Date:         Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:47:57 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Images of Toyota Hilux Surf mirrors & adaptors
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I've taken a couple of images of a set of electric mirrors off Toyota
Hilux Surfs (Japanese-market; sold elsewhere as 4Runner). I THINK
these are different to all export-market mirrors... but want to
confirm this... US listees? Certainly they are bigger than
NZ/Australian-market 4Runners.

The left mirror is from an LN106 Hilux, the right an LN130 (both
basically tha same vehicle). The left mirror mount was set at a
sharper angle than the right, due to needing to throw the image
toward a driver offset to one side (right) of vehicle.

These mirrors will be going onto my 84 Caravelle. I have a wiring
loom ready, using an older (early-80s) LandCruiser Prado (again
Jap-market) switch, which I will install in the dash or door; but
might buy a later-model (better-looking) switch from some other
Toyota.

Images include balsa mockups I made of the adaptor mounts, which will
screw to the stock VW door mounts. I had the alloy blanks cast from
the balsas; these still need milling to match the factory Toyota
window-mounted cups, so the mirrors will screw into them; they will
also need smoothing and probably filling, then painting satin-black.

No floppy VW mirrors waving their crude ugliness from my doors!

Anyone wanna see these (and tell me whether these mirrors were
availale on US Hiluxes)?
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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