87 SiviK Si

OK, I just finished the full wink mirror install on my EG hatch and I took a few pics to help out the install. This is done on a 94 hatch. but I can imagine it's pretty universal across all Civics or cars in general with a few minor modifications.

First things first.
Get yourself a Rallye Wink Mirror. There are the 4 & 5 panel variants. I went with with 5 panel. I have read that the 4 panel is shorter.

I took off my drivers side visor to make a template of the mounting base. I didn't take any measurements to aid in the template making, but it's fairly simple.


This is the 90 degree mounting bracket that comes with the kit, and how I would like my bracket to look like.


A trip to Lowe's and this is what I found to make the bracket. A wood bracket/tie. It was $0.88 so it doesn't break the bank.




It's time to lay out my cut lines and drill marks.








After some fancy Dremeling, drilling, and a few minutes on a belt sander, this is what comes out.



Here is a mock up of how it'll sit inside the visor mounting plate.

*NOTE: I ended up sanding down the bracket extensively after this shot because the bracket was too wide. I sanded it down to roughly the width of the original bracket.


I'm not 100% sure you would need longer hardware, but I found some in the metric bolt drawer at work. WIN!
Here is a size comparison. I don't know the TPI on them, but if you took the stock bolt to a nut & bolt shop, they'll sort you out.


Here is what it looked like with the visor brackets and the hanger bracket that came with the kit.
Not so hot. The mirror sat crooked and too forward for my liking.


So, I had to make a elongated bracket to fix the problem.

Part 2: Hanger bracket
Now on to the hanger arm bracket.

I took a trip to Lowe"s and bought a 1 inch strip of aluminum bar stock 3 feet long
It was a slow night at work, so I made the bracket there and didn't get to take more detailed pics during fabrication



Essentially, I cut a 5" long piece and made "S" bends 1" in on both ends and then drilled a 1/4" hole on center of the ends to accept the mounting bolt. I then rounded the corners and ran the bracket over a wire wheel to scuff it up for paint. I don't have a exact degree of the bends but I set them first at 45 degrees but it was too steep, so I went to about 20-25 degrees.

I put it all together and here is the end result.




And here is proof that it does not affect visor use and is positioned in a good location.




Bonus: The mirror is is a great holder of sun shades, no need to pull the visors down.


The mirror doesn't even get in the way of my garage door opener clipped on my passenger visor.



the position is GREAT, tighten down the bolts and it doesn't move. I have yet to drive around with it since I've been busy with other stuff all day, but I will take a test drive to see if there is any excessive vibration or anything. If that is a go, I will take it apart again and paint the brackets with some self etching primer and satin black.

Vibration/flex issue fix:

First things first, get your needed supplies, some 1"x1" aluminum 90 degree angle stock and JB Weld (Lowe's)


I was in a rush and bought enough material for a 24" long mirror (even though its 34" ...DAMMIT!). So, instead of running the angle across the whole length of the mirror, I just centered them.
Mix some JB weld and join the aluminum stock and mirror.
I ran into a few 100+ degree days when I initially installed the mirror and within a week of 100+ degree heat it started to bow, so I had to use C-clamps and some additional weight to hold the angle stock on the wink and to true up the mirror.






While I was at it, I laid down some Rustoleum satin black to the brackets to make them look legitimate.



And to try and mask the ugliness of the aluminum bar stock protruding from the mirror, I sprayed down some Duplicolor High temp black Wrinkle on the outer edges of the mirror.



Here is where it gets sketchy cause I don't have pics of most of the process.
You now have a pretty rigid wink mirror but you can add stickers or some nice art work on the front fascia. What do? I had some vernier at work and cut it to the new dimensions (width of the angle). Scuffed/sanded the wood and threw on a few coats of clear on the wood to have a smooth finish.



I then used some Velcro to hold the vernier to the mirror.

Here is what the wood panel looks like after I added a few decals.



I got my decals from Hosue of Grafix and ihatestickers. I planned on picking up some from JDMdecals but the estore is not up right now.

cadwiese

nice bro

teggi

just wait till it sags and gets all bent


nice work tho

Gunmetal_B20_Hatch

iTrader: (9)

Pretty sure its going to vibrate alot with those long flimsy brackets on there...

There's another write-up that utilizes the original mirror mount to tie into the middle of the Wink to stop vibration. I just cant remember who posted it...

87 SiviK Si

Good point, I took it for a late night food run and there was some vibration. Nothing bad, but it just could have been less visible since it was dark out. But I have been contemplating a third mount in the middle utilizing the 2 screw mount locations on the mirror. Essentially, it'll be a "T" bracket but I haven't figured out where to mount it on the car. Stay tuned for updates.

_KushedOutEm1

good **** bro, think i am going to do it this weekend.

EJeff8

Too bad it isn't a 6G, then that third bracket would be a sinch.

Good work. Would like to do this.

87 SiviK Si

I know right. when i was thinking of how to mount the 3rd arm that is the first thing that came to mind was my '00 LX.

I can always convert to Si visors and get the mini visor and attach the 3rd arm to the same mount. Hrmmmmm

ehinoeg6

jonesEK

iTrader: (1)

thats a freakin mexican taxi mirror.... Great write up

87 SiviK Si

Only if you put the little dingle berry ***** haning from the bottom of the mirror.

virgineg6

lmao, sad but true.

87 SiviK Si

Updated with a easy fix..

EdSales

Where did you get this kit from?

Mrtrunks

I got my mirror over the weekend looks like im headed to home depot after work tomorrow to fix Vibration issue. did putting that vernier help any? great write btw

87 SiviK Si

The wood is just aesthetic. Since I wanted to add some decals to the front and with the angle on, it wouldn't be a smooth surface. Having the wood gave me a flat surface to work with.

89MA70

Can't u just use the windshield mount kit instead and still use the sun visors?

Ottawabook

im with you

87 SiviK Si

No because the mount kit would have the mirror stick out to far forward (towards driver) so yo wouldn't be able to utilize the visors.

This isn't for everyone, I just thought outside the box and am giving other people another option.

drewmaloy

nice touch with the vernier

Marvin1985

iTrader: (5)

Where did you get the mirror from? I wanna get one of em

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Google "wink mirror". It's not that hard.

Dreamcar98hatch

pep boys

ZumCRX1

I'm wondering if sound deadening under the headliner might help with the vibrations....
ZumCRX1

All Motor Ej2

so i have a eg coupe (ej2)and i have some questions. I got a 5 panel from sickspeed and the brackets are WAY to big. idk what to do help?? and my front window is cracked and i cant take off rear view mirror w/o is cracking more. any help would be aprreciated!