Mirrors with half doors

[andy couchman]

Have a friend in the Glos area who wantt to know what mirrors are best with half doors (and full screen). I believe clip ons were available but the line has now been discontinued.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Ta.

 

Andy

[Nifty]

The line will be recontinued very shortly *thumbup*

 

Keep off the straight and narrow 😬

[Debert]

Good news Mr Nifty Sir

 

I missed out on the first round, but will keep 'em peeled for "Mirror Brackets" (Part Two) 😬

 

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[stephen grant]

 

I will definately be interested in these as well

 

Regards,

 

stephen

 

 

[alan7]

Andy, I've got mine attached directly to the windscreen suppport here that way it doesn't matter what doors you use

 

How do you get the dead flies off your teeth....... 😬 R5AAH

[RWHomer]

Alan7. Looks very neat mirror attachment. Whose mirrors did you use, and did you drill & tap windscreen frame ?

[alan7]

Richard

 

They're standard "Racetech Single Seater" mirrors from Deamon Tweeks here

 

They're fitted into the bottom hole of the bottom door hinge. The hole needs enlarging a bit & the frame needs to be lose to get the nut into place & tighten it up, took me about an hour in total I think as they needed a bit of fiddling to get them in the right place. (adjust - sit in the car - look thru them - get out - adjust.......), not a difficult job tho.

 

The only problem I find is that the doors don't open a full 180 degrees, only 90, so the passenger (generally SWMBO) invariably moves the mirror when they swing open the door & it's a sod to get back into the right position.

 

I've got the convex ones & rear visablity isn't too bad, the flat ones may be better.

 

How do you get the dead flies off your teeth....... 😬 R5AAH

[jono]

Rif does the same mirrors with a special ball and socket bracket which screws directly through the frame stanchion. About 5 mins per side and the jobs a good un.

 

I would endorse earlier comments though about passenger door moving the mirror (assuming full doors of course) it's a PITA after a while.

[andy couchman]

Not my doors - but they're Caterham ones.

 

But... I'm just about to buy a pair of Jill Judd's for my 7 and already have provision for a mirror on the driver's side stanchion (an old single bolt fitting single seater mirror bought at a Lotus day years ago and with full rose jointed adjustability inside!). When I run the cutdown screen though that will disappear so I guess I'm in a similar situation - not sure how to play that.

 

Andy

[Alaskossie]

Alan7, what headlamp brackets did you use to get the "lowered-headlamp" look on you car?

 

Also, what turn signal lamps did you mount on the nose cone?

 

(Apologies for hijacking the existing thread....)

 

Alaskossie

[alan7]

Hi Alaskossie,

 

The headlamp brackets are one off fabrication using the older type brackets (without the additional suppost bracket) as a pattern. I did have a few problems with them as the originals were made of light alloy & weren't strong enough to hold the weight of even the smaller headlights. 1 actually snapped & the other showed signs of fatigue when I took it off. You can only get your headlights that low by using the smaller headlamps otherwise the front cycle wings hit them on full lock.

 

The turn signal lamps are fairing indicator lamps of a motor cycle but I can't remember which one. I'll have a look for the invoice in the morning to see if I can find it. They are wired up with a quick release socket next to the rear edge of the nose cone so they are easy to disconnect.

 

 

 

How do you get the dead flies off your teeth....... 😬 R5AAH

 

Edited by - alan7 on 26 Oct 2006 01:03:54