sexier outside mirrors (Page 4/5)
kgoodyear DEC 15, 08:59 AM
jmbishop,

I appreciate that. I'm not sure how to go about printing it but I am sure I can figure it out,
jmbishop DEC 15, 12:42 PM
You could use a service like 3dhubs.com and have it printed pretty inexpensively. Abs would probably be the best bet. Petg would be stronger and print easier but I don't know how well it holds paint.
kgoodyear DEC 16, 03:43 PM
Ok, I bought some drying clay and shaped it to the form I need to have to attach it to my Fiero. I hope that after a bit I will be able to remove it and not break. ]




I don't think my machinist is going to be able to make this on his mill. I expect I'll have to get it scanned and then 3d pringted .

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jmbishop DEC 17, 04:11 AM
I'll take a crack at making a file for you if you want.

The first thing I'd need you to do is trace the opening on the mirror where it mounts to the car. A picture of the trace would be ok and measurements for reference but it would be much better if you could scan it for minimal distortion with markings for scale.

I'd want good pictures of the mounting of the mirror. as well as mounts on the door(i don't plan on taking my mirrors off to take pictures or measurements)

I'd need the angle of your adaptor, you can do this with a smartphone but an angle gauge would be better.
kgoodyear DEC 17, 11:30 AM
JMBishop et al,

Thanks! I think I will take you up on your offer. Perhaps we might take this to a sidebar and post the less mundane minutia.

The clay I used is a hobby clay that is supposed to dry hard and I am hoping one can get any measurement as one needs from this model. This morning when I examined it it had shrunk just enough that the adapter is separating from the door. I was surprised as I thought this would be the hard part!

To get the angle of the adapter I used a sliding T bevel and then transpose that to my compass.




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kgoodyear DEC 18, 07:57 PM
the modeling clay was a major flop. back to the drawing board. (
theogre DEC 18, 11:36 PM
I tried blinkers in Fiero and other external mirrors not made with them.
Main problem is most LED aren't focus or not enough and so can blind you trying to turn or change lanes. More so at night.
You want LED w/ very narrow output cone and covered or painted sides to block most of light going to you.

plus you don't want bright LED there. lights affect your eyes seeing what's in the mirror. Bright lights/LED more so. Bright LED close or in the mirror is like sun hitting the mirror.

Many OEM blinker mirrors are better but many still have problems too for same reasons even thru USDOT likely limits LED output power for them.

ETA-->this is for blinker pointed back that dazzle you if poorly install etc.

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troyboy DEC 19, 08:34 PM
Archie's work on my wife’s Enterra
jmbishop DEC 19, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by kgoodyear:

the modeling clay was a major flop. back to the drawing board. (
kgoodyear DEC 20, 05:58 PM
I printed out a 1/4" graph and traced the base of the mirror housing and included the gasket. The gasket is slightly larger than the tracing.

I still have to figure out the angle of the mirror to the door. That will come tomorrow.