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Mirror Relocation Brackets

Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Has any one installed Rugged Ridge mirror relocation brackets?

I lick the way they look but am concerned that the door might hit the mirror when fully open. Any feed back would be great.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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They won't hit but i don't like the way its hard to take the doors out, i even chipped away some paint, because its so tight.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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Are these the brackets that you have?
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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I had an idea about hot swappable mounts. One would go on the door and one at the base of the windshield frame like pretty much all of the existing ones. You'd then move the mirror with little effort from the bracket on the door to the other bracket as you switch out your doors. That way the passenger side mirror wouldn't be blocked when you had your doors on.

Does anyone think that something like that would be a good idea?
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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Good point i did not think about the passenger door frame being in the line sight. Could be a real problem for short people like my wife.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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I have them and the doors don't hit due to the limiting straps on the door. you do need a small stick on mirror for the passenger side in order to see when you have the doors on.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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I have these and love them. I have had 3 different relocation kits and this was the best I found. one like the classic mirror made too much sound and on the one of the mirror kept falling off. wp doesn't work with doors and the mirrow vibrated too much and couldn't see clearly. the mopar was ok but didn't look good. Non of the morror kits work on the right hand side when the door is on.

With RR, i do not have any problems with taking the doors off and only complain i have is that the factory mirror don't fit the way the intsructions state. other then that, it function as advertised.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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the only complaint i had was the factory mirror bolts wouldn't thread into the round cover that hides where the factory mirrors used to go. I had to use the mirror bracket bolts there and the OEM bolts to hold the bracket to the frame. Problem solved.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JK-Q8
They won't hit but i don't like the way its hard to take the doors out, i even chipped away some paint, because its so tight.
I have them and no problems here
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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If you re-use the stock bolts to mount the mirrors and use the silver bolts to secure the door filler plates, then you should be fine. Visibility is better with a small stick on convex mirror from Walmart.
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