Am I the only one who noticed???

[baronvonhorne]

Trying to figure out if this makes me a really sad b*stard for noticing, but I wondered if anyone else did.

I am talking about the Chimaera and Grif wing mirrors.

We know they come from a Citroen CX and as TVR drivers, I guess we can live with that knowledge.

However, I have noticed that other cars use these same wingmirrors.

To start with the more obvious, the Lotus Esprit uses them - which again, I am sure Lotus drivers can live with that.

BUT, I have seen what appears to be (on close inspection) the same wingmirrors on the Mclaren F1 and the Jaguar XJ200!!!!!

Somebody please confirm.... wouldn't you be extremley p*ssed of if you spent nearley £500k on a car with citroen CX wingmirrors!!!!

[richhy]

Used to have a lotus esprit, and now ive got the chimaera im still stuck with the same rubbish wingmirrors! Got a picture of a Jag 220s, and they are similar but not the same im affraid. I am actually thinking about trying to fit some cerbera wingmirrors to my chim, anyone got any ideas if they will fit and how much they cost????

[jellison]

they are Corrado with the under blip fitted - could you noy by some off a wretch Corrado and fit the blip from the one you already have - it you have the blip mirrors? Job done.

[full_chat]

Have a search of the archives as someone has done this and documented it all with instructions + pics

[matthewbinns]

jellison said:

they are Corrado with the under blip fitted - could you noy by some off a wretch Corrado and fit the blip from the one you already have - it you have the blip mirrors? Job done.

translation please.

[JonRB]

The Cerbera and the McLaren F1 both use Corrado mirrors.

It is possible to retro-fit these to the Chimaera and Griffith, but it is a bit of a pain as some PHers have discovered (see archives).

[Nicholas Blair]

What about Bugatti Eb110 ?

[Richhy]

any idea where i find these old threads? searched high and low.

[Big Al.]

Do a search in the Chim forum.

[victormeldrew]

So I've swapped my XJ220 mirrors for MacLaren F1 ones? What good taste I appear to have!

[RichardR]

The early F1s used the CX mirrors, and the XJ220s appear to have two designs, but these look like the Citroen mirrors to me:



And here they are on the F1:



Also used on various Marcos models:

[K4TRV]

Richhy said:

any idea where i find these old threads? searched high and low.

It was a challenge, but in pistonheads it turned up with:
www.pistonheads.com/tvr/default.asp?storyId=6095

Is that what you wanted?

K4TRV

[Richhy]

Yeah, cheers for that, although now ive seen it ive gone off the idea a bit, they seem to sit alot higher than the regular mirrors.