European mirror installed, no more blindspot

OMF, are both of the mirrors convex or just the driver side? In the pic, it seems like only one mirror is convex. What's the point to get the other side if it is the same as OEM?

Also, will this take care of the crappy vibration that the OEM mirror has? I am not sure if it is the mirror itself causes the vibration or the housing.....thanks

OMF said:
Sounds like the EU mirror will be a preferred option for the 2007 owners only.

The attached video clip View attachment 120456 will help you understand what can you expect from the blindspot-free mirror.

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Left and right mirror plates:
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Crystalwhitey said:
OMF, are both of the mirrors convex or just the driver side? In the pic, it seems like only one mirror is convex. What's the point to get the other side if it is the same as OEM?

Also, will this take care of the crappy vibration that the OEM mirror has? I am not sure if it is the mirror itself causes the vibration or the housing.....thanks
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Both of them are convex, the passenger side is also better than the OEM.

I read about the vibration issues, but I haven't had that problem even with the OEM mirrors. Filling the three mounting pins with thick, white grease could probably help.

Now, here is the bad news: The dealer is not willing to export the mirrors. I believe they have a market restriction in their licence agreement with Mazda.
 
OMF said:
The dealer is not willing to export the mirrors. I believe they have a market restriction in their licence agreement with Mazda.
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I suspect it has less to do with market restriction and more to do with cross-border transportation breakages/loss and associated liabilities. Dealers are notoriously wary of sending goods abroad and then finding out they are liable for breakages.

I have been trying to find a Canadian dealer to send me a replacement speedo (blue backlit) with primary KPH (secondary MPH), my CX-9 is in Europe - all of them completely stonewall me!
 
OMF said:
Both of them are convex, the passenger side is also better than the OEM.

I read about the vibration issues, but I haven't had that problem even with the OEM mirrors. Filling the three mounting pins with thick, white grease could probably help.

Now, here is the bad news: The dealer is not willing to export the mirrors. I believe they have a market restriction in their licence agreement with Mazda.
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it's not the matter of "market restriction"... it's just a major PITA to ship s*** overseas as the time spent on customs paperwork and freight as well as high risk of fraud (not that I'm saying you are) makes it totally unworthwhile.... the fraud risk is high because it's difficult to guarantee/authenticate overseas transactions

believe me, I deal with this s*** on an almost daily basis

there's some members here from europe, maybe you should setup a GB and have them help you export them
 
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EtoileBrilliant said:
I suspect it has less to do with market restriction and more to do with cross-border transportation breakages/loss and associated liabilities. Dealers are notoriously wary of sending goods abroad and then finding out they are liable for breakages.

I have been trying to find a Canadian dealer to send me a replacement speedo (blue backlit) with primary KPH (secondary MPH), my CX-9 is in Europe - all of them completely stonewall me!
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changing the gauge cluster is not a simple swap on all these new mazdas with CAN systems... it involves the dealer doing it with their M-MDS scan tool and programming the new cluster... a US dealer can get a canadian cluster also, so you may want to try that once you find an european dealer willing to help you do the swap.... the M-MDS tools are global so the system ought to know how to talk to the CX-9
 
TheMAN said:
there's some members here from europe, maybe you should setup a GB and have them help you export them
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Oooops.... Is the GB right hand side mirror similar to the continental EU's left hand side in terms of convexity? If so, that would be an interesting mod!
 
yes, but I said "group buy" not "great britain"... that's an antiquated term... if you're refering to england, it's the "UK"
 
in Australia the CX9 does come with a convex mirror on the passenger side, driver side is not convex. The idea being that the blind spot on the passenger side is the more problematic for a driver. Its a bit different from the euro one in that there is no visible line between convex and non convex areas. However the is one problem for you guys in USA. Our passenger side is left side of car (as we drive on left side of road here). I don't think there is a right side convex mirror available here.
 
MikeB-CX9 said:
in Australia the CX9 does come with a convex mirror on the passenger side, .... Our passenger side is left side of car (as we drive on left side of road here).
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Since the North American version comes with a flat mirror on the left hand (driver) side the Aussie left (passenger) side convex plate is that they would need. (headbang)

The US right (passenger) side is not a big issue, because it's slighly convex.

Are your mirrors heated? If so, I guess you will get a several requests in the near future to ship the mirrors to the US....
 
on the Aussie luxury model mirrors are heated. Our left side isn't hugely convex...so it sounds very similar to your right side.
 
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