Wing Mirrors - Another Noob Question

dannyarmstrong Slammed & Awesome Dubber

96 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 31 Aug 2009, 4:16 pm

#732657

Okay, once again i've found a beetle and I'm in the final stages of pricing up sorting the rust on the chrome bumpers, and also wing mirrors

There isn't a left wing mirror (from in the car) he says this is stock, I've seen a few without them, whats the crack with this??

Sorry for all the crap questions!!

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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 31 Aug 2009, 4:19 pm

#732658

yeah not stock ,but can be sourced from most leading vw shops👍

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2009, 11:52 pm

#732775

Hi

Assuming the car is a 1968 or later model with screw in mirrors the drivers side mirror was standard fitment, the left was an option.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Sep 2009, 1:27 am

#732780

dannyarmstrong wrote:Okay, once again i've found a beetle and I'm in the final stages of pricing up sorting the rust on the chrome bumpers, and also door mirrors
There isn't a left wing mirror (from in the car) he says this is stock, I've seen a few without them, whats the crack with this??
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We never ever had wing/fender/mudguard mirrors in Australia..

they were/are big in Japan and the UK... lol

We had door mirrors on late beetles 68> drivers door only..
passenger doors didn't get mirrors until late 70s..

If You are talking about early beetles...
they had mirrors usually in the top of the door hinge...
again... mainly on the drivers side...

Very rarely see any mirrors on the wings/fenders/guards...
Most VW owners don't like drilling the holes... lol

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120 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 1 Sep 2009, 11:32 am

#732819

Hiya Danny,

Oh, it all works out!

Up here in the States we never got mirrors on the right hand side. You never got mirrors on the left hand side.

Why? Simple. You got all our mirrors and we got all yours! 😂

Seriously, it's just a matter of which side of the road you drive your car, VW figured that a wing mirror on the driver's side and the interior rear-view mirror were all that you needed. Many folks up here have retrofitted mirrors tro the passenger side for a bit better view.

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9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 1 Sep 2009, 7:30 pm

#732886

passenger side mirrors werent really a standard thing till the 80s
even my mates 79 toyota crown super regal which was the top of the line toyota back then didnt have one

from 72 on aus bugs had the mount in the passenger door with a blank plug in it