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Posted: **Thu May 14, 2015 3:13 pm**

Hey All,
I have been on the lookout some time now for a passenger side post mirror with no luck. Well last month at the Portland Swap meet I saw the triangle base of a mirror from 30 feet away. It was a post type mirror in descent shape but the wrong side. Looking at it made me think it could be cut and rotated around. For a whopping $5 it was worth a try. As you can see in the photos I think the outcome was great. I have photos of every step if anyone needs more detail.

: $5 swapmeet find. Made the whole trip worth it.

: Used a Dremel to mark the angles before rotating. Same angle amount on each side of straight up.

: Fit a copper pipe into the arm to keep alignment of pipe. Then soldered it up. I don't have a welder at this time.

: Backer plate from aluminum. Shaped, drilled and tapped. If I did it again I would only do the 2 top holes in a bracket and just fender washer the bottom hole.

: Marked the lower hole from the inside of the door. Drilled the lower hole from the inside with a long bit then mounted the mirror with the lower hole. This allowed me to drill the top holes, don't trust the inside door locator holes.

: NAPA mirrors as the old one was rusted. $16 each.

: I like the way it turned out.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2015 3:24 pm**

Nice work!!

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2015 5:30 pm**

Nice! I had a tough time finding a correct passenger side mount, and was ready to do what you did, until I found the part. Good job!

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2015 7:21 am**

You actually don't have to cut them. You heat them up until the post portion frees from the base and turn it to where you want it. The L and R mirrors are made with the same parts.

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2015 7:31 am**

soopernaut wrote:You actually don't have to cut them. You heat them up until the post portion frees from the base and turn it to where you want it. The L and R mirrors are made with the same parts.

They must have used Brass to weld them in if you can twist it?? You can't "twist" a WELD. But if it were brazed then that would loosen and you would be able to rotate it then. Just wondering....

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2015 7:40 am**

Jims68 wrote:
soopernaut wrote:You actually don't have to cut them. You heat them up until the post portion frees from the base and turn it to where you want it. The L and R mirrors are made with the same parts.
They must have used Brass to weld them in if you can twist it?? You can't "twist" a WELD. But if it were brazed then that would loosen and you would be able to rotate it then. Just wondering....

I don't know. Russ Ashley was the one that told me about that trick. He said that is how he ended up with a passenger side arm.

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2015 7:57 am**

soopernaut wrote:
Jims68 wrote: I don't know. Russ Ashley was the one that told me about that trick. He said that is how he ended up with a passenger side arm.

I will go out on a limb and assume that it is brazed in... especially if you can heat it and then it would turn. Eh... if I ever get another one, I'll look into that.

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2015 12:39 pm**

Jims68 wrote:
soopernaut wrote:You actually don't have to cut them. You heat them up until the post portion frees from the base and turn it to where you want it. The L and R mirrors are made with the same parts.
They must have used Brass to weld them in if you can twist it?? You can't "twist" a WELD. But if it were brazed then that would loosen and you would be able to rotate it then. Just wondering....

That's how I did it also, just heat. The stem seem to be pressed (mushroomed) from the back side of the base.

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2015 12:37 pm**

I turned a left into a right by die grinding out the weld. Was not brazed. Set the angle and welded back up.

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