C5 mirror on WS6.....how to? Shane are you around?
02-28-2009, 05:42 AM
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C5 mirror on WS6.....how to? Shane are you around? Ever since i saw shanes car a while back, ive wanted to do this! I think they look great and give a nice subtle, custom touch. Anyone know how to do this?
Shanes post;
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...irrors-ta.html
From a long time ago lol. He put his car up for sale in 2006 so i dont know if hes still around....but even so, he paid someone to do them and couldnt explain how to do it.
Shanes post;
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...irrors-ta.html
From a long time ago lol. He put his car up for sale in 2006 so i dont know if hes still around....but even so, he paid someone to do them and couldnt explain how to do it.
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If you decide to go through with the "swap", don't forget to take plenty of pics. I'm sure I a not the only one who'd be interested in doing this with a picture how-to guide!
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Well, i drew out a pretty good "cage" to support them, and my buddy said he could weld it up for about $10 worth of material, and we figured out how to mount it etc. But the mirrors themselves are about $150 each! Plus im horrible at wiring so it would be a nightmare to figure out! I think i'll do it but in the end its kind of xpensive for just mirrors. I may look around for other mirrors to use. Any imput on wiring would help me out!
03-04-2009, 09:54 AM
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See if you can find the wiring diagram on the net for both cars. After that, it's just a little solder and some heat shrink til there fully functional and on your car
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Yeah, I sold the car in 2006...then bought it back in 2007. 
I did hire a shop to do it, but there were basically 3 parts to the whole deal, in order of difficulty:
1. Fabricate a bracket to go inside the door for the 'vette mirror to mount to.
2. Fabricate a metal plate (with studs welded on the back) to mount where the stock mirror mounted.
3. Wire 'em up.
The wiring seemed pretty straightforward. I had gotten a wiring diagram off one of the corvette forums (same place I was able to get mirrors fairly cheap). All we wired up were the ones that matched up with the TA mirror - anything else was just left disconnected. I had planned on doing the wiring myself, and just having the custom shop mount them, but they ended up doing it all.
It still seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing - but in reality, most people don't even notice them. Even f-body folks.
Good luck!
I did hire a shop to do it, but there were basically 3 parts to the whole deal, in order of difficulty:
1. Fabricate a bracket to go inside the door for the 'vette mirror to mount to.
2. Fabricate a metal plate (with studs welded on the back) to mount where the stock mirror mounted.
3. Wire 'em up.
The wiring seemed pretty straightforward. I had gotten a wiring diagram off one of the corvette forums (same place I was able to get mirrors fairly cheap). All we wired up were the ones that matched up with the TA mirror - anything else was just left disconnected. I had planned on doing the wiring myself, and just having the custom shop mount them, but they ended up doing it all.
It still seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing - but in reality, most people don't even notice them. Even f-body folks.
Good luck!
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another similar mirror is the 93-95 RX7 mirror, almost the exact same shape, and attaches to the same area on the door. might be an option if the vette ones are too expensive.
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Yeah, I sold the car in 2006...then bought it back in 2007.
I did hire a shop to do it, but there were basically 3 parts to the whole deal, in order of difficulty:
1. Fabricate a bracket to go inside the door for the 'vette mirror to mount to.
2. Fabricate a metal plate (with studs welded on the back) to mount where the stock mirror mounted.
3. Wire 'em up.
The wiring seemed pretty straightforward. I had gotten a wiring diagram off one of the corvette forums (same place I was able to get mirrors fairly cheap). All we wired up were the ones that matched up with the TA mirror - anything else was just left disconnected. I had planned on doing the wiring myself, and just having the custom shop mount them, but they ended up doing it all.
It still seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing - but in reality, most people don't even notice them. Even f-body folks.
Good luck!
I did hire a shop to do it, but there were basically 3 parts to the whole deal, in order of difficulty:
1. Fabricate a bracket to go inside the door for the 'vette mirror to mount to.
2. Fabricate a metal plate (with studs welded on the back) to mount where the stock mirror mounted.
3. Wire 'em up.
The wiring seemed pretty straightforward. I had gotten a wiring diagram off one of the corvette forums (same place I was able to get mirrors fairly cheap). All we wired up were the ones that matched up with the TA mirror - anything else was just left disconnected. I had planned on doing the wiring myself, and just having the custom shop mount them, but they ended up doing it all.
It still seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing - but in reality, most people don't even notice them. Even f-body folks.
Good luck!
Hmmm.....i'll look into them, thanks
