OnlyOnThurs

I just do. I wish our rx7's here in the states had them. I heard they are not fuctional though lol but i love the way they look. Im seriously considering putting some on my fb. i probably won't but i am considering it . That style looks very old school japanese. I love it. Anyone here agree or disagree with me.

80's old school

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yep I agree.......and here is the king daddy of all cool old school Japanese!!!
Folks it doesn't get any cooler than this!!! 1969 Toyota 2000GT!!!

of course along with the fender mounted mirrors!!!

80's old school

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Hell...while I am at it...Here is some on a 1972 Datsun Skyline!!!

ray green

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Yep do it.

OnlyOnThurs

damn i love those cars!

OnlyOnThurs

80's old school

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yep this one was a fine example. Owned by Sterling McCall of the Sterling McCall Lexus/Toyota dealership fame.
I took this picture back in 2002 in Clear Lake Texas at an antique car and boat show.

IanS

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I completely disagree. I think you should install your header and THEN put the completely useless fender mirrors on and keep them on for about 12 hours until you get into an accident and then your whole month will be shot. You know this would happen because you KNOW that SanAn drivers are complete douchebags (no offense lol).

OnlyOnThurs

Ha! Lol! sup ian!

blackdeath647

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that's so cool, where can i get one of these

kiss4afrog

Does anyone actually have any of these on their car and uses them? On the ones in the picture of the Datsun Z, do you think they have a different convex shape?

Percentage

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The hard part is finding a set that is similar to the jdm ones, or a pair of straight up jdm ones....but thats been impossible so far.

ray green

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"where can i get one of these"

I got the silver SA model on ebay a couple years back, it's says "T.T.C. 2003, Made in China" on the bottom. It's motorized and really fast, you roll it backwards about a foot and it takes off across the room popping wheelies. But I haven't seen any since.

Here's another model with the fender mirrors, a '79 Savannah RX-7 available on ebay:





And yeah, those fender mirrors look cool but can you actually see anything with them? I saw the brown Z car at an Old School Japanese Car meeting in the Atlanta area this summer, I should have asked the owner (the guy with the cell phone) if they were functional or just for looks.

But whatever, people use them. Here's another one that showed up at the OSJC meet with fender mirrors, a '74 Honda Civic:

IanS

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WOW, who knew that super old school civics looked that cool?

Mickster

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Mirrors, mirrors on the car, who's the sexiest toy of all?

rotarydude

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Dude mine do... if you wanted to see if they work you just need to email me and come see them i have several

DAVE

ray green

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That '74 Civic was a fantastic model, I drove one to death back in the early '80s (was actually still running fine, but the blue had turned to white and the too-expensive-to-replace rear struts were gone, kind of hard on the head).

Fifty miles per gallon, no cat and lower emissions than cars with cats. Plus it's a blast to drive. You are real close to the front bumper, making those fender mounted mirrors easier to use.

Just don't get in an accident.

Mickster, you are right, that's the look:

NCross

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Why not try to mount the USDM ones on the fender? The shape looks like it would be possible. I only have one mirror on my SA anyway. I thought about trying it on a spare fender.

FBsliderseven

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you would have to reinforce the USDM fenders for the mirrors.
or else youd have flapping mirrors haha.

DivinDriver

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Not absolutely sure, but I think one of the reasons the fender mirrors never made it to the US market was their nasty habit of eviscerating any hapless pedestrian you might happen to clip.

That, and it takes two people to adjust them, unless they're electrified.

cmanns

How would someone be dumb enough to be hit bya mirror?

NCross

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I think it's just safety issues with you not being able to see out of them as easy as a traditional door mirror.

OnlyOnThurs

OMG dave i thought you dropped off the face of the earth lol. I haven't seen you on here in along time. And you sir have some 7's with fender mirrors?!?!? ? Yes i will be making a trip out to you very soon I still have you number...ill give you a shout out soon

Starfox07

I think the USDM ones look pretty sexy myself. Mounted further back on the door then usual. mmmm

blackdeath647

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does anyone ever really use the side mirrors anyways :P...i know i don't use mine unless i'm changing lanes, if i'm backing up i just throw my arm over and turn around lol, and to change lanes i just do a quick glance to see how much room i have then turn my head and make sure there's no one right beside me and most of the time i can do this with the overhead mirror so i wouldn't mind having some fender mirrors since they look cooler