Outer Mirror replacements, will a Mini's fit Options

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I was alongside a Mini Cooper at a light yesterday and could not help but notice that it's outer mirrors mount at a very similar position relative to the door and that the door "seemed" to have the same approximate curve. The car had some factory sticker expousing Greenism so it is likely a more recent Mini, if it matters. Any thoughts or similar observations? BTW, those mirrors look NICE.

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No Pics, but I just compared our 06 "S" mirrors to the 914 door. The top door radius of the 914 is much sharper/smaller and the Mini mirror has a much taller neck which makes it mount in a slightly lower position on the door.

I'm not seeing the 06 version as a bolt on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

Thx, that's the kind of info I need.

Not that expensive for used one on ebay USA.

As the mirror shells are made of stainless steel and not covered with chrome, you can easely re-polish them.

And you can find new one on ebay Germany...

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Thx, I will check out the ebays. I did not know that.

Why not keeping it as it came from the factory ?

A lot of things have improved, and improved hugely, over the last forty years. So if there are tasteful ways to make the car faster, safer and more comfortable why not? Resale value?

I would love to find one with a small base, sleek and possibly powered.

The Mini mirrors would probably be safer than the original mirrors (since they are larger). However the mirrors on my 07 Mini seem like they would look too large on a 914. They are pretty bulky compared to the 914 mirrors

My 2 cents,
John

Again, that's valuable info that helps. TY

EDIT: OK, I looked at the pic's of the originals (they are sweet) but I may have an issue with the foot print of the base. Do you know that diminsion Johannes?