The Lotus Grand Tourers

Got one of the mirror covers from the sale {it was only 3 quid} right hand side,but its differnt to mine and will not fit

Thought they only fitted 2 kinds of mirrors .The rubber ones and the citroen ones from 89 onwards

Has anybody purchased the complete mirrors that are in the sale

has anyone got a pic of them ?

Will post a pic of the cover i have purhased after

thanks Mark

Three types of door mirror were used. The first was on cars with the
older type interior up to 85 model year. This was fairly rectangular in
shape. The second was the Rover type from 86MY and then finally the
89MY type.

Rob T.

Thanks the ones in the sale for £3 are the earlier square ones

Part no -ao89u1392f

Thanks

driver wrote:The second was the Rover type from 86MY and then finally the
89MY type.

Rob T.

Which Rover type was it?

Hi,

I understood both typed of "through-the-glass" mirrors were variants of Rover SD1 mirror.

But I think they have as much trouble getting them as we do!!

Jeremy.

Purchased one of the mirrors in the sale £23 delivered,the right hand side

Its designed for a left hand drive vehicle, PART NO A089U6073F

Its fits no problem and seems the same as far as view is concerned

Will post a pic after

Anybody got an idea of why the right hand mirror is different on a left hand drive car?





Thanks Mark

Markexel wrote:
Anybody got an idea of why the right hand mirror is different on a left hand drive car?


Thanks Mark

Because the picture will be upside down?

Ive got one of these too. First tip, look on the inside of the mounting plate where it goes against the glass. They some times have a locating 'tit', grind that off cos if you tighten it too much it will brake the glass. The problem with the LH drive mirror is that it doesnt adjust outward very much, although if you like to admire the car you will get an excellent view of the side of the car.

Bash

I noticed the little tit and cut it off beforehand

after fitting the mirror the view doesnt seem to bad ,hard to tell the difference over the original


When u say it doesnt adjust do u mean the mirror pivot or the electrical adjustment of the glass?

If the worst comes i can always fit the new cover/ mirror/motor to my original frame

Cant help but notice how cheap and nasty they are though!!

Like sumthing fitted to an 80s fiat!

Mark

Found out the differences between mirrors ,the mountain brackets are a different shape

there was play in my frame so i took them all to bits and used the best of the 2 mirrors