Where\'d u get these mirrors?

Ian65 · November 01, 2010, 12:16:56 AM

Did you ever get the mirrors put on Stu?

syebba · November 01, 2010, 07:38:49 PM

Not yet Ian.
Still trying to find the gaskets.
As i mentioned they need spraying,has anyone elses side trims either side of the windscreen started going from black to silver alloy colour.
Hmmn,looks like they\'ll have to be sprayed too!
ta stu..

captainbizzaro · November 01, 2010, 07:42:29 PM

Quote from: syebba;724449Not yet Ian.
Still trying to find the gaskets.
As i mentioned they need spraying,has anyone elses side trims either side of the windscreen started going from black to silver alloy colour.
Hmmn,looks like they\'ll have to be sprayed too!
ta stu..

Yeah my windscreen trims are going, and my wiper arms.

syebba · November 01, 2010, 07:54:58 PM

I got brand new wiper arms from Mazdatrix,well chuffed till i came to fit them,they were bent the wrong way,ended up in bin.
ta stu.

captainbizzaro · November 01, 2010, 07:56:48 PM

Quote from: syebba;724463I got brand new wiper arms from Mazdatrix,well chuffed till i came to fit them,they were bent the wrong way,ended up in bin.
ta stu.

Aah nightmare!

syebba · November 01, 2010, 07:59:43 PM

Bit ......ed off,they should of told me they\'d be different.
Black dragon do the side trims for screen,but the prices are just nuts!
ta stu..[Time for black smoothrite,me thinks]

A7RXY · November 01, 2010, 08:02:42 PM

Has anyone tried to have them powder coated ? as mine need doing.

Ian65 · November 01, 2010, 08:33:27 PM

Quote from: syebba;724467Bit ......ed off,they should of told me they\'d be different.
Black dragon do the side trims for screen,but the prices are just nuts!
ta stu..[Time for black smoothrite,me thinks]

I did mine on my red car with satin black out of a rattle can and it looked factory... you honestly couldn\'t tell the difference.
I rubbed them down, etched primed them, again out of an aerosol and then top coated them. If you just use ordinary primer though, it\'ll just peel off.
Also, if you mask up carefully, you don\'t need to remove the trims and risk breaking those delicate clips

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Ian65 · November 02, 2010, 06:36:31 AM

Quote from: A7RXY;724470Has anyone tried to have them powder coated ? as mine need doing.

The bottom of the pillar trims have a sort of rubberised stuff on them.
I don\'t know much about powdercoating but I\'m sure I was told that you can only powdercoat something that you can put a charge through..... I dunno if it would stick well to that rubberised bit.
It it would work, powdercoating would be the way to go though, proper job but only if you\'re going to keep the car long term or do a top restoration on it, otherwise I reckon the spray can approach is good enough.

A7RXY · November 02, 2010, 06:52:06 AM

Cheers Ian spray cans at the ready then ........

Marcrs · November 02, 2010, 07:42:52 AM

Yup, you can\'t powdercoat the rubbery bit

CHC (RIP) · November 02, 2010, 08:06:39 AM

Quote from: Ian65;724565The bottom of the pillar trims have a sort of rubberised stuff on them.
I don\'t know much about powdercoating but I\'m sure I was told that you can only powdercoat something that you can put a charge through..... I dunno if it would stick well to that rubberised bit.
It it would work, powdercoating would be the way to go though, proper job but only if you\'re going to keep the car long term or do a top restoration on it, otherwise I reckon the spray can approach is good enough.

You\'re on the mark with this Ian - this is the basis for powder coating, there must a charge there, otherwise the powder particulates cannot bond to the substrate material and it just falls off. Also will not bond to rubbery bits.