Citroen door mirror woe's
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Had this kit for a while now but decided to wait until one of the mirrors gave up before fitting.
Well the other weekend the drivers side mirror decided to give up which i knew they would sooner or later.
Anyway thought i'd have a go at the stainless exhaust reducers as per Storm Guy's idea, seen as i had to destroy the original plastic collars to get the mirrors off.
Made a cut out so grub screw access is easy now and once pushed down in place the slot is completely hidden. Quite a bit of cutting and filing to shape required but im pretty happy with them. Just need to respray the casings now but thats for another day.
Well the other weekend the drivers side mirror decided to give up which i knew they would sooner or later.
Anyway thought i'd have a go at the stainless exhaust reducers as per Storm Guy's idea, seen as i had to destroy the original plastic collars to get the mirrors off.
Made a cut out so grub screw access is easy now and once pushed down in place the slot is completely hidden. Quite a bit of cutting and filing to shape required but im pretty happy with them. Just need to respray the casings now but thats for another day.
RogerDodger said:
Received - fast, courtious, and lovely engineering. Thanks Brian.
A question - how do you make (fabricate) the hex hole in the "tool" ? Punch/push it in? curious from an engineering perspective.
Hi Roger, yes it’s as simple as drilling a hole 0.2 larger than the hex size and punching the hex tool into it. As it’s aluminium the machine could handle it.A question - how do you make (fabricate) the hex hole in the "tool" ? Punch/push it in? curious from an engineering perspective.
Here are the photos of the bonnet parts I’ve been promising folks.
These brackets are as close in size to the original as I could get, the holes will accept 3mm pop rivets. I made the plate to fit under bracket the as I found that the rod had dug into the wing on my Griff.
This is stainless steel so could be polished for the those who like a bit of bling
These balls fit into the bonnet and are a copy of the ones on my Griff. Someone needed a set as they had lost them in the rebuild so......I made some more.
I found that the washers were needed to set the correct spacing between the pivots.
If anyone loses these I’ve got some!!
I’m putting a price of £20 for either the bracket or the ball kits to include P&P.
Drop me a line if your interested.
These brackets are as close in size to the original as I could get, the holes will accept 3mm pop rivets. I made the plate to fit under bracket the as I found that the rod had dug into the wing on my Griff.
This is stainless steel so could be polished for the those who like a bit of bling
These balls fit into the bonnet and are a copy of the ones on my Griff. Someone needed a set as they had lost them in the rebuild so......I made some more.
I found that the washers were needed to set the correct spacing between the pivots.
If anyone loses these I’ve got some!!
I’m putting a price of £20 for either the bracket or the ball kits to include P&P.
Drop me a line if your interested.
Hi all. I still have these in stock, so PM me if you’re interested in a set.
The problem I have at the moment ( 21/03/20) is posting the kit to you as the post offices in my area have closed so you may have to wait till things calm down. Sorry.
Brian G
The problem I have at the moment ( 21/03/20) is posting the kit to you as the post offices in my area have closed so you may have to wait till things calm down. Sorry.
Brian G
Edited by Griffo400 on Saturday 21st March 19:14
Edited by Griffo400 on Saturday 21st March 19:16
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