Mirrors

[Twistygit]

Keep on looking for some mirrors TT or carrado, are there any others that would fit okay?

I was walking around the supermarket car park the other day looking and thought anyone watching me would be thinking what’s that dodgy character doing

[QBee]

If you want to see what Corrado mirrors look like.....just look at everything from the Cerbera onwards. They are standard fit.
I have fitted them to my Chimaera with adaptors and like them.

[Twistygit]

Any ideas where to get them Qbee? There’s a couple on eBay at the moment but they seem pretty rare now

[LeeHodges]

Hi

RaceTech are doing them, either as individual units or as a pair with the conversion mounts:

https://www.racetechdirect.co.uk/car-parts/body-tr...

https://www.racetechdirect.co.uk/car-parts/body-tr...

Ta

Lee

[QBee]

Sorry, Lee, but that is without the mounts.

On a Chim or Griff, you need an adaptor from Fibreon, or you need to fill in the hole in the door first. Your call. I went for the adaptors, which were around £90 for the pair. Fibreon make them, others sell them as well, but charge more.

My mirrors were £50 the pair from a VW breakers near Derby. They had several sets in near perfect condition. The Racetech ones are £90 each inc VAT, so £180 a pair. But they are brand new. Your choice. I would go for the brand new ones despite the cost.

Here is what it looks like with the adaptors.

[QBee]

You will need to ask Racetech if they have the door buttons already fitted if yours is a later Chimaera. Obviously mine didn’t, the mirrors coming off a Corrado. Not difficult to swap them over, just fiddly. You need to drill the hole to take the switch fairly well behind the mirror itself.

If you decide to go ahead I can always bring my car over so you can see how it all goes. If I were doing it again and was willing to have the doors resprayed, I would fibreglass the holes and do without the adaptors.

[Twistygit]

Thanks for replies, I will have a look at the race tech ones, haven’t seen any cheap ones for a while now.
My Chim is an early one so no buttons in the mirrors