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tin-man has a question about filling body mounted mirror holes

During my enjoyable but very brief ride I realized the body mounted rear view mirrors, while being I guess, period correct, are for all practical purposes none functional in the sense y'all can't see squat of what coming up behind you out of either side, well at least this was my experience, so I am considering installing the Raydot side mounted mirrors shown in the picture below.

The picture is courtesy of a club members previous post.

So here is my question:

Once the old mirrors are removed how did you guys fix or cover the holes that remained in the body, what was the solution? Remember my car is brand new and has a fine paint job so filling and a paint redo are not on my list of to do things at this time, so I need some suggestions for best alternate to filling and repaint.

Pictures of what you did would be very helpful not only to me but to other folks who may be considering the same thing..

I do thank you in advance for taking the time to respond.

With respect, tin-man

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...pictureid=6065

I replaced the mirror in mine with a $2.50 convex mirror from Autozone. Problem solved. Can see fine now.

Besides, if you are ever in doubt about changing lanes - use the peddle on the right and apply it firmly to the floor.:LOL:

that is how I have mine and I love it. It is actually functioning and I can see out of it. HRBD can fix you up. They custome mde the bracket to do mine that way as I didnt want to pu tholes in the body.

It depends on how your mirrors where attached to the fiberglass mine where set into nutserts & I screwed in a couple of stainless round headed screws which look fine.

Terlingua decal over some kind of temporary plug. Wait til a repaint and get it properly filled.

Had a great body shop fill and paint, as well as repairing rock dings on me bleck cobra. At the same time I had my paint protection replaced because the 3M film was no good or the install was crappy....don’t know. I replaced it with Armor Coat. Best stuff if you hate rock chips. I have several images of the work in my gallery

The mounting holes for the body mirrors are usually anything but precision drilled in the body. If you are lucky, all you have are two small holes from wood screws...But I know of one "lucky guy" who removed his mirror and found a winged drywall anchor under the mirror base...The wide angle stick-on mirrors are quite popular.

tin-man,
If you like the looks of the original, don't give up on them so fast.
As STL Mark said, a convex mirror (or 2) should do the trick.
One thing I love about Cobras is the view. Don't be afraid to turn your head a little.;)