Sport mirror

Does your parking brake work, Todd ?

Yes but when I took this pick the car was running and it was in neutral and during my brake issue phase so I put some insurance behind the wheel...but yes it works fine!

Are you happy with it? ('it' being the mirror)

Absolutely love the mirror.  It is not functional though as I can't get it too turn for a better view but remember, I live in Florida and will never put the top up (god willing) so I have plenty of view around me.  If I ever do tout the top up it will be difficult for sure.  bit the look I was going for was helped by the mirror.

Todd:  This business of getting your passenger side mirror to work has been covered more than a few times in the past.  It's because no one sells proper passenger side mirrors (all we see are left side versions) but here's an easy fix that won't permanently modify anything:

1.  Remove the existing mirror and take the screw holding it in to your local hardware store.  Buy one with the same threads but 1/4" longer....no more.  Just to eliminate a different headache in the future, why not get it in stainless steel, too?

2.  While at the hardware store, buy a card of 3/4" diameter, clear suction cups, the kind used for hanging Christmas ornaments on a window glass.

3.  Return home with your goodies.  If your "man-friends" see you with the suction cups, tell them that they are "aperture widening shims for an optical reflecting device".....That should satisfy them that you're not knitting doilies or something.

4.  Remove a suction cup from the card, remove the wire hook from it and then cut the nub that the hook wrapped around off flush with the bottom of the cup.  Once the nub is off, make a hole in the center of the bottom of the cup (where you just cut the nub off) large enough to accept the screw for the mirror (I use a one-hole paper punch, but do the best you can).

5.  Re-assemble your mirror, but place the suction cup between the mirror and the mirror mount as a conical spacer (assemble it the same was as the cup and ball) and use the longer screw to snug it.  

The suction cup will move the mirror "ball" a bit farther from the base "cup" and allow a little further movement of the mirror face before the mirror hits the cup edge and you should now be able to aim it where you want it with a much wider field that it can pan across.

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Awwww.....NUTS!  I just saw that last picture.  Guess I shoulda looked more closely at the FIRST picture - Woulda saved a lot of typing.

OK, Todd.......Ignore my post, as you have a totally different mirror andnmy fix won't work on anything but "Aero" mirrors.

Sorry.....

Thanks Troy!  Gordon - Put some ice on those fingers, they must be sore after all that typing!!  LOL.  Thanks though - great information for sure.

OK.  That is a GT mirror more commonly seen on Spyders, but frequently used for an Outlaw look on Speedsters.  To adjust the mirror, you will need to remove the shell by unbolting it from underneath, in   the wheel well.   It will be obvious how to adjust it once the shell is off.

 

Originally Posted by TDR - Jacksonville, Fl - VS:

Triy see pic pleas.  Thanks

I could swear on my build sheet it says sport mirror...LOL - good to know what it is actually called now!

Huh, we just call them Spyder mirrors...

Gordon, thanks for the plastic suction cup suggestion; I'll use it on the passanger side mirror.