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Posted by: Niklas Nov 14 2010, 03:27 AM

Hello!

Should 914 have one ore two side mirrors ?

Niklas

Posted by: Gustl Nov 14 2010, 04:02 AM

standard equipment was only one side mirror
the passenger's side mirror was available as option M528 (additional cost)

Gustl

Posted by: Niklas Nov 14 2010, 09:22 AM

Was it standard with both sides in any country ( sweden ) ?

Posted by: Gustl Nov 14 2010, 11:05 AM

I don't know - but I don't think so

Posted by: Pat Garvey Nov 14 2010, 07:54 PM

I can tell you only this - thr late 72 US passenger doors were equipped with welded nuts inside the door for fitting a second mirror. All you needed to do was drill a hole, get a right side mirror (or fklip the left side) and mount. Though I would appreciate the extra mirror, I won't drill holes in my my 914.

Anal? Yep.
Pat

Posted by: larss Nov 15 2010, 04:15 AM

I was just googling on this since I have the same question myself,and it seems to be a law in Sweden that all cars from year model -69 and on should have one inner and two outer mirrors. Dont know if there was any exceptions from this.

Im thinking of giving it a try with just one outer...

/Lars S

Posted by: Niklas Nov 15 2010, 12:48 PM

Now I have bougth 4 new mirrors for my two cars.
So it will be on both sides for my cars.

Niklas

Posted by: Tom_T Nov 16 2010, 06:30 PM

Pat & Niklas - those holes were on all passenger side doors 70-76 MYs.

Many of us other than Pat put them on the passenger side door for safety's sake - & to keep our 914's in one piece while driving ~ hopefully. Since it was factory standard in some markets & an available option from dealers or for a factory ordered 914, adding them should not cause one to be gigged/docked CW points IMHO.

IIRC it was Sweden & 1 or 2 other markets where the pass. side mirrors were required which prompted the Porsche/VW JV to set-up the R doors to accept them & to make the very slightly convex R-side mirror (still available).

However, be aware that the metal mirror housings are the same on both sides & the part no. stamped into it will be upside down on the passenger one, so the only way to tell which is which is literally to look in them both together side-by-side & see which shows your face bigger (& uglier in my case! ) & that's the R-side one with the slight convex effect. I had to do that when I ordered 2 new ones for my resto last year, & thought that I got the wrong one sent for the R-side!

Niklas - if you've bought 4 new L mirrors for those 2 914s - then you may want to try to exchange the 2 right side ones for the proper convex ones from whomever you bought them originally (dealer, AA, PP/Automotion, etc.), since they're still available new in R-side convex from Porsche.

Posted by: MDG Nov 16 2010, 07:19 PM

100% - my '76 has them in place

Posted by: Niklas Nov 17 2010, 02:15 PM

Thanks Tom for all your information.

Niklas

Posted by: rdauenhauer Nov 24 2010, 10:21 AM

two

Posted by: rdauenhauer Mar 29 2011, 12:18 AM

A little side-jack :
There were apparently two SIZE's of the OE mirrors.
I was just about to apply a repop mirror into a spare I had only to find out IT DONT FIT (Thanks George ) Actually My fault for not checking before/As I got it.

So when was what size available?

Posted by: dlkawashima Mar 29 2011, 12:56 AM

Dunno if you've seen this, but here's a page on the 914 outside mirrors:

http://www.p914.com/p914_mirrors_side.htm

I don't know of another mirror for the 914. Pictures?

Posted by: rdauenhauer Mar 29 2011, 09:04 AM

HUH! no Id never seen that site before~
Nice.

Posted by: nsr-jamie May 2 2011, 06:48 AM

914's in Japan came with them on both sides as its required about law....in the US and Canada one mirror was standard, but I have seen a few cars with pairs on them. I imported my car into Japan a few years ago and needed the passenger mirror and it was easy to install. The threaded holes are already there.

Posted by: ben*james May 29 2011, 02:09 PM

TWO!! 914's in order to have proper visual balance need both mirrors.

Posted by: orthobiz Jun 11 2011, 08:49 PM

One.

Paul

Posted by: orthobiz Jun 12 2011, 09:22 PM

But to amplify my response, I was in the car today and was looking around. I think the smallness of the vehicle, the lack of a blind spot and the two mirrors (driver door and rearview) were enough. I just don't feel like I'm missing out without that passenger mirror.

Paul