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Hey guys, I've had some interest on my wink mirror and how I installed it to keep the visors functional (well, mostly functional anyway). Here's some pics I took tonight out in the garage real quick that pretty much explain the install as well.
Keep in mind my wink mirror has been used for several years in several different vehicles so it's started to warp and bow a little in the middle. I need a new one but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
As you can see in the pics, I only used 1 of 2 screws for each side. I didn't feel I needed to drill any additional holes in my roof when this would be very sufficient, especially for the xB2 as the mirror shouldn't be in any danger of getting bumped or ripped down. My VW GTI was a different story
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Fully ensemble your wink mirror with all brackets as if you are installing it to the car.
Measure up your mirror (having a friend help to hold it up helps a lot) to be even on both sides and bring the mirror with the top brackets just shy of touching your visors as you can see in the picture above (touching the visors is fine too like mine, but not much or your visors won't clip into place) and mark your holes for drilling with a pencil. I used the holes furthest away from the windshield. Again, I only used one hole on each side.
Set the wink mirror aside for now. Unclip your visors and swivel them out of the way so you can clearly see what you are doing and carefully drill your holes according to your pencil marks (You will apply slight pressure until the drill bit punches through the roof. It might freak you out, but that's good as it will cause you to immediately pull the drill back down LOL. Start with a small drill bit (sorry can't remember what size I used at the time) and go from there.
Once you have your holes drilled, you can now install your mirror! That's pretty much it.
If you don't feel you need your visors, you can eliminate almost all of the shaking but adjusting your mirror up and snug against the visors. I personally like to still be able to use the visors so I have mine dropped slightly down and not touching the visors as you can see the pics. My wife appreciates this too as she is a bit shorter than me and no visors can be brutal. Here's a pic showing the visor still being functional.
Here's a few more pics of the finished product. Hope this helps for anyone wondering how to install. Let me know if I can help out in any way!
- Mike
Keep in mind my wink mirror has been used for several years in several different vehicles so it's started to warp and bow a little in the middle. I need a new one but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.


As you can see in the pics, I only used 1 of 2 screws for each side. I didn't feel I needed to drill any additional holes in my roof when this would be very sufficient, especially for the xB2 as the mirror shouldn't be in any danger of getting bumped or ripped down. My VW GTI was a different story

Fully ensemble your wink mirror with all brackets as if you are installing it to the car.
Measure up your mirror (having a friend help to hold it up helps a lot) to be even on both sides and bring the mirror with the top brackets just shy of touching your visors as you can see in the picture above (touching the visors is fine too like mine, but not much or your visors won't clip into place) and mark your holes for drilling with a pencil. I used the holes furthest away from the windshield. Again, I only used one hole on each side.
Set the wink mirror aside for now. Unclip your visors and swivel them out of the way so you can clearly see what you are doing and carefully drill your holes according to your pencil marks (You will apply slight pressure until the drill bit punches through the roof. It might freak you out, but that's good as it will cause you to immediately pull the drill back down LOL. Start with a small drill bit (sorry can't remember what size I used at the time) and go from there.

Once you have your holes drilled, you can now install your mirror! That's pretty much it.

If you don't feel you need your visors, you can eliminate almost all of the shaking but adjusting your mirror up and snug against the visors. I personally like to still be able to use the visors so I have mine dropped slightly down and not touching the visors as you can see the pics. My wife appreciates this too as she is a bit shorter than me and no visors can be brutal. Here's a pic showing the visor still being functional.

Here's a few more pics of the finished product. Hope this helps for anyone wondering how to install. Let me know if I can help out in any way!
- Mike


