Fed up of ****ty Mirrors?

Try this

was they like that the other day when i came down? are they much of an improvement?

No mate I did em yesterdy afternoon. They're a massive improvement over the crappy standard ones.

Wot are they?

hughesy said:

No mate I did em yesterdy afternoon. They're a massive improvement over the crappy standard ones.

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are they off the knackered merc vito? lol

look like standard depender ones to me

Pure genius mate now get em patented and start flogging em

They look brilliant !!!!

I'm assuming they're Defender mirrors, so how do you fix them onto the car and what do the fixing points look like from inside.

There is a plastic cover on the inside of the std mirrors, can you use that so that it looks tidy inside, perhaps??

Pictures would be great as I think it's a storming idea

They are indeed standard defender jobbies. I'll post up a "how to" a bit later but it's a piece of **** really. I only did a quick job just to see if it would work so could have been a bit tidier but they work well it just takes a bit of getting used to being able to see behind

hughesy said:

They are indeed standard defender jobbies. I'll post up a "how to" a bit later but it's a piece of **** really. I only did a quick job just to see if it would work so could have been a bit tidier but they work well it just takes a bit of getting used to being able to see behind

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lol i hadnt noticed how crap the mirrors was until you put this up, im gunna have to get a set of defender ones now. i dont seem able to reverse using mine after you pointed out how **** they are.

I got unbreakable lorry mirrors on mine - but those do look neat.

Basically what I did was this. Removed the original mirror, replaced it with a piece of steel plate cut to size to which I bolted a defender mirror. The cover over the fixings on the inside of the door can go back on afterwards so it's all tidy inside. I didn't waste too much time making it look perfect but I'm sure you could with a little bit more effort. It works that's the main thing.

I like that HUGHSEY!! Quick and easy. You could go the other way as well. The later Discovery mirrors are a vast improvement as well, they fit with a little mod and if you pick up the correct switch and add a couple of wires they will move as well.

Do a search 200tdi - 300tdi mirrors as I posted the info here somewhere.

regards

Dave

Dave 2000 said:

I like that HUGHSEY!! Quick and easy. You could go the other way as well. The later Discovery mirrors are a vast improvement as well, they fit with a little mod and if you pick up the correct switch and add a couple of wires they will move as well.

Do a search 200tdi - 300tdi mirrors as I posted the info here somewhere.

regards

Dave

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I'm not bothered about the electrical movement bit. I only used to use it because the original mirrors were so bad that I was constantly adjusting them to try and see anything. I used some defender ones I had lying around and a bit of offcut steel so it didn't cost me anything but I reckon it's such a useful mod it would be worth paying a bit to have it.

not sure how deependers get away with it but I thought there was a 20cm overhang from the widest part of the body limit on mirrors and they look a little over that...

mjltigger said:

not sure how deependers get away with it but I thought there was a 20cm overhang from the widest part of the body limit on mirrors and they look a little over that...

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Never heard of that. They actually stick out from the body about 3/4 of an inch less than the original disco ones.

hughesy said:

Never heard of that. They actually stick out from the body about 3/4 of an inch less than the original disco ones.

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that's all good then whatever the truth behind my half remembered factoid...