| Re: Door mirrors
Hi Brian
Re the mirrors on Roy's GTD - we cut a hole in the door large enough for the mirror's cabling/protrusion to fit through and fibreglassed a suitable metal support inside to bolt it to.
To enable the mirror to fit the curve of the door, the rubber gasket between mirror base and door was removed and the mirror mount (Plastic) carefully trimmed with a sharp knife to match (ish) the profile of the door. Rubber seal was refitted to give a tidy finish. Be careful with the trimming as you need to retain the correct angle for viewing and obviously need to get both sides similiar. Make sure you sit in the car whilst someone holds the mirror to the door and then get them in the car and you hold the mirror to the door. This better enables you to visualize exactly where the mirror needs to be fitted.
Finally, do the above with the car on its wheels on the ground, with the rear deck on!, else you may not be able to correctly evaluate exactly what can and cannot be seen in the mirrors. Plus - remember they only adjust 'so far', so ensure you are not at the limit of adjustment when you test. You might want to allow for other drivers of different height (seat position?) to drive so allow for that too - after all, if they are electrically adjustable they should be 'usefully adjustable' - hope this helps...
If you get stuck, I can photograph the inside of Roys door next time I'm over there. |