom) once put on and all the screws tightened it could only be fitted in the same place each time? 

Boff - mine is a 2015 Escape - so identical to yours. On the odd occasion when they wouldn't go on - and it only seems to apply to the driver's side -  I have adjusted the mirror lens to give more clearance at the top and then readjusted it once the mirror brackets are in place and that seems to work. Doesn't seem to happen every time, though - even though the lens is always in the same place.  Strange? Obviously the clearance between the top of the lens and the mirror body is very tight, but I have always managed it, eventually.

Secured to the top of the housing, they are really firmly attached and I haven't had any issues at all with them coming loose - and yes, I'm using the standard pads.