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Door mirrors

Postby paul w » 17 Apr 2008 22:15

Moe(aka the dogs)has sent me these pic.s of his V8's new door mirrors
He got them from Merlin motorsport.A bit different,doncha'think!
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Any one else got non-stock mirrors?

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Postby UKPhilTR7 » 18 Apr 2008 08:27

<b>There most be a way of making the mirrors blend into the 1/4 light window on the door like they do with the Citroen C3. This way we could do away with the door mounting and control the mirror from inside the car if you didn't want to make them electric.</b>

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Postby moestr7v8 » 18 Apr 2008 14:15

I would like to fit these mirrors to the glass it would look a lot neater, Merlin Motorsport have some other similar mirrors that look as though they could fix to the quarter light with screws not sure I would want to try and drill the glass though ha ha.
Any ideas on a strong or suitable type of pad or adhesive would be much appreciated as I have a set to go on the 7 as well.
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Postby KRenken » 18 Apr 2008 16:09

Would the adhesive used to bond rear-view mirrors to the inside of the windscreen be suitable for an exterior application?

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Postby richards » 18 Apr 2008 19:41

More a sugestion of what not to do, Bullit mirror, looks to small for the car, cant see a thing out of it.

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Postby moestr7v8 » 18 Apr 2008 21:17

Yes, we made that mistake on our seven fitted the bullit mirrors, looked great but useless, couldn't see a thing out of them, so off they came.[:)]
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Postby Steve-LPS-Thomas » 19 Apr 2008 19:06

I hate non-standard mirrors... I hate standard mirrors...

Is there a mirror that looks standard but is well made and doesn't wobble/fall off/corrode???

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Postby Beans » 19 Apr 2008 19:59

Californian ... [:D]

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Need placing as far as possible to the front of the door to get a decent field of view. Yes mine should are placed to far back [:I]
But they look nice, don't wobble and haven't fallen of yet [8D]

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Postby paul w » 19 Apr 2008 20:15

Californian Beans? Looks more like a Friesian cow to me!

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Postby Beans » 19 Apr 2008 21:59

I meant the mirror, the cow is a Swiss variety [:p]

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Postby TR Tony » 19 Apr 2008 22:42

Yeah, c'mon Paul, since when did Californian cows have bells?[:)]

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Postby moestr7v8 » 19 Apr 2008 22:57

My new mirrors don't wobble,shouldn't rust 'cos they are plastic and as far as falling off ----- well I'll just have to let you know on that one. By the way I have got some nice s/s standard type mirrors don't rust but or fall off but do wobble a bit[}:)][8D]
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Postby paul w » 23 Apr 2008 14:48

Moe sent me some close ups of how his new mirrors are fixed -
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This next one compares the new with the original ball joint -
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