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Posted by: rufio0205 Jun 20 2008, 02:55 PM

I've been tinkering with the idea of putting side mirrors on the teener...but i dont know which ones i would put on. I'm in favor of putting a driver and passenger mirror...I also am not a fan of chrome.

any ideas

Posted by: roadster fan Jun 20 2008, 03:01 PM

If you want something other than stock I am doing some like these on East coaster's sweet ride.



From late model Miata, like 00' or so, I don't have my notes handy.

Jim

Posted by: markb Jun 20 2008, 03:51 PM

I've got a pair of 911 flag style electric motors (with wiring) if you decide to go that route.

Posted by: 7275914911 Jun 20 2008, 04:36 PM

a PO attached these to mine...
not sure if 911 or 944?

jkp

Posted by: jimkelly Jun 20 2008, 04:41 PM

all three of my mirrors wiggle like crazy when i am driving - barely useable- i really need to do something too! miata hum?

Posted by: Rand Jun 20 2008, 04:51 PM

I like the later RX7 style (1993-1995 vintage).





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Posted by: turboman808 Jun 20 2008, 05:15 PM

I used honda CBR mirrors. They work really well and don't look out of place at all. You just have to make some sort of bracket for it.

Posted by: markb Jun 20 2008, 06:02 PM

911. 944 has the wrong curvature for our doors.

Posted by: Rand Jun 20 2008, 06:16 PM

In that pic, it looks like the curvature is off.

Posted by: zx-niner Jun 20 2008, 07:26 PM

Interesting! I'd like to see a picture of that.

Posted by: 7275914911 Jun 20 2008, 07:34 PM

The PO that put them on had a hard time. The drivers side fits much better. There is a little gap in the base of the mirror pictured. I plan on getting that straightened out when it comes time to paint her down the road.

Posted by: Rand Jun 20 2008, 07:37 PM

I think I would find a block of plastic, cut it to the shape of the base, then file the shapes to fit the curvatures.... Create your own "adapter block" if you will and make a nice tight fit. Nice mirrors.

Posted by: markb Jun 20 2008, 07:51 PM

If they're too flat, they're from a 944. You can buy the 911 bases & backing plates & they'll fit right.

Posted by: 7275914911 Jun 20 2008, 08:14 PM

My original thoughts were 944. Thanks for thoughts and ideas. They do look good don't they!

Sorry to hijack thread...

jkp

Posted by: auerbach Jun 20 2008, 11:22 PM

This is a front view of the baby turbo.

Posted by: auerbach Jun 20 2008, 11:26 PM

This is a front view of the baby turbo.


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Posted by: turboman808 Jun 21 2008, 12:26 AM

They don't move at all even at 160mph. But then they move easy when you want to adjust them. I don't understand how that works at all. The stock ones were hard to move then floped around at those speeds.

Posted by: rufio0205 Jun 21 2008, 08:54 AM

can you throw a picture of the cbr mirrors on here?

i know this is going to probably be blasphemy on this forum...but what about 968 mirrors...a nice set of black ones? maybe an expensive addition but i'd rather be safe and in porsche style

for instance something like this...but obviously on a 914...and not white mirrors...that would really look bad on my red 914

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Porsche_968_CS_Seitenansicht.jpg/800px-Porsche_968_CS_Seitenansicht.jpg

Posted by: plymouth37 Jun 21 2008, 09:44 AM

I am running 2006 Pontiac Solstice mirrors.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 21 2008, 03:38 PM

I always liked the 911 flag mirrors. They look good and are bigger than the stock mirrors.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 21 2008, 03:42 PM

Here's the pic I meant to post.


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Posted by: rufio0205 Jun 21 2008, 05:17 PM

off topics by a lot...but what wheels are you runnning and what tires. those are gorgeous!!!!

Posted by: carr914 Jun 21 2008, 07:21 PM

I like the 911 flag mirrors, but now that I own two real Sixs they have to stay stock, though they will have passenger sides as well. If anybody wants a set of flag mirror I have a set in my stash.

T.C.

Posted by: carr914 Jun 21 2008, 07:37 PM

I don't know what happened when I went to put this pic up in my last post. Anyway my 73 2.0 with Flag mirrors. This beautiful car burned and melted into the ground in 1996.

T.C.

Posted by: scotty914 Jun 21 2008, 08:52 PM

stock all the way with the excption being curved glass in the passenger side

Posted by: carr914 Jun 21 2008, 09:26 PM

Doug Armstrong (tracks914) put these Oldsmobile Mirrors on. His thread was from January. They look very cool.

T.C.

Posted by: dflesburg Jun 21 2008, 09:40 PM

I have a pair of California mirrors (painted guard's red ) that I will let you have very cheap.

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Jun 22 2008, 10:57 AM

What do they look like?

Posted by: Root_Werks Jun 22 2008, 09:25 PM

Stay in the family and somewhat period correct for the car. Flags.

You have to get 911 bases for the mirrors and modify the curve to get them right. Mine are still only 99% correct. I need to remove them again and touch up the angle one more time.


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Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 22 2008, 11:40 PM

17 inch Revolution wheels. 205/50/17 Yokos. Good looking but very heavy wheel.

Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: rufio0205 Jun 23 2008, 06:37 AM

sweet thanks!!!

Posted by: nsr-jamie Jun 23 2008, 08:29 AM

how about these mirrors??



They are motorcycle mirrors and the outer body is made from real carbon fiber, the lens is german made and gives a really clear and wide view of whats going on behind compared to stock mirrors, the stay is made of light weight alloy and they are adjustable and you can select different length stays that might work on a 914. They are sold here in Japan and made here as well except for the lenses. Could be kind of cool, who knows...

Cheers

Posted by: Root_Werks Jun 23 2008, 08:38 AM

Good idea if you could get them in a horizontal mounting, not vertical. Sort of like stock mirrors.

Posted by: type47 Jun 23 2008, 05:58 PM

might have something to do with a BIG RUMBLING MOTOR!

Posted by: Sleepin Jun 23 2008, 10:49 PM

I am partial to these Olds mirrors.

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Jun 24 2008, 12:06 AM

That car looks sweet but really needs some spacers on there to make it look best.

Posted by: rufio0205 Aug 19 2008, 07:37 AM

just got the cbr mirrors on. they are a little long. but i actually like it....gives a little more style to the car...kind of like a lamborghini...stickin way out and all

Posted by: marks914 Aug 19 2008, 10:57 AM

80s Escort mirrors, $5 each, and power too

Mark

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2041932740057582025kkwWZZ

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2382821200057582025ATzWfk

Posted by: swapped Aug 19 2008, 10:58 AM

I put these on as a temporary measure because I couldn't decide what mirrors I really wanted.

Now I really like them, they work fine, and the glue shows no sign of giving up.

You don't need a horizontal fixing if you glue them to your glass

Posted by: r_towle Aug 19 2008, 11:42 AM

why do you need to see behind you???

Rich

Posted by: turboman808 Aug 19 2008, 12:55 PM

There is a long and short version. Looks like you got the long version.

If I remember correctly I needed the base from the long version and the short version of the mirror. In all like 40 or 50 bucks.

I will probably go back and make my own base at some point.

short


long



The mirrors are still folded in just so they are out of the way. As small as they are and being black people walk into them all the time. But you can see they are much shorter.

Posted by: rufio0205 Aug 19 2008, 01:11 PM

swapped: I love your front bumper and valance...what are they from and those mirrors look really sleek.

mark: love the spoiler...not sure about the mirrors. the cost of course...the thought that i've escorted my 914....kind of makes me die a little inside.

and i guess it is the cool thing to put a Porsche crest on your hood. i better jump on that asap

rich...its not that we need to...its that we want to...be safe??? i dont know where i was going with that

Posted by: stephenaki Aug 19 2008, 01:27 PM

I like those mirrors and, since I will need some myself, what type of olds? Model, etc.?

Posted by: roadster fan Aug 20 2008, 01:21 AM

Who made this bumper? Do you have more pics of your car? What does the rear one look like? Cool car, sorry for the hijack.

Jim

Posted by: swapped Aug 20 2008, 03:52 AM

Thank you Thomas, Jim, for your comments.

The car was built (rebuilt) in the mid-90s by a man with lots of skills but an aversion to buying parts or doing things the conventional way.

He also built a Hebmuller replica, all in metal, from a picture he had on a t-shirt:



The front and rear bumpers are the original metal ones, smoothed and filled and reshaped to how you see them. I have no idea what the front spoiler is, and haven't seen another one in this country, or online, so far as I remember.

The camera always flatters my 914, and what you can't see is the floorpan, which is strong and flex-free, but not as it left the factory (more of a tribute in metal to the art of the patchwork quilt).

But he also spent ages modifying a type4 muffler to have a twin-centre exit that looked like a pig-snout that you can just about see in this picture:



That exhaust pretty-much disolved into red dust soon after I got the car, and I replaced it (eventually) with a 4-1 header and no longer run a rear valence.

Posted by: carr914 Aug 20 2008, 06:32 AM

Hi Stephen, I think Oldsmobile Aurora

T.C.

Posted by: tracks914 Aug 21 2008, 06:51 PM

Any mid 90's Delta 88, (Pontiac Bonneville too I think).
Check out my thread, it was easy to do, cheap and look pretty good.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=65162&hl=mirrors



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Posted by: retrotech Aug 21 2008, 08:00 PM

I use to make these 935 type mirrors for 911's. I had one pair of proto type 914's left. Here they are.

Posted by: nick mironov Aug 21 2008, 08:08 PM

I used power mirrors from a Honda Del Sol. The base of the Del Sol mirror is very wide and it took a lot of work to conform it to the curve of the door. I also added reinforcing brackets from the inside. The control switch is from a late model Miata.

Posted by: tracks914 Aug 21 2008, 09:34 PM

Nice car, where did you get the rear wing? I've only seen one other like it...on my car.

Posted by: andys Aug 21 2008, 10:41 PM

Doug,

I'm nearly ready to mount my flag mirros, but everytime I see how well your's turned out, it always make me think twice. You're nothing but a trouble maker

Andys

Posted by: sixgt Aug 22 2008, 01:05 AM

When mounting your flag mirrors you need to start w/ them so they are a bit above the horizon because as you tighten the mounting screw it tends to pull them down so they angle downward and can look droopy like the pic of the lt. blue 73 in an earlier post. Also if you look at a 911 the driver's mirror is mounted more foward on the door than the passenger side.

Posted by: charliew May 29 2009, 10:21 PM

I know this is old but I like the olds mirrors and started looking for some online. Are the original mirrors plastic? The replacement ones say they are plastic. I can go to a pick and pull but I thought I would check online first.