# Anti-glare coating for side mirror?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-glare-coating-for-side-mirror/7100>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-glare-coating-for-side-mirror/7100 "2007-11-10T02:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![prof500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@prof500](https://community.cartalk.com/u/prof500)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-glare-coating-for-side-mirror/7100/1 "2007-11-10T02:32:25Z")

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Is it possible to get some sort of anti-glare coating applied to my driver’s side mirror, so that headlights of the car behind me aren’t so blinding? My car is a 2000 Toyota Corolla but this is sort of a generic question.

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-glare-coating-for-side-mirror/7100/2 "2007-11-10T04:49:59Z")

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In the same situation I adjust the mirror outward until the reflection of the headlights is no longer in my eyes. I not sure, but I believe it may also reflect the light back to the tailgating driver causing them to back off to a safer distance. My wife taught me this little trick.

Ed B.

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**Author:** ![kailuamike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kailuamike/32/270_2.png) [@kailuamike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kailuamike)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-glare-coating-for-side-mirror/7100/3 "2007-11-10T05:51:18Z")

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Ed … your wife and I are in accord on this one! Not only do I adjust the side mirrors, but also the inside mirror to reflect back into the face of the tailgater, especially the ones with the nuclear-powered death-ray headlights that are four feet off the ground. My fantasy is to have an aircraft strobe light mounted on my rear bumper for nut cases like those …