Date:         Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:04:32 -0700
Reply-To:     walt spak <wnsopc3@3RDM.NET>
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From:         walt spak <wnsopc3@3RDM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Those damn door mirrors...
Comments: To: Sean O'Neil <soneil@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
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Sean,

I replaced the mirrors on my 84 GL with "Baby West Coast" mirrors from J.C.
Whitney.  These mirrors are stainless steel and hold up very well.  I used
the existing mounting holes on the door for the lower mounts.  I may have
had to drill a new hole or two in the mirror bracket.  For the top mounting
points, I drilled 6 mm holes in the doors, at the very top, above the rubber
weather-strip.  I used very short 6 mm. bolts and nuts to attach the upper
brackets.  I had to shorten the tubular horizontal struts to bring the
mirrors in as close as possible to the doors.  The lower struts are
shortened a lot more than the uppers to keep the mirrors vertical.

Actually, I did this twice.  The first set I got were $20.00 per pair and
got rusty as can be after the first winter.  The second pair I got were
stainless steel and were only $40.00.  I can't remember if it was $40.00
each or per pair.

I was extremely pleased with these mirrors, they looked very good, and the
field of vision was greatly improved.  The only thing that keeps me from
doing the same to my current 91 is the electric mirrors that still work.


Walt Spak
Pittsburgh,  Pa.
wnsopc3@3rdm.net