SUMA Side Mirrors

[marcusm86]

Hey All,

So i just got my SUMA mirrors in and went to post on one of the fitment threats to get some clarification.. looks like those are all closed now. I wanted to ask if anyone else is having issues with the mirrors moving while driving at speeds above 30mph. I for the life of me cant see ANYTHING out of the mirrors clearly at night because of the movement.. just wondering if this was just me? Defeats the point of having them imo..

I have tried taking them off and on again and pushing them on harder - would love a fix or at least some input.

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[blitz423]

my guess is bottom ball isn't fully snapped in.

Did you tilt mirror fully down and pushed inward on the bottom portion until you heard/feel the ball snap in? The left and right ball snap in easier than the single bottom.

I have Suma mirrors and don't have this shake. take it out and double check you transfered all the necessary parts and all snapped into place.

 

[marcusm86]

my guess is bottom ball isn't fully snapped in.

Did you tilt mirror fully down and pushed inward on the bottom portion until you heard/feel the ball snap in? The left and right ball snap in easier than the single bottom.

I have Suma mirrors and don't have this shake. take it out and double check you transfered all the necessary parts and all snapped into place.

Ive pulled them both back off and reassembled them completely.. i do think one of the white plastic parts may not have been FULLY clipped in.. like 1 of the 8 little clamping sides wasn't down all the way. Ill know when i drive it again.
Thanks for your input - much apprecaited!

 

[Cueyo]

You could potentially have a bad set of mirrors. Mirror warpage and factory defects exactly like you described happen all the time.

 

[zumbooruk]

Hey All,

So i just got my SUMA mirrors in and went to post on one of the fitment threats to get some clarification.. looks like those are all closed now. I wanted to ask if anyone else is having issues with the mirrors moving while driving at speeds above 30mph. I for the life of me cant see ANYTHING out of the mirrors clearly at night because of the movement.. just wondering if this was just me? Defeats the point of having them imo..

I have tried taking them off and on again and pushing them on harder - would love a fix or at least some input.

both of my SUMA mirrors are rock solid even at over twice the speed limit or bumpy roads.

is the issue affecting both mirrors?

did you move over the brackets from OEM mirror to SUMA?

it was a slow and painstaking process to carefully remove the OEM brackets, release one tab, only to have it snap back in when attempting to release the next...

it took a bit of force and carefully lining up both actuators to get both mirrors to snap in.

 

[marcusm86]

so this time when i removed the mirrors the white plastic piece stayed on the housing.. for both of them.. twice.. i think the clips on the mirror housing there might not be tight enough or something.

SUMA said they are "actively looking into this" for me

 

[marcusm86]

this would be the part that i am talking about. these clips on the mirror assy do not hold the white piece onto the mirror itself

 

[Chilly613]

this would be the part that i am talking about. these clips on the mirror assy do not hold the white piece onto the mirror itself

Those should actually hold the white bracket to the mirror very well if its pressed in all the way and in the correct orientation. If not, you can have issues like vibration in the mirror if its not installed correctly and the white bracket can come off completely when removing the mirror again.

Also make sure there isn't an issue with the middle retaining ball and the center ring on the white bracket.

Unity Performance has a good video for mirror removal and install.

 

[marcusm86]

Those should actually hold the white bracket to the mirror very well if its pressed in all the way and in the correct orientation. If not, you can have issues like vibration in the mirror if its not installed correctly and the white bracket can come off completely when removing the mirror again.

Also make sure there isn't an issue with the middle retaining ball and the center ring on the white bracket.

this seems pretty straight forward to me which is why i wanted to check and see if anyone else ran into this issue. tabs overlap. not quite sure what i could be doing wrong especially for both of them to be behaving the same. I'm gonna pull them off again to put the factory ones back on while i wait for a response from SUMA.
I appreciate all the info everyone.

 

[Chilly613]

this seems pretty straight forward to me which is why i wanted to check and see if anyone else ran into this issue. tabs overlap. not quite sure what i could be doing wrong especially for both of them to be behaving the same. I'm gonna pull them off again to put the factory ones back on while i wait for a response from SUMA.
I appreciate all the info everyone.

It usually is, but sometime things happen. Hopefully they're able to help figure it out.

 

[zumbooruk]

@Suma Performance customer service has been great when I wanted to return the rear view mirror.

 

[marcusm86]

Can confirm swapping back to OEM fixes the problem. The SUMA mirror will not stay attached to the white bracket any of the times i have removed it - either side.

 

[Chilly613]

Can confirm swapping back to OEM fixes the problem. The SUMA mirror will not stay attached to the white bracket any of the times i have removed it - either side.

That sucks, wonder if its just a bad set. I've used both Suma and Rexpeed mirrors and didn't have an issue. Hopefully they'll replace the mirrors.

 

[25_BlackFl5]

I have the same exact issue. Please let me know if you find a solution.

 

[marcusm86]

I have the same exact issue. Please let me know if you find a solution.

I have not heard anything back yet. I have replied back to my original email with the information I've included here.

did you just get yours? also have you let SUMA know? i wonder if its something wrong with a batch or something.

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