Thoughts please?

[AtomicRex]

We are looking to make some door mirrors; primarily to compliment our Carbon doors, but also to sell as after market mirrors.
 
The mirror was on the car at RS6, and I asked the opinion of a few people to mixed response. I got the feeling a lot of people didn\'t really notice.
 
The design is meant to capture the original look and feel, but make subtle changes. It removes the need to have the mirror on a stalk so keeps the lines of the ridge on the door smooth, but I wanted it big enough to be effective on track. It also retains the standard mirror motor and glass as this is really light.
 
The mirrors will be available in either Carbon or GRP depending on whether you require them to be painted.
 
So if people could either/and vote/comment I would be extremely grateful.
 

 

 

 

[BlitzBoy]

Its a bit too big dude bit awkard looking, let me post pics of the style I would put on my car

[Spartacus]

To be honest they look a bit big/inelegant to me, maybe a shot of them from further back might help to see the overall size. I think you have hit the nail on the head though when you said they weren’t noticed, I think a slightly more daring design would be better?

[BlitzBoy]

here we go I luv these style

[Kieron]

here we go I luv these style

Craft Square FTW! That\'s what I have ready to go on my car.

[od404]

From the point of view of reusing a lot of the stock parts (keeps their price down?), keeping them big enough for use on track whilst reducing the overall width of the car, they work.  However, from an aesthetic point of view they do look fairly bulky.  Not that the stock ones are small, but I think being further out from the car\'s body helps them.  In this case the size of the unit actually overshadows the fact you now have clean line on the door.

From a race-car point of view where function wins out, I would say they work (depending on what their aero properties are like...), however in my case, not doing much track I would look to something that looked a little better.

[Kevin]

Craft Square

+1.

Although the mirrors you have designed are nice and not taking away from the fact that you\'ve probably spent quite a few hours on them; for me they arent enough of a change from standard to warrant changing.

I think if you are going towards a more track orientated theme, then something along the lines of craft square type mirrors would definately fit the bill.

I know if you produced something similar to that then I would definately have a set off you.

Good work though.  You seem to be producing some cracking stuff lately.

[steve garbutt]

Bit to big for me as well, personally im wanting something more elegant than the stock ones.
Anything like blitz has posted but utilising the original mounts would be good.
Therefore no moding or painting required.

[REVIT93RX7]

I think they change the lines of the car too much.  Maybe something smaller. But I can\'t see adding those to my car.  But maybe look at a slightly different design, smaller and a little lower.

[Jono FD3]

I think if you loose the swage line on them & reduce the size to 3/4 or even 2/3 of what you have got & you would be on a winner, although I would also put a little more design work in the mounting point... possibly 2 struts like the lambo mirrors, & they would look nice

Jono

[BlitzBoy]

FTMWYO lol

[Kieron]

Those ones come with blanking plates to fill the holes left by the original mirrors:



Buy from Craft direct in Japan, dont go getting copies made up though :Nono!

The ones I have mount onto the holes. it\'s a different style they make for the FD, the \'WORKS\' version



again, no naught copies please.

[trotter]

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!!!)

[RobMatthews]

please dont copy the craft carbon ones,they are very exclusive due to their price,and having searched through loads of mirrors only ever found that they are next best after standard mirrors,

As regards to the mirrors you want a vote on i think something almost stock looking(imo mazda done an excellent job on the fd/fc and is very hard to improve on for a \'street car\') but with the garador type legs.

Actually looking at the garador mirror yours looks exactly the same but the legs part infilled?

[Nik da Greek]

Ganador FTW! I had Craft Square ones on my YZF and they were ....e, vibrated like a tourettes victim on Red Bull and the stupid irritating neeedlessly feeble little ridiculous fixing nuts worked loose all the sodding time so the first time you went over 90 they just drooped like a witches\' tlt. They drove me literally insane and I eBayed them in very short order.

Back on-message, I think your ones look a bit to large and ...well, undefined, Jon sad to say. There\'s no kinda shape to them to grab your attention IYSWIM. Sorry, mate