Wedge wing mirrors

[Mr Tank]

Hi

A lot has been discussed about wedge wing mirrors in the past.

I have managed to source most of the components of the original mirrors apart from the small change over switch, (which I am still sourcing) and the glass.

If anybody want's a set of the working motors and the joy stick switch please get in contact!

Andy

[wedgemaniac456]

Hi Andy nice to see you back on the forum.I spoke to you at the fest about some 400se front indicator units,have you still got some Sean.

[Mr Tank]

Sean

I do have some, somewere but I have 8 garages full with various bits of wedge parts which I am slowly sorting out as well as trying to fit out my new house garage/workshop.
When I do find them I will post it up.

Andy

[Wedg1e]

Mr Tank said:

Hi

A lot has been discussed about wedge wing mirrors in the past.

Not least that they weren't mounted on the wings, but on the doors...

The control switches are ex-SAAB or Ford Granada.

[GV]

I've got BMW M3 Mirrors on my car so I guess these motors wouldn't fit....

[jmorgan]

Looking through a workshop that fitted alarms and after-market leccy window mechanisms to cars and the earlier wedge centre console switches were used, or rather the same type, five pin lucars? It was a few years ago mind.

[marcus1875]

Yeah, i 've got 5 pin lucas switches on the centre console for my leccy windows.
I just got the catologue car builder solutions (cbsonline). They have loads of stuff that might help with the mirrors or any other project. not used them yet, just got the catalogue yesterday but they look really useful.
Marcus

[matt-man]

I would be interested in these so look forward to seeing the progress!

PS - Do you still have any rear lights? Mine have a crack in and would be good to swap when i have the body work done.

[Mr Tank]

Wedg1e said:

Not least that they weren't mounted on the wings, but on the doors...

The control switches are ex-SAAB or Ford Granada.

Ian

The switches were in fact used on various cars mainly BL cars early Range Rovers in particular..
Yes the mirrors are fitted on the doors but use of the term wing mirror is just a standard wording!

Andy

[Mr Tank]

matt-man said:

I would be interested in these so look forward to seeing the progress!

PS - Do you still have any rear lights? Mine have a crack in and would be good to swap when i have the body work done.

Hi Matt

I still have new nearside rear lights but have run out of the offside. I am still looking for some to make up full sets but so far all my contacts on the continent have not found any more!

So if you want the nearside no problem!

If you want a set of mirror motors and the joystick switch I can help!

Andy

[ibroker]

GV said:

I've got BMW M3 Mirrors on my car so I guess these motors wouldn't fit....

Gv. Any chance of a pic of your car with the m3 mirrors please.

Cheers

Andy

[ibroker]

GV said:

I've got BMW M3 Mirrors on my car so I guess these motors wouldn't fit....

Gv. Any chance of a pic of your car with the m3 mirrors please.

Cheers

Andy

[matt-man]

Mr Tank said:

Hi Matt

I still have new nearside rear lights but have run out of the offside. I am still looking for some to make up full sets but so far all my contacts on the continent have not found any more!

So if you want the nearside no problem!

If you want a set of mirror motors and the joystick switch I can help!

Andy

I do need a near side one! I'll check the other...only worry is they have probably faded so would be best to swp in pairs.

Cheers

[Taff_o]

Hi any luck in sourcing or at least finding where the glass came from for a S2 350i wing mirror? As not sure which but my motors (think motors, they make a noise just don't do anything) or switch don't work, so fool that I am I tried a bit of manual persuasion and now have a cracked mirror

[Mr Tank]

Hi Colin

The mirror glass on all wedges are the same, unless another make of door/wing mirror have been fitted. They were originally a very early Range Rover item, and I have never found any spare glass.

I just take an old example to my local glass mirror shop and they cut them to size.

Andy

[jindle]

my passenger side used to whirr but not move the glass, i took the mechanism out and cleaned/lubed and it started working fine - doesn't really help the broken mirror glass issue though...

[Taff_o]

Mr Tank said:

Hi Colin

The mirror glass on all wedges are the same, unless another make of door/wing mirror have been fitted. They were originally a very early Range Rover item, and I have never found any spare glass.

I just take an old example to my local glass mirror shop and they cut them to size.

Andy

Cheers Andy, looks like a trip to the mirror shop. Perhaps I'll get a few made take along to BBWF2014!

[wooly350i]

Make sure the mirror glass is not made too big otherwise it'll catch on the pod,better to be millimetre or so under sized, the mirrors are Saab 9000 and available from an eBay shop selling Saab stuff.

[Wedg1e]

Some 1980s small hatch had nigh-on the right size and shape mirror glass but I'll be sugared if I can remember which one... Peugeot 205, Talbot Samba, Fiat Panda, that sort of thing.

ETA funnily enough I've just been sneaking a look at a new-shape Panda outside my local takeway (I hang around hoping for scraps on a Friday night at closing time, surely we've all done it? ) and the mirrors on that looked to be similarly postage-stamp sized and of about the right shape as those on a Wedge.

Edited by Wedg1e on Friday 14th March 23:08

[Taff_o]

wooly350i said:

Make sure the mirror glass is not made too big otherwise it'll catch on the pod,better to be millimetre or so under sized, the mirrors are Saab 9000 and available from an eBay shop selling Saab stuff.

Cheers, off to ebay I go.