Outside rear view mirror for vehicles, preferably for motor vehicles

An outside rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle, said outside rear view mirror assembly comprising:

• a mirror foot fixedly securable to the motor vehicle, said mirror foot including a bracket;
• a mirror head pivotable into and against a direction of travel relative to said mirror foot, said mirror head including a housing and a mirror support disposed in said housing;
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• an articulation wire defining two parallel hinge legs (38, 39) allowing said mirror head to pivot into and against the direction of travel thereabout, respectively, said articulation wire including a U-shaped shoulder stop (37) extending through a plane defined by said two parallel legs for stopping the pivoting of said mirror head after said mirror head pivots a predetermined amount and a connection section (36) connecting one of said two parallel hinge legs with said U-shaped shoulder stop (37), said connection section (36) adapted in its shape to inside contours of said mirror head (12) and said mirror foot (11) such that said U-shaped shoulder stop (37) is disposed between one of said two parallel hinge legs and said connection section (36);
• said U-shaped shoulder stop (37) including (i) arms (41) that extend orthogonal to said two parallel hinge legs, and (ii) a connector (42) running parallel to said two parallel hinge legs;
• a parking lock (45) operatively connected between said bracket and said mirror head, said parking lock receiving said connector (42) thereagainst;
• and
• a friction-reducing coating covering said connector (42) of said U-shaped shoulder stop (37) to reduce friction created between said connector and said parking lock.