Topic: location of mirrors???
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West Bend, WI - USA
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Vette(s): 1985 silver coupe & 1975 red coupe
I have a 1975 Vette and will be having it painted next spring. The mirrors on the car now are the wrong ones. I have a set of correct one's that I'll install/locate before the paint job. Can someone tell me exactly where on the doors the mirrors belong. Thanks, Darrell
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/
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Well...mine are on the doors, but you can put them anywhere ya want.....
(Sorry...but SOMEone had to say it.....
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There should be a plate on the door to show the location of the two screw holes. If they have been filled in from the outside, you should still be able to see them from the inside of the door. At least on the driver side, anyway. The passenger side used riv-nuts, so no plate there, but the holes should still be there, IF it had a pass side mirror before.
(Sorry...but SOMEone had to say it.....
)There should be a plate on the door to show the location of the two screw holes. If they have been filled in from the outside, you should still be able to see them from the inside of the door. At least on the driver side, anyway. The passenger side used riv-nuts, so no plate there, but the holes should still be there, IF it had a pass side mirror before.
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When I bought my passenger side mirror it came with a template to get the location correct. Worked good. It mounts with well nuts like the luggage racks.
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Build Date: May 7, 1975. 383 w/267 RWHP/310 RWTQ
For what its worth, I just bought replacement mirrors for my '77 and had the hardest time getting the set screw to catch the threaded portion of the mirror. My soultion: I added a shim (1/32" rubber-fiber gasket material) between the mounting bracket and the black gasketthat came with the replacement mirrors. Set screw caught the threads on the first try.
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