anyone know where i can find some Gandaro mirrors for my FD, or any aftermarket versions? thanks

 

rx7store, fdnewbie, ganador, vividracing, veilside..........

 

I emailed FDnewbie, waiting to see if he finds a set of Ganador mirrors for me. Perhaps a GB?

 

tired of waiting on GB's sometimes they are more trouble than they are worth. There good if you got time to wait. p.s. not seeing any mirrors on rx7store.

 

I will be looking for some Ganadors soon too, so Id be in for a GB. Otherwise I know japanparts can get them.

 

http://www.takakaira.com/

 

Any truth to, RHD mirrors don't work well on LHD cars

 

I haven't seen any LHD or RHD versions of mirrors from RE-A, Knightsports or any of the others.

 

Are you looking for something like the APR CF F1 mirrors?

http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/aprcb593972b.html

 

I could care less about the size of my mirrors. My WRX has rally mirrors that are smaller than the vanity mirrors in the visors.

Any who, Ganadors work fine even though they are for RHD. Ive used them on the WRX and you can adjust them to work.

APR mirrors look like crap IMHO, but thats me.

 

yup, but I like japanparts because they speak English. Plus Graham over there has really helped me with hard to get WRX parts.

 

If you daily drive your LHD car, DO NOT purchase RHD mirrors.

Usually the ones you see that "hug" the car more or changed from the original physical position (moved to the door triangle, moved to fenders etc etc) are designed for RHD cars. This means, sitting in the drivers side LHD seat, you are now looking from the passengerside of the RHD. Youll be looking at your exterior door panels more than you will the road. Now given, you can still see the road, but it will take a bit more physical effort and adjustment of your head/vision than simply turning your head slightly.

I always have to bob my head back and forth and up and down to get a decent view of whats behind me from the drivers side of a LHD car with a RHD RE Amemiya mirror. The mirror motors simply dont allow enough travel within thier housings to be able to see past the side of your car more than 3 or 4 inches.

 

why not these

 

Could you remove the mirror and adjust it to work better?

 

you mean move the mirror glass itself inside the housing? Yes, but again, there isnt enough travel inside the housing for the mirror to angle itself in a manner that would allow you to see what you want to see, a.k.a the road.

Try sitting in your daily driver or fd in the passenger seat and get someone to angle the mirrors for you as youre sitting in the passenger side. Youll probably be able to see a little bit of the road behind you. Something you deffinately dont want in aftermarket mirrors on a street driven car.

 

thanks everyone. i was wanting some different sites that sell aftermarket mirrors for the FD. these are some good sites that you guys listed.

 

I believe that just depends on the mirrors/manufacturer. The Knightsport mirrors don't have that problem and some others either. Unfortunately, it's probably a crap shoot until someone tries the different ones out.

 

Hopefully in a few weeks my Knightsports come in and I will tell you.