has it been done? My sa is missing a lense but the FB's mirrors are fine. They don't mount the same way but I was wondering if there was a trick to it.

 

I´ve placed FB mirrors in a friends SA

The SA even had the big hole for the wiring...

 

put FB doors on your SA. ill be doing that eventually

 

I say put some early Miata mirros on it. They look better and you can see a lot more in them than SA mirrors

 

Should be no problem. I have a driverside FB mirror assembly on my SA right now and the holes matched up fine. I may even take a pic for you tomorrow.

 

This sounds awsome...pics would be good

 

Yep - door mounts are all the same; holes will match up. Only prob, as mentioned, is early production SA doors do NOT have have the hole for the electrical harness to run thru for power FB mirrors. You'll know as soon as you pull a mirror. Drill your own or don't bother with the electrics. FB and SA manual mirrors are actually identical. In fact, if your SA HAS got the electrics hole, then likely the harness behind the dash is PREWIRED to accept the mirror electrics: just add door harnesses and control switch - have 'em in my 80 SA!
Stu Aull
80 GS
Alaska

 

i was going to use a set of these, since the set of mirrors i bought from a member froze up over the winter.
what i mean by froze up is the joint thats used to adjust them up down left right froze.

 

I noticed that the SA mirror has screws on the outside, but the FB doesn't. How do you get the fb one off?

 

You need to to first take off the top part of the mirror and the skrews are inside the base.

 

THE FB MIRROR WILL FIT THE SA WITH NO PROBLEMS, THERE ARE TWO SCREWS THAT HOLD THE HEAD TO THE BASE, THEN LOOK DOWN INTO THE BASE AND YOU WILL SEE TWO SCREWS THEY ARE THE SAME LOCATION AS THE SA MIRROR.

JUST BOLT THEM UP. THEY LOOK A WHOLE LOT BETTER ALSO,

I DIDNT BOTHER WIREING THEM UP YET, THEY ARE JUST FINE BEING MOVED BY HAND.

HOPE THAT HELPS.


btw.... i HAVE TWO VERY NICE SA MIRRORS FOR SALE .....

LET ME KNOW

 

You can even see the outline in the paint where the SA mirror used to sit.

 

Well If The Car Is In Good Condition And Not A Repaint Then The Swap Is Flawless But If You Have Tape Marks Or Fading Then You Will See It Around The Fb Mirror Base.