Dan Salter Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 I am thinking of getting some side mirrors for my K-series so that I can use them instead of the ones on the side screens. Saw an advert in Low Flying for the clip on mirrors which I like the sound of. Can anyone recommend these or anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinwhitcher Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 What you want is SPA convex formula race mirrors! you can get them from Demon Theives £27.95+Vat+Postage per mirror Very Good Martin nb- don't bother with the flat mirror, not very good vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarek Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Dan, I've had a pair of the ones advertised in low flying. Very easy to fit and they do the job very well. I've been very happy with them. Tarek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarty Blat Fast Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 I just received some pictures of the ones advertised in Low Flying. They don't allow the doors to be fitted while the mirrors are attached. They are intended to be a replacement for the door mirrors when the doors are removed. I can forward the documents to you if you wish. Contact me offline. I just posted a question on the Chat area about "Mike mirrors" which are SPA models bolted direct to the hinge. This looks like a pukka solution. Mike's mirrors! Slarty Blat Fasttongue.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony isherwood Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 I was taking a look @ the hinge/clip on mirrors and took the view that they would be fine with the doors off, but you take them off when you put the side screens on, because the side screens would have mirrors on them already. (Carry them in the boot if you wanted to swap around and have the safety of hood in the wet weather. (Her indoors, in the passenger seat objects to getting wet !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Sewell Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Looks like the SPA mirrors screw onto the windscreen from the inside by replacing the original 5mm screw and nyloc with a screw and mirror. Looks like a neat solution, but how far can you open the doors? On a different vane, does anyone remember what replacement mirror is needed to convert standard Caterham door mirrors to convex profile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Mad Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 yup, i forgot to say, you can't open the doors fully, but they are such pointless flaps of fabric, that i either don't have them on, or if they are on, just have learnt to get out of the car as if they weren't fitted. that way i brush them open only as far as i need to and the mirrors aren't touched. my girlfriend on the other hand is pathologically incapable of being near the car without forcing the door into the mirror. but hey, if she's in the car, she fixes the mirror !!!! a minor inconvenience for such cool mirrors. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Salter Posted February 13, 2002 Author Share Posted February 13, 2002 Thanks for your help! Will be looking at both ideas. Just recieved some info about the mirrors in Low Flying via e-mail. Had a look at "Mike's Mirrors", and agree they do look good. Some thinking needed now..... Cheers! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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