Easy on 6 cyl sidecurtain cars. On my early BN1 I had to extent the threaded
stud and drill the hole in the door through. Then it works great. I can
e-mail pictures if anyone wants to see it. They're only $20 at the HD store.
I was the only guy in the store without piercings and tatoos.
Marv J
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Sid Shadle <sshadle@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree: why put holes in the sheet metal?
>
> I currently have a mirror (from Harley Davidson thru British Car
> Specialists) mounted on me BN2 as Joel suggests - works great, *looks
> awful*.
> But at least the sheet metal doesn't suffer.
>
> Since I never use my side curtains (even with the hood raised), I am
> wondering if anyone has tried mounting mirrors in the side curtain mounting
> hole and, if so, how and what is involved?
>
> Sid
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM, <gardner5@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > My advice is don't muck-up the clean lines of your car or your body work
> by
> > adding bullet mirrors.B
> >
> > Go to Cape International's website ( www.cape-international.com ), click
> > on
> > mirrors, look at item RVM100.B You'll see how you can use the existingB
> > knob
> > on your windscreen to add the mirror, and they work great. Simple
> solution.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > BN2
> >
> > B
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric (Rick) Wilkins" <e-wilkins@cox.net>
> > To: "healeys List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:06:47 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Side mirrors
> >
> > IMHO, They work best when just ahead of the windscreen as seen on my B
> > car ( http://ewilkins.com/wilko ).
> >
> > Way out over the wheel arch is too far forward, and on the doors B
> > requires to much head turning to get a look behind you.
> >
> > Wilko
> > San Diego
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Peter Linn wrote:
> >
> > > G'day list
> > >
> > > I have to fit mirrors to both sides of my 100 (to meet Australian B
> > > Deisgn rules
> > > because of the V6 motor) I have a pair of flat glass "bullet" B
> > > mirrors - what's
> > > the wisdom on the best place to position these? The driver's door B
> > > has holes at
> > > the front just below the curve of the top, but I'm not sure this is B
> > > going to
> > > be the most suitable position (and would be useless on the B
> > > passenger side)
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