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bhart724
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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Baja Mirror Mounts |
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| vwguy2 wrote: |
I'm putting this together to store ideas for a Class 11, Baja, Offroad Mirror Mounts.
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I really like the concept of this one.  |
I like this one also. If you can make R & L for $40 or less each I would buy a set. |
X3 and X4
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Sxuxrxf makes some really nice stuff.
Im pretty jealous of his fab skills. I would buy a set as well but I plan on learning to weld and making my own, something about the one of a kind "I made that" proudness. |
i also like this concept. fashionable yet reliable. too bad my wifes things aren't the same way. maybe u could give her some pointers. |
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bhart724
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Freakzinho81 wrote: |
That's not a bad looking mirror at all!!!
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yea lookin good! |
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bhart724
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Freakzinho81 wrote: |
That's not a bad looking mirror at all!!!
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yea, lookin good! |
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bhart724
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| Dave24 wrote: |
No offense intended, to either of you. To me, matched paint w/chromed mirros says "street"... and there's nothing wrong w/ that. BUT, I like 'em tough looking. The less chrome/shine on bajas the better (for me at least, it's just my taste or lack thereof).  |
amen lol |
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bhart724
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Right, there are 4 bolts going into aluminum nutzerts (blind nut mount). Rather sturdier than a double whopper with a milkshake.
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that my friend, is a sexy ride!  |
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sixfootdan
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Wish I added one more bar but maybe ill try again.
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oukno
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I just threw these together with some spare steel, they'll work fine for the $20 I spent for the mirrors
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Snowking63
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the problem with all of these mounts is that the wing cant open fully. my baja is my dd so i will NEED them to open all of the way, ive been looking for some mounts like these but none of them seem to help me. any ideas??
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dirtkeeper
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| the problem with all of these mounts is that the wing cant open fully. my baja is my dd so i will NEED them to open all of the way, ive been looking for some mounts like these but none of them seem to help me. any ideas?? |
to me it looks like they all will open all the way. I plan something similar and with a cardboard mock-up the wing window opens all the way including reverse where it blasts in air.
did you see one in person that didnt work?
this is just one but they all look about the same.
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Snowking63
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joescoolcustoms
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Extend the mirror farther out from the body to where it clears the wing window.
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dirtkeeper
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| No I havnt seen one in person but I could tell by opening mine. In that pic you could tell it'll open but won't open all the way where it stops. |
hopefully somebody with one will pipe up but i really think you are mistaken. I mocked up one nearly exactly like the pic above..... i used a roll of tape taped to the door in that same location and the wing window moved full rotation and misses it by at least an inch and will miss the cage surrounding it too.
So i am confident i will not have a problem making my still to be made copy of the ones above work with the wing fully open.. if there are factory made brackets like this i do not know. I am responding because this is important to me too... that's why i insisted my roll cage be made to allow the wing windows and window handles to function. |
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Snowking63
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yea i would really like to know. I've seen one factory made online but for me, i would much rather make my own. i want something no one else has but i need full potential for my wing windows
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DirtDgr
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Bad pic but this is on my class 11.
Works great without a window of course. If I hit something too hard it just swings back. Takes a pretty hard hit. Its only happened once when I rolled the car!
Mirror still intact! |
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RossRinSD
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Too kind. 
I also like the one-of-a-kind factor to things that I make, which is why I don't make more of any given item. Usually I decide on something that I think will be cool and a little different, but that also means more of a pita to make.
I also get bored really easy. It's fun to go through the process of turning a thought into reality...the 1st time. After that, not so much.
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Trying to find some mirror mounts and came across yours. Very nice.
What did you use to form the main hoop of the mirror mounts? I was thinking I could get some round tube rolled over an old v-belt pulley?? Or conduit bender??? |
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mr_bill
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 these are on my 11 car
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dustymojave
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Too kind.
I also like the one-of-a-kind factor to things that I make, which is why I don't make more of any given item. Usually I decide on something that I think will be cool and a little different, but that also means more of a pita to make.
I also get bored really easy. It's fun to go through the process of turning a thought into reality...the 1st time. After that, not so much.
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Trying to find some mirror mounts and came across yours. Very nice.
What did you use to form the main hoop of the mirror mounts? I was thinking I could get some round tube rolled over an old v-belt pulley?? Or conduit bender??? |
For my mirror mounts, I used 1/2" x .065 wall CREW tube, like Jason Busk did for his.
Since I don't bend 1/2" tube very often, I wasn't willing to spend $250 for a die set for my JD2 bender to fit 1/2". But I have an HF bar stock bender and an old VW crank pulley.
I didn't even adapt the crank pulley to fit close on the pivot pin. It still worked fine for making 4 bends. The tube slipped some, so I used a small pair of vice grips to hold it against the block. I only took pics because a guy I know had stated it could not work without "a die set made for a real tube bender". There are more pics in the photobucket album.
Other bend radii could be achieved with different pulleys. eg smaller radius with a VW power pulley. If one were going to bend this size tube often, or a large quantity of bends, it might make sense to put out the effort to adapt the pulley ID to the pivot pin of the bender. Also, the bender could be set up in different ways to achieve the bend. This ain't the only way to skin this sort of cat.
Oh, the mirror housing is not chrome. I hate chrome. It's stainless. I was looking for painted mirrors to paint to match the metallic gray trim on the car.
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dustymojave
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JussumGuy over on ShopTalkForums used a cap for a welding gas cylinder tacked to his weld table with a couple of pieces of scrap plate close to the cap to bend his mirror mounts.
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MjrBummer
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Baja Mirror Mounts |
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| Is there anybody making and selling amy of these? I would be interested in a pair. |
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Snowking63
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Baja Mirror Mounts |
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| Is there anybody making and selling amy of these? I would be interested in a pair. |
Check out my daily driver build page in my bio, i made some unique ones out of 1/2" conduit. feel free to follow my design. Very cheap and simple to make even if welding ecperience isn't there. I get asked to make other people a pair quite oftenly but since I'm prepping my baja to sell it I don't have the drive to make anymore.
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