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    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
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    I "watched" one and now its on my Au page I always use.
    Yes tried that thanks but foiled again for other reasons .

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    I bought them when I was over there last August to see the grandkids. Elder son works in the World Bank so got postage very cheap - in fact, he hasn't asked me for the money yet
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    Quote Originally Posted by jff45 View Post
    I bought them when I was over there last August to see the grandkids. Elder son works in the World Bank so got postage very cheap - in fact, he hasn't asked me for the money yet
    Ok well that explains a bit , lucky bugger .

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    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    @jff45, what did you need to do to fit them to the door on your GU?

    Been thinking about better mirrors but the price of Clearview's is ridiculous especially what you have found.

    Might make it a bit easier on the pocket buying what you have. Also how are they like to drive with?

    Cheers Macca
    Fantastic to drive with, especially the convex lower 3rd which covers the blind spots.

    Basically, the only part of the Chevy mirror that's needed is the mechanism that allows the folding. I cut this off the Chevy triangle and tigged it to a triangle of 5mm 5083 aluminium that I made to fit the GU.

    The wiring for power adjust without blinkers is also easy because they both only use 3 wires but the up/down movement is reversed which isn't a big deal because you move it the other way instinctively when you see it's wrong.

    I still need to make some kind of plastic or aluminium cover for them and make gaskets from sikaflex.
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    I'm impressed , will get them thru my son who seems to know how the amazon deal works but I'm only after the plain jane version .

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    That looks cool! I like it a lot, didn't think of this as a mod but might have to put this one he maybe list! Always love a good home build.

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    Just completed putting a set on the GQ , not as fancy plain black with blinkers only on the outer edge but they work well for under $200 all up .
    Unlike jff45 I made the bracket completely out of steel which is quite a bit of mucking around but is going to be stronger , the alloy casting on mine were rubbish which is why I went steel .
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    Well done, I also thought about making them from steel but I've welded 5mm ally plate inside the cast section so it's way stronger than original. It's not like we need to hang a spare wheel on there or anything like that
    Now I'm towing the caravan, I'm really happy with how they work..
    Still think the Oz price is a real ripoff
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    Quote Originally Posted by jff45 View Post
    Well done, I also thought about making them from steel but I've welded 5mm ally plate inside the cast section so it's way stronger than original. It's not like we need to hang a spare wheel on there or anything like that
    Now I'm towing the caravan, I'm really happy with how they work..
    Still think the Oz price is a real ripoff
    Yeah upwards $800 for the same mirror , the blind spot mirror is fantastic as you said no more turning the head .
    One advantage in doing them with steel is you can make the spring tension adjustable just by adding or taking away washers from the main coil spring , noticed mine have the slightest vibration but roads around here are rough as guts .
    Have you worked out a cover for the outside yet ? Was looking at the original piece that covered mine and I reckon with a bit of work I could make them fit .

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    Please keep the info coming guys, mine arrived yesterday and I'm at the head scratching stage.
    Some close up pics would be handy if you have time.
    Thanks guys.
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    Last edited by macca; 29th April 2017 at 09:03 AM.
    Cheers
    Macca

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