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FierociousGT OCT 17, 06:28 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:
I picked up the F430 mirror from Trendzs. Trendzs did a very good job at fixing the upper end corner of the mirror and it looks like "new" @ $60 bucks. Now I'm waiting on Archie and the Crew to send me the mounting tri-piece.
sorry, I forgot to take pics.



Curly are you going to mount the tri-piece yourself? Judging by the number of hours to install it's seems like a LOT of work (welding, etc)...

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madcurl OCT 17, 07:11 PM

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Originally posted by jscott1:


Very nice but you might want to consider 15" brakes behind those wheels.





Nah, I'm sticking with the original game plan; the Corvette 13/13 ZO6 brake combo. With the 13" up front I'll be able to clear using the 19s. 15" rotors would kill my shop roller applications.


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Originally posted by FierociousGT:


Curly are you going to mount the tri-piece yourself? Judging by the number of hours to install it's seems like a LOT of work (welding, etc)...




I'll let Trendzs perform the task. Archie informed me that it was the plastic tri piece was hard to remove and was never intended to be replaced or removed. I'll pry on it until it comes loose and have them weld the piece onto the car.

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Archie OCT 17, 11:41 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:


Now I'm waiting on Archie and the Crew to send me the mounting tri-piece.




We have the triangle parts to mount the mirrors on but it's not a bolt on thing.

The brackets actually weld to the door frame but there's a lot more involved.

I show you what we are doing on Troy's car, it's virtually identical to what we did on your #20.

Here they are welded onto the door frame. The Mirror & the plastic triangle piece around the mirror will attach to this metal triangle pc.





This triangle is kinda hollowed out thru the center & rolled up on the outside edge to match the mounting surface of the mirror.



The original Fiero mirror mounting pad on the door frame has to be cut out......



A new pc. of metal welded in so the door panel will fit over this area. This new metal will have to be used because the old mirror mounting bolts also doubled as the mounting for the forward end of the dew wipe. So that this will not look incomplete when finished, we need to secure the front end of the dew wipe. We'll do that by installing 2 flat head allen cap screws from the outside & nuts on the inside to secure the dew wipe.



The door panel has to be cutout for the bottom edge of the mirror & the edge of the cut has to be filled in so that after being sanded will meet right up to the edge of the mirror so it'll look like it belongs there. The only mirror hole in the door panel will also have to be finished to a flat smooth blended finish to match the rest of the door.



Archie

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madcurl OCT 18, 12:31 PM
Thanks Archie for the detailed instruction using the F430 & F360/Fiero mirrors application. I'll give you a call this week regarding the price and shipping.

One question. What happened to the rubber upper corner piece? Is this piece still useable?

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exoticse OCT 18, 04:56 PM



Just when it seemed like Curly has just about topped everything, ...he's doing it again !

Look out, this is going to get really crazy !
slinger OCT 18, 11:53 PM
do i even want to know what you guys do for a living? your building things i olny dream about.

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madcurl NOV 13, 12:57 AM
The rear rotor chromed, skinned, and ready to roll..

13" Corvette rotor @ 18 pounds compared to Bear's front rotors @ 13.5 pound.




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madcurl NOV 13, 01:28 AM
#015: Its time to get back on it and finish the lower radio bezel fiberglassing. Geezs, this has been a long 2yr snooze! Notice the dust, hehe.
madcurl NOV 13, 01:31 AM
The bubble-top files: #015 in rare form.

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madcurl NOV 13, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by madcurl:

The 20x13 ordered and should arrive in 4-6 weeks just in time before old' Turkey day



38mm off-set, high polished clear coated 8"inners/ high polished 5" outer barrels, & .07 pad height (center piece). #020 is nice, but it's time to move too better projects.





The Blackened rear DUBS should arrive this week or right before Turkey day...now we're cookin'