After 2 months spent trying to improve passenger-side visibility, this inexpensive solution has greatly increased the inward reach of my door-mounted Aero mirror & actually renders it USEFUL. Hopefully the idea can help others who can't see objects anywhere near their car. I first tried putting the Dremel to the ball-joint perimeter, but couldn't get the necessary reach w/o undue damage to the shell. Tried the $100 Sierra convex head. The plane seems just a degree or 2 shy of being perfectly flat... so it really didn't improve much. Tried the 240MM Broadway interior mirror clip-on but didn't like the plastic look... plus it vibrates to a nuisance. The whole issue has been getting the RH Aero (which I mounted to match the LH door location) to tilt further down & inward. It turned out to be very simple with some 1/2" polyethylene tubing found hanging in the barn. Cut a small pie-shapped piece. It doesn't take much... just a slice... maybe 1/32 at the thin end to 1/16" on the wide side. Slide the angled plastic bushing into the base- so that the mirror will tilt in the direction you need. Assemble the head to the base & tighten. The bushing will not even be visible. NOTE: This works best with the better grade units made with spring-loaded ball studs. You will likely have to remove the mirror base from the car to re-assemble the cheaper ones which do not hold the ball stud tight against the outer shell.
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