Fitting Audi TT mirrors

[FST 300]

Hi everyone,

I have recently bought some mk1 tt mirrors, if anyone has done this I am after some fitting tips/advice as it's not quite a straight fit for my early chim.

Any help will be appreciated

Thank you
Adam

[Rib]

Hi Adam, I am just doing this on mine, doing it slightly different to the guy on the TVRCC so will let you know once Im finished

[brett84]

this is interesting, next thing to do on my list I think

[snorky]

load for sale at £15 ea !!!
eBay item number:291125564706

[Rib]

if your having the same issues as me, the main one being that the 2 posts are too wide for fit in the hole (ooerr mrs!) I have ground down the edges that stick out and made 2 large holes in the recess in the door so they now fit down. I plan to fabricate a bracket that will sit on the inside of the door that I can bolt the wing mirrors into, rather than fibre-glassing it in, in case I ever what to remove it to fit indicators into or if someone hits it while driving. I'm off to the bodyshop sometime this week so will get pics of what i have done so far

[brett84]

yeah thats about the going rate, good value, no doubt will sky rocket soon
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=audi+tt+mir...

[FST 300]

Rib said:

if your having the same issues as me, the main one being that the 2 posts are too wide for fit in the hole (ooerr mrs!) I have ground down the edges that stick out and made 2 large holes in the recess in the door so they now fit down. I plan to fabricate a bracket that will sit on the inside of the door that I can bolt the wing mirrors into, rather than fibre-glassing it in, in case I ever what to remove it to fit indicators into or if someone hits it while driving. I'm off to the bodyshop sometime this week so will get pics of what i have done so far

Indeed I am having the same issue and will be making some sort if mounting bracket, I will post a detailed how to and pic once successfully secured in place

[Colin L]

not being a spoil sport

You do know that mirrors are crash tested and insurance companies can refuse to cover if not standard fitment on the car as built

Have you checked that your insurance will cover for this upgrade, as it bodywork which is crash tested for Joe Bloggs on the street or bicycle which can be damaged by the mirrors, you could be doing something nice to the car but could make it illegal to take on the road.

Just words of caution nothing more,

Colin L

[caduceus]

Colin L said:

not being a spoil sport

You do know that mirrors are crash tested and insurance companies can refuse to cover if not standard fitment on the car as built

Have you checked that your insurance will cover for this upgrade, as it bodywork which is crash tested for Joe Bloggs on the street or bicycle which can be damaged by the mirrors, you could be doing something nice to the car but could make it illegal to take on the road.

Just words of caution nothing more,

Colin L

[FST 300]

Rib said:

if your having the same issues as me, the main one being that the 2 posts are too wide for fit in the hole (ooerr mrs!) I have ground down the edges that stick out and made 2 large holes in the recess in the door so they now fit down. I plan to fabricate a bracket that will sit on the inside of the door that I can bolt the wing mirrors into, rather than fibre-glassing it in, in case I ever what to remove it to fit indicators into or if someone hits it while driving. I'm off to the bodyshop sometime this week so will get pics of what i have done so far

Indeed I am having the same issue and will be making some sort if mounting bracket, I will post a detailed how to and pic once successfully secured in place

[ukdj]

Colin L said:

not being a spoil sport

You do know that mirrors are crash tested and insurance companies can refuse to cover if not standard fitment on the car as built

Have you checked that your insurance will cover for this upgrade, as it bodywork which is crash tested for Joe Bloggs on the street or bicycle which can be damaged by the mirrors, you could be doing something nice to the car but could make it illegal to take on the road.

Just words of caution nothing more,

Colin L

As TVR never went through any crash testing using the small manufacturer loophole instead I can't see it being an issue, also as each car could be spec'd by the customer who now can say what it came out of the factory with these records are a bit hard to get hold of but not impossible!

Simple mod declaration to insurance co is still advisable.

[caduceus]

FST 300 said:

Indeed I am having the same issue and will be making some sort if mounting bracket, I will post a detailed how to and pic once successfully secured in place

Looking forward to seeing how to do this. May well replace mine in the not too distant future.

[Colin L]

ukdj said:

As TVR never went through any crash testing using the small manufacturer loophole instead I can't see it being an issue, also as each car could be spec'd by the customer who now can say what it came out of the factory with these records are a bit hard to get hold of but not impossible!

Simple mod declaration to insurance co is still advisable.

Think if you do research you will find that they did crash test and records are actually available. I am only giving a heads up and its better to check first than find out bad news later. Of course all could be well and good but simple check by telephone to inform insurance wouldn't be out of place

We do after all live in an ever increasing H&S world

Colin L

[ukdj]

We do indeed live in an ever increasing H&S world, although back in the late 80's early 90's things were shall we say a little woolier and Euro NCAP style testing was only for the big boys.

I haven't found any info on "official" crash testing results for the Chimaera, plenty of crashes but not official results, although happy to stand corrected if someone can provide a link to the "Official" info.

To take the modification premise to the extreme, I have heard tales of insurance co's trying it on because of replacement parts used during a normal life of a vehicle i.e Windscreen not declared as replaced at time of buying the policy and subsequent accident claim thrown out for this reason despite nothing being wrong with the windscreen and the replacement being done at a previous insurers "approved" repairer, so most definately advisable to declare any modification to your vehicle no matter how trivial you think it may be.

[keith2.2]

Re pedestrian safety, my suspicion would be that audi had to test rather more extensively for the TT than Citroen will have done on the CX...

[Colin L]

ukdj said:

As TVR never went through any crash testing using the small manufacturer loophole instead I can't see it being an issue, also as each car could be spec'd by the customer who now can say what it came out of the factory with these records are a bit hard to get hold of but not impossible!

Simple mod declaration to insurance co is still advisable.

Think if you do research you will find that they did crash test and records are actually available. I am only giving a heads up and its better to check first than find out bad news later. Of course all could be well and good but simple check by telephone to inform insurance wouldn't be out of place

We do after all live in an ever increasing H&S world

Colin L

[ukdj]

Colin L said:

Think if you do research you will find that they did crash test and records are actually available. I am only giving a heads up and its better to check first than find out bad news later. Of course all could be well and good but simple check by telephone to inform insurance wouldn't be out of place

We do after all live in an ever increasing H&S world

Colin L

As I said happy to stand corrected if someone can provide a link to the "Official" crash test info, plenty of info out there on chim crashes from private individuals & newspaper/magazine clippings etc but not found anything "Official"

No links/leads offered as yet . . .

Don't disagree that we are in a nanny state H&S world, and would certainly advise mod declaration.

[ChilliWhizz]

So er, what's with the TT mirrors? Better rear vision? better looking? less likely to fall apart? All of the above?

Cheers

Chilli

[Milky400]

^^^^^^^^ im with you

[Rib]

All if the above chilli, I suppose the looks are abit of a muchness as the old ones don't exactly look bad, but I think I do prefer the tt ones. They Arnt too big for the car either but do give a bit more visibility. A hell of a lot better built than the stron ones, not only will they stay together for well, ever, it's just a simple clip inside the mirror which holds it in, so if you do ever need to remove it, yiu do t have to break the mirror in doing so. I also plan to retro fit mk2 tt wing mirror indicators into the wing mirror too ao I can get rid of the God awful fiesta side repeaters