Thoughts please?

[AtomicRex]

Cheers for the votes guys, sorry... I wasnt being rude by not joining in the discussion yesterday...but rather crying into my shirt sleeves as no one likes the mirrors!
 
Actually I was sat on numerous motorways..so making it difficult to read all of the replies.
 
I guess it will be back to a re-think....and try something different.  There were at least 4 kind people!  So thank you...whoever you were

[Kieron]

Well one for doing something different and making your own design instead of ripping everyone else’s designs off. Credit where it\'s due, I think they need to be made a little smaller though.

[steve garbutt]

Cheers for the votes guys, sorry... I wasnt being rude by not joining in the discussion yesterday...but rather crying into my shirt sleeves as no one likes the mirrors!
 
Actually I was sat on numerous motorways..so making it difficult to read all of the replies.
 
I guess it will be back to a re-think....and try something different.  There were at least 4 kind people!  So thank you...whoever you were

Dont get me wrong thats some fantastic work you have put into those mirrors and they do look fantastic just not my style.
Also nice to see you making something different instead of copying people.

[BenLewisMav]

Hello guys,
Just echoing what Jon said really, cheers for the replies and what was actually amazing constructive feedback :god. Its been taken on board and I\'ll be working on the next prototypes with what was said in mind.. :3gears-rh

Just to explain the mirrors, they were born out of the fact that we didnt want to drill through our nice new carbon doors and wanted to try something different, so we set about modifying the standard mirrors, retaining the original mirror shape and motor (mainly down to short time leading up to the show, and the potential for keeping the standard elec. mirror adjustment), and moving them to the door triangle. The standard mirror glass inevitably led to a larger size than ideal for the lines of the car, the fact that the mirror was put together on a widebodied car didnt help with the sense of scale also!

We have also discussed incorporating indicator lights into the mirror units, which will be looked into in the next design.

Thanks again

[FDAsh]

You need a qualified automotive designer mate?

Try bringing the glass more horizontal too. I think that maybe using the standard glass is the sticking point. Interesting challenge though.

[BenLewisMav]

Haha... Well I\'m going into my final year at Coventry Uni doing Automotive/Vehicle mDes so almost there :Thumbs-up

There might be a way around it anyway as quite a bit of glass can be trimmed whilst retaining the stock motor.. but we shall see!

[FDAsh]

Been there done that one haha. Graduated back in 2006!

Lucky ......., I would have loved to play with Rexes whilst studying.

[probedb]

I\'ve got standard ganador (non-C/F) mirrors and I love \'em! A cheeky carbon copy would be sweet (too tight to pay for legit ones!!!)

I\'ve got these with the built in side repeaters too.

Think yours are too big for the FD!

[BlitzBoy]

what ever you do ...dont put built in indicators to the new design, its sooo gash, a lot of new cars have them and they look so tacky on them

[AtomicRex]

Was planning to do it a little more tactfully than a big lens.
 
The problem we have is that the Clam shell doesn\'t have repeaters built in...and so I want to have some form of indication on the side.
 
We have a new one in the moulding stage at the moment....something slightly different again.
 
Will put up a new poll again shortly Thanks for your help guys :cheers:

[Bobbit]

I love this style of mirrors

[davyv]

I want your doors Jon so get some supports made for them.

[Spartacus]

As the mirrors need to be bigish to accommodate the original motors and glass how about a cross between these two, something nice and curvy but on slender upright stalks?

[FDAsh]

M3s have nice mirrors.

New model:



Quite similar to Ganadors.

Old model: