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Teardrop mirrors

ORIGINAL: sawood12

I thought the actual mirror housing is different. It is effectively twisted more to change the angle of the actual housing on the passenger side. If you look closely the mirros are not symmetrical and are at different angles.
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The PET illustration (for the 964 at least) shows the mirror housings as distinct only for left and right - there is no variation for LHD or RHD. The only variation in that respect is for the mirror mount itself. The mount is responsible for setting the angle at which the mirror housing sits and that is coupled with the physical location where the mirror is mounted on the door (which are NOT symmetrical).

I can't find any evidence that suggests the housings are different.

Regards

Dave


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In reply to Fred, forgot those, are all 924 doors the same?

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They do not do the 911 base.
They are fibreglass
They come without a gasket
They should fit RHD fine (but will get this confirmed as a definate, they wont be much use to us otherwise ;) )
The genuine glass will fit and provide heating.
Shipping should be reasonable especially split amongst the 10 pairs.

Tony
(I will be away again till late tuesday)
 
Ok, those who are interested (assuming quality is good, reasonable shipping and they do work with RHD),
we have
me,
policysure,
944 turboS,
Lythgoe,
And Diver,
Anyone else?
 
what about Scott's observation that teardrops are available from Clubautosport for £150 a pair.

are these the same... better ...or worse maybe??
 
ClubAutosport is synonymous with poor fibreglass in my mind. I think that is largely because of their mirrors. I have heard of glass held in with Velcro for example. That could be grossly inaccurate, but I know long ago I read something about their Cup mirrors that put me off ever buying anything from them.
 
I've heard very mixed reports about Clubautosport. There is a guy on the general topic forum who has used them to convert his 996 to as 997 using proper OEM body panels which included front wings, rear quarters and everything else that needed to be replaced and fitted to the 996 body which sounds like it's been a major job fettling the 997 panels to blend into the 996 body. He has raved on about the good job they've done so they do sound like they are a capable bunch so maybe they've sorted out their fibreglass products over they years?? Anyway it seems like there is a niche in the market for someone to make fibreglass replica shells that can take the flag mirror electric mechanisms.
 
By the way they were £150 a pair in a 2003 catalogue so i'm not sure how the cost of fiberglass has changed in the last 3 years!!
 
The Clubautosport ones are definately purely manual, no electronics of any kind (nice and light then [;)]) and as Debbie and I seem to have heads in different places I definately need electrically adjustable.

I saw some Clubautosport ones at Walton Hall a few years ago and cosmetically they looked fine once painted. I'd like to see the fibreglass beforehand though to see what sort of preparation is needed before painting
 
I had heard the same thing about the velcro to hold the glass in (probably from the same place) and also reports of poor finish of their spoilers, so I guess I dismissed them automatically, sorry Scott i should have replied [:(]
Tony
 
The genuine teardrop mirrors use the same motors as the original ones also. Actually they may be slightly different in the depth they sit back into the housing, but only by 3 or 4 mm and you'd never notice.
 
Hoping the slightly different motor position will be what allows them to work on RHD, I have asked for definate confirmation preferably with photos, this make take a while but there is no point ordering if they dont work. Will keep you all informed,
Tony
 
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