Mirrors for son's Tasmin - source needed
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Hello all,
I have been digging around for suitable mirrors for my son's Tasmin. His are very poor aftermarket mirrors, and can't be adjusted to view anything useful. I bought some after market Baby Tornado clones, but they didn't work, as they need to mount on the side of the door, and his holes are on the top surface - they just didn't have enough adjustment to level them, and to be honest, they were junky even if they did fit.
The car on the left is my 350i FHC; it's style of mirrors are the ones I would love to find (flags that pivot - happen to be power, but that is not important).
The car on the right is my son Stirling's car, note his mirrors do not mount on the side of the door, so the mirrors on my car work well as they hae a pivot to accomodate the different mount.
Worst case is a set of decent condition/quality flag mirrors that must mount on the side, and we fill the holes up top and try to blend the paint in.
Anyone know where to get some? (or have some to sell?)
Cheers,
Rob.
I have been digging around for suitable mirrors for my son's Tasmin. His are very poor aftermarket mirrors, and can't be adjusted to view anything useful. I bought some after market Baby Tornado clones, but they didn't work, as they need to mount on the side of the door, and his holes are on the top surface - they just didn't have enough adjustment to level them, and to be honest, they were junky even if they did fit.
The car on the left is my 350i FHC; it's style of mirrors are the ones I would love to find (flags that pivot - happen to be power, but that is not important).
The car on the right is my son Stirling's car, note his mirrors do not mount on the side of the door, so the mirrors on my car work well as they hae a pivot to accomodate the different mount.
Worst case is a set of decent condition/quality flag mirrors that must mount on the side, and we fill the holes up top and try to blend the paint in.
Anyone know where to get some? (or have some to sell?)
Cheers,
Rob.
Thanks for the replies.
The mirrors do not connect to the triangle, they are mounted on the door (and frankly too far back to be useful - so we may land up filling in the holes and mounting elsewhere).
I just sent a message to Trevor at TET, I bought backs for my flag mirrors from him years back, but have not seen the pods. Not a bad solution technically, but I like the other mirrors better for an early car.
On my flag mirrors I changed the guts, and they were the same as an Alfa's mirrors, so suspect similar can be adapted to the pods if we go that route.
I do have a friend that parts out Jaguars, so I will drop by and see if he has an XJS mirror we can offer up for fit. My recollection from my XJS days was that they have a curved base to match the contour of the door, and it wasn't just a plastic bit - it was the casting. Perhaps I can make something up. I also may try a little later version, perhaps XJ12, as I think they were more flag shapped, and the XJS were a somewhat rounded shape... foggy memory however.
Also, Andy, the ones on eBay could be a good option, hard to tell how they will look until on the car; but the benefit of these is my other son has an old Mini, and he has the cool looking bullet mirrors - but they aren't very good, and I think the shape of the glass on the original style is better. If they don't work for the Tasmin they could go to him. Hmmmm.
Thanks again - appreciate the input.
The mirrors do not connect to the triangle, they are mounted on the door (and frankly too far back to be useful - so we may land up filling in the holes and mounting elsewhere).
I just sent a message to Trevor at TET, I bought backs for my flag mirrors from him years back, but have not seen the pods. Not a bad solution technically, but I like the other mirrors better for an early car.
On my flag mirrors I changed the guts, and they were the same as an Alfa's mirrors, so suspect similar can be adapted to the pods if we go that route.
I do have a friend that parts out Jaguars, so I will drop by and see if he has an XJS mirror we can offer up for fit. My recollection from my XJS days was that they have a curved base to match the contour of the door, and it wasn't just a plastic bit - it was the casting. Perhaps I can make something up. I also may try a little later version, perhaps XJ12, as I think they were more flag shapped, and the XJS were a somewhat rounded shape... foggy memory however.
Also, Andy, the ones on eBay could be a good option, hard to tell how they will look until on the car; but the benefit of these is my other son has an old Mini, and he has the cool looking bullet mirrors - but they aren't very good, and I think the shape of the glass on the original style is better. If they don't work for the Tasmin they could go to him. Hmmmm.
Thanks again - appreciate the input.
Thanks yet again - a couple look interesting.
I have been looking at every car in traffic for ideas - have a couple of months to figure it out as we are buried in snow at present.
The one issue I am starting to realize is that when they mounted it on the car they placed it so far back that it is usless - so I don't need to get so hung up on mounting it on the vertical surface versus the horizontal - either way I need to fill and paint... drats.
I will post a picture when it is sorted, for now I have found a picture that gives a closer up view of the mirror, so you can see the problem with mounting location. I assume the previous owner just drilled holes, mounted the mirrors, then sat in the car to see how their positions worked.
I have been looking at every car in traffic for ideas - have a couple of months to figure it out as we are buried in snow at present.
The one issue I am starting to realize is that when they mounted it on the car they placed it so far back that it is usless - so I don't need to get so hung up on mounting it on the vertical surface versus the horizontal - either way I need to fill and paint... drats.
I will post a picture when it is sorted, for now I have found a picture that gives a closer up view of the mirror, so you can see the problem with mounting location. I assume the previous owner just drilled holes, mounted the mirrors, then sat in the car to see how their positions worked.
If you don't mind losing the electric function you could put "Baby Tornado" mirrors on the car - Vitaloni was the company that made them I believe.
I know some after market ones have been made, and it seems the VW aftermarket guys sell them pretty cheap.
If you do find a replacement, and design to replace your mirrors I would be willing to buy yours - even if they are problematic for you, I would be willing to try to sort that out.
Best of luck - it's amazing how much of a challenge it is finding good mirrors.
I know some after market ones have been made, and it seems the VW aftermarket guys sell them pretty cheap.
If you do find a replacement, and design to replace your mirrors I would be willing to buy yours - even if they are problematic for you, I would be willing to try to sort that out.
Best of luck - it's amazing how much of a challenge it is finding good mirrors.
..and by the way; on an early post the TET mirror pods were mentioned; they would be another option if you wanted a radical change.
I see Trevor of TET responded back to a message I sent him the other day; his pods would bolt through the black triangle at the leading edge of the winodw - and I imagine several internals would work, he suggests RoverSD.
I see Trevor of TET responded back to a message I sent him the other day; his pods would bolt through the black triangle at the leading edge of the winodw - and I imagine several internals would work, he suggests RoverSD.
Edited by UKAuto on Tuesday 29th January 17:16
Danny Hoffman said:
If they are lose I'm sure they could be tightened up.
If you do decide to swap them out they'll be plenty of takers for the old ones on here
Not sure how to tighten them up if they swivel in towards the window - don't believe mine swiveled at all (but could be seized). If they are falling over so they aren't level, mine did that, I had to always keep at them by snugging up the allen key.If you do decide to swap them out they'll be plenty of takers for the old ones on here
And agree with Danny, if you do swap them time for an auction!
Cheers,
Rob.
We found some mirrors that look close enough, have sufficient range of movement (would work either on top - as we have them - or on the side of the door).
They are Vitaloni Pronto universal mirrors. They are paintable, so they won't be staying in white as they are in today's photos. Note that the same model mirror works for left or right side, as you just assemble with the head on backwards for the other side.
way better visibility - and close to original look.
Now, opinions; we can pain the heads black, or we can paint them in body colour. This would only be the part that is currently in white, as the base and stalk will be left in the black they are out of the box. It is ultimately Stirling's choice, as it is Stirling's car - but it would be good to hear what the wedge faithful have to say.
Cheers,
Rob.
They are Vitaloni Pronto universal mirrors. They are paintable, so they won't be staying in white as they are in today's photos. Note that the same model mirror works for left or right side, as you just assemble with the head on backwards for the other side.
way better visibility - and close to original look.
Now, opinions; we can pain the heads black, or we can paint them in body colour. This would only be the part that is currently in white, as the base and stalk will be left in the black they are out of the box. It is ultimately Stirling's choice, as it is Stirling's car - but it would be good to hear what the wedge faithful have to say.
Cheers,
Rob.
Edited by UKAuto on Monday 15th April 05:18
OK, to close the loop...
I sourced some mirrors from Vitaloni that suited the car, and had the appropriate size, and most importantly the range of movement required to mount on the top of the doors (where holes are already drilled). Not an ideal spot, a few inches forward would be nicer - but they do work fairly well.
And, as is clear in the photo, he decided on red to colour match to the car.
I sourced some mirrors from Vitaloni that suited the car, and had the appropriate size, and most importantly the range of movement required to mount on the top of the doors (where holes are already drilled). Not an ideal spot, a few inches forward would be nicer - but they do work fairly well.
And, as is clear in the photo, he decided on red to colour match to the car.
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