Can anyone tell me what year side view mirrors are interchangable? I have a an 80 SA, that I need both mirrors for. I have found a few FB's that I can get mirrors from but I want them to use the factory holes in the door? Also, will the power mirrors work on my SA even if I don't use the motors?

 

I have and 83 GSL that has black mirriors that look just like the silver mirrors on the 79 i'm buying. My GUESS is that all 83 and older RX-7s have the same style of mirrior.

(Hit me up in a few weeks... I might be parting out the 83...)

 

all the mirrors bolt up the same.

 

even the elsectric ones midwest?

 

yep

My 81 came with european electric mirrors. Later I put on american ones.

I tried both the euro and US on a friends SA (that came with manual ones) and the all bolt the same

 

What do European mirrors look like compared to American ones?

 

there you go

 

yes, all as in all.

 

Depending on the SN/ production date of your SA, it may have a big HOLE in the middle of the mirror-mount point on the door (under the mirror) - that's for the wire harness for the mirror to go thru. If you have this hole, then your 80SA is a late enough production number to have the mirror electrics ALREADY WIRED INTO THE _MAIN_ HARNESS - plugs and all (see pic - its 2 unconnected plugs behind the instrument cluster)
BUT: no DOOR harness* - Those you will need to pull from a donor FB to connect the mirrors to the main harness ... then of course, you will need to find the old-skool joy-stick mirror switches unique to the SA.

*obvious exception is the lucky owners of Anniversary "X" 80 RX or the 80 "LS" which come with the power mirrors

Stu Aull
80GS (late production)
Alaska