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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 03:51 PM |
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External Mirrors for beetle
I have a set of crappy mirrors bolted to the doors of a 67 beetle.. I thought I would go for the type that hang down off the gutter..but.. My question
is.. And its a real dumb one.. What stops them from hitting the doors when you open them?.
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 06:51 PM |
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they mount to the door lip ond open with it. Mitchell
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 07:04 PM |
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So Mitch.. Have you seem them on a car? are they sturdy or flimsy?..
BTW, looking at the DC's in the morning
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 07:07 PM |
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sturdy my bro has em on his eh station wagon they look kool too 
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 07:15 PM |
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yeah saw a set like those you have and they are sturdy enough.
i thought the ones with the 4 inch mirror, were too large for a beetle and opted for the 3 inch.
i ended up going with a slightly different set too the ones you're looking at...instead of the screw holding the mirror to the arm, these have a
acorn/bullet style nut....a bit more period.
either way the clamp style of the mounting, neccesitates cutting the channel on your door! the clamp is more or less designed to mount to a flat, not
the 15mm wide top of a beetle door
any ways, they do go on and look cool, although i can't see shit behind me with em:P
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 07:31 PM |
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actually, now i'm looking at the pics i took for ya, they suck:blush
the top of the door distorted because i had too screw em up so tight as the angles between the outer panel and lip where you mount em don't really
work with the clamping style......
...couldn't get em low enough to clear the gutter rail, hence the rust stains- living 300m from the ocean don't help!.......
... i can't see as much as with the standard mirrors even though i thought i got the relationship of 1/4 window operation, ease of glancing and rear
view as good as possible.....
... if you can, use the bolt in style, hineysight tells me its a better option...or i can sell you mine:P.....i have the number for the hot rod shop i
got mine from, they probably do both mounting styles $45 each
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 08:26 PM |
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OK.. I was going to bring them in but from what you've told me, I'd prefer to take a good look at them first..
BTW.. I think I hear hail outside (Bondi)
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| posted on November 29th, 2005 at 11:34 PM |
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i used to run them on my 50s fords they worked cool for me
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
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| posted on November 30th, 2005 at 05:46 AM |
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i used to run them on my 50s fords they worked cool for me
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fords are kind of a different shape to beetles:kiss
...go with the peep mirrors, just use the version that bolts into the body, not clamp styles.
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| posted on November 30th, 2005 at 07:26 AM |
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Where can I go to check them out mate?
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i used to run them on my 50s fords they worked cool for me
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fords are kind of a different shape to beetles:kiss
...go with the peep mirrors, just use the version that bolts into the body, not clamp styles.
[ Edited on 29-11-05 by dumone ]
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| posted on November 30th, 2005 at 12:58 PM |
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thanks dumone there i was thinking my customline had shrunk us country folk aint real bright ya know:thumb
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
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