The big wing mirror changeover!

[greyhulk]

soooo after speaking to a few garages who quite frankly had never fitted wing mirrors therefore deciding to quote me stupid prices.. i spoke to my old man & borrowed his expertise for a few hours

removed the tatty old wing mirrors and started to saw through the fibreglass stumps carefully with a coping saw, there was no bolts or anything behind them just wedged in with fibreglass



smoothed off the stump using the grinder with a sanding attachment on, bit of tape around the stump as a precaution (lol not much of a prtotector really)


drilled two holes using the template that came with the wing mirrors, bolts in, took out speaker reached up and got the nut in with abit of playing about, and there you go tvr s1 fitted with chrome mazda mx-5 mk1 wing mirrors, finished job looks like this..




next job the coolant changeover!

[v8s4me]

Very neat. They do look like they could have been designed for the S1.

[greyhulk]

Thanks, yeah they really do look like there meant to be there. Bit costly at £100 for the pair but worth it in the end.

[v8s4me]

Bargain in the context of the improvement, both cosmetic and safety.

[greyhulk]

Yeah must admit there alot better to see out of. Btw nice refurb on the oz rims on your v8s! Was thinking about getting mine done but the guys at 'Speedwell's Alloys' didn't think they was in that bad condition, bit of pittering on them tho

[v8s4me]

Thanks for the compliment. I assume you mean the 8-spokes? Here is the thread on that project

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I've still got the oh-so-lovely-but-delicate 8-spokes but am currently running around on powder-coated Estorils because they are a lot easier to look after and less prone to "injury".

[greymrj]

Good to see you took the plunge and got on with it. With care it isnt that bad a job is it? Did you find the new mirror base pretty well covered the mark left from grinding?
Mk1 MX5 mirrors look exactly right on the S dont they? Could have been designed for the job, for a car which is all curves they just seem to be 'right'.

[greyhulk]

That's the ones, I have the same on my S1 but the guys at speedwells (in birmingham) didnt sound positive enough with the diamond cutting so I've left them for now.. May just get a metal polishing kit to tidy them up

Yours looked really good to me? Or is the banding you mentioned close up?

May I ask where you got your TVR wheel centre badges from? I saw a few on eBay but not sure of the sizing..

[v8s4me]

greyhulk said:

.. Or is the banding you mentioned close up?...

You have to get close to see the "banding" but I'm a fussy sod.

greyhulk said:

.. where you got your TVR wheel centre badges from? ...

Ebay. Just measure across the inside of the little lip on the cap.

[greyhulk]

Tbf I'm abit of a perfectionist so I'd be the same.. Wouldn't be too impressed paying good money and its not spot on.
Ah nice one will get onto that later and order some

[v8s4me]

Some of the guys on here have opted to have their 8-spokes powder-coated and they do look very good. Cue wheel porn...

[greyhulk]

Tell you what im interested in seeing the powder coat finish on the 8-spokes. So yeah lets see some of this filthy British wheel porn!