quote Originally posted by DIY_Stu: Those mirrors will work just attach bolts to the surface then reinforce that. There's ˝" inside that triangular pocket.

quote One of the replies from MMBrazil. Kit c e n t r a l Forum Index Inbox :: Message From: MMBRAZIL To: FierociousGT Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 05:34 PM Subject: Re: Diablo replica mirrors You can make new holding bolts, cut the old ones off, get new ones, weld a square steel to the foot ( so the bolt doesn´t turn when fixing it to door )and fiberglass it in the position you want. Have someone that works with fiberglass do it, its very simple to solve your problem. Looking at the pics its very easy to place the mirror in your car, don´t worry I will help you. tks

You're the guys that sold him the mirrors aren't you. Since David has decided that he's going to mount the mirrors himself after the car gets back home, maybe you can convince a few more Fiero people to buy them before Devid gets around to finding out that I'm right about fitting the mirrors on his car.

You're not dealing with a rookie here, I've probably installed as many aftermarket non-stock mirrors on Fieros as anyone.

I was born at night but not last night.

Yes the studs are mounted outside the area of the base of the mirror but I've seen that on a lot of the kit car based stuff. And I know how to mount & anchor replacement studs.

The problem here is that the mirror base doesn't have a chance of fitting inside the triangle area we have to work with.

If you read my previous post you'd see that but I'll explain it again for you.



The area we have to fit into is measured as follows.....

Line "C" is 5.8" long. The angle from line "C" to line "A" is 29 degrees. The angle from line "C" to line "B" is 111 degrees.

Lay this out on a pc. of cardboard & it looks like this.....





Now, let's take a look at the mirror, we'll get back to the triangle later.

I did a complete layout inspection of the mirror.

For reference here, we're going to call the area where the mirror legs meet the base plate the "BODY".

The 2 legs of the mirror have Radii where they meet the base plate. I measured the mirror "BODY" at the base of those Radii, no more no less.





The basic "BODY" of the mirror is 4.45" long & 3.35" high. The legs are rounded a bit where they meet the base plate. So I rounded the corners of the 4.45 x 3.35 rectangle "BODY" with some tape.







All of this results in this template of the "BODY"



Now, maybe one of you guys can convince us that the square peg is gonna fit into the Triangle hole.









As I stated in my original post on this subject, the mirror would have to be mounted a little over 2" down into the door panel to avoid modifying the "A" pillar.

Archie

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Very interesting how a 11" rim is outside the body fender lip on a 88 and not on Chuck's pre 88.



Hey Archie, did you take any under the car pics? How far was he inner barrel from the rear coil-over?

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