I posted in that Samba thread. Not all of us have access to early bay Westy parts vans which have those mirrors still intact (how many can there be out there?), and so must rely on imagination and experimentation to achieve the result we want. The guy with the copper tube suggestion got it right. Works, looks acceptable, cheap and easy. Stephen --- On Fri, 8/13/10, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> Subject: Re: rear view mirrors - samba thread To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 11:05 AM
I guess you missed the bay window long stalk mirror, which was my main reason for posting link It, in your words, "looks factory", not at all "retarted" :) alistair
On 13-Aug-10, at 7:12 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: In a message dated 8/13/2010 9:00:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, albell@SHAW.CA writes: lots of ideas here, and if you follow thread to second page, there is a pic of the long stalk mirror that was installed in some loafs/ baywindow vans http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=406216&highlight=rear +view+mirror
Lame. first of all those homemade extentions look retarted, and they draw attention to the fact that the mirror was modified. Plus i imagine they take some time to cut/drill/weld/lengthen. why bother.
just remove the stock vanagon mirror completely...and install the glue on type from a early eurovan. simple.. takes less than 5 minutes, and it looks factory!!! |
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