Tacoma750

I have an 86 ext. cab pickup. It has a rollbar in the back, and I could KINDA look over my shoulder to see whos in the left lane, before switching lanes. Now that ive installed higherback racing seats..All i see when I look over my left shoulder is my seat, and the inside of the cab. What have you guys done to increase visability? Im thinking about trying those real small mirrors you put on your regular mirrors. I THINK they are suppose to help you see bling spots. Suggestions?

Ringmaster

Yep the little 3" stick on convex mirrors help considerably. I have them on my 4Runner.

n4ynu1010

I hate those little mirrors but I guess if you used them a while you might get used to them ...........maybe .
In the old days when we had that problem with a trk when we put some high back buckets in it we would use larger mirrors and that would work well

infiltrator

i love the 4runner mirrors..

i think they are really big, and easy to see others on the sides

toyotatom93

A friend of mine had a racing rear view mirror. It was like a long strip made out of several rearview mirrors type thing. Gave the best view I have ever seen.

Tacoma750

The mirrors on my truck are MEGA small. Im gonna try those little 3' mirrors though I dont like them..but I feel like ray charles when I switch lanes on the highway

CJM

Yup, stick on mirrors, they work dandy.

infiltrator

lmao ray charles

Tacoma750

haha^^ you like that eh?

YodaPala

Tacoma750 sure yer not driving a new FJ? Jeez

corvey

Video cam mirrors and you won't have to move your head at all. Just move your eyeballs to the LCD screen

infiltrator

then again holy moley, 7 inch lift with those tires, no wonder! hahah

infiltrator

i wuold have a hard time with the camera's. for some reason i would feel like maybe they were tricking me, i dont know. i trust my eyes

Tacoma750

whats wrong with 7 inches of lift and 36s?

n4ynu1010

I will be looking for a Yota Driver with his head wagging then

eric-the-red

With 7" of lift and 36s just change lanes, they'll move out of the way

Or you can adjust your side mirrors correctly to eliminate the blind spots. Most people drive with the side mirrors set up to see the back end of their own vehicle, which doesn't make much sense as the back of your own vehicle isn't likely to hit you. Move the mirrors out and you'll be able to see following vehicles go from the rear view mirror, to the side view mirror to your peripheral vision. I was taught like this, for the driver side move your head over until it's against the glass and move the mirror out until you can just see the back of the truck, and for the passenger side move your head to the middle, in line with the rear view mirror, and again move the side mirror until you can just see the back of the truck. It takes a little while to get used to this but it eliminates almost all blind spots.

Tacoma750

Thanks for the tips^^ Sometimes I do just switch lanes...they arent gonna hit a big ass truck lol. But when your doin 75 on a 4 lane highway...that isnt always the best way to do things lol

4rockclimber

another vote for the stick on convex mirrors.. my runner came with them and i love em

n4ynu1010

Down with Stick On

aviator

There is another option... you probably have the little "wing" mirrors on the door [based on your desription] you could switch up to the "camper" mirrors which was a factory option that might still be available from the dealer... for appearances they looked sort of like the mirrors on the '80s ford econoline vans. My '87 had them they were nice and big and with the little convex stuck on... no blind spot.