how to: vision/spoon style mirrors from tyc mirrors ef civic

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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 05:44 AM
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Default how to: vision/spoon style mirrors from tyc mirrors ef civic

Let me start off by saying that this was a ghetto job done a year ago in my dorm room with a dremel and a screwdriver, yes, no drills.

materials:
spoon style tyc mirrors
suitable pieces of flat plastic for the bases ( i used a flat plastic oil drip pan from walmart)
rtv silicone ( i used black)


tools:
dremel ( to cut plastic)
drill (to make your life easier)
about 6 screws long enough to go from inside car to self tap into the base of the mirror

to start:
First, you need to take apart your pretty tyc spoonie mirrors. EG applications work fine, that's what mine were from, hence me making my own bases.
All you got to do is seperate the base from the mirror via 3 nuts per side, it's a piece of cake to do so.
So now you've got a uncut drip pan, and your stock mirrors off, and the tyc spoon mirrors in two pieces. Ok, now go inside and post ***** on superhonda like you know you do. No don't do that honda-tech is the only way .
Next, you need to figure out some method to make a template to hold the spoon style mirrors to your car. Take some carboard and cut out a suitable shape to fill the hole where the OEM mirror's base was at. It doesn't have to be perfect, your plastic bases can be trimmed later on.
disclaimer: these pictures i have make it look ghetto as heck, the silicone got overboard and you don't see any of the downsides until up close, i've gotten lots of good comments about them
with that aside...
So, now you need to cut the plastic out of the top of the oil drip pan, be sure to take your template and draw it on the plastic, cut it out and repeat the process for the opposite side.
Hold your new ghetto fab bases up to the car's spot and trim accordingly, repeat previous process if necessary.
an easier task, but more expensive would be to buy a pair of blockoff plates for the mirrors, one usdm and one for the rhd vehicles, that's if you can find any
basically it's all fit and adjustment from there. the screws screw into the mirror themself, but trust me mine have stayed in great condition for the past year or so.

on with the pictures:






and one for how people usually see your car...


see, they look fine

I hope that helps anyone wantin to do the same. My mirrors were only $30 online, but that was a steal of a deal.

ask me any quesitons or concerns

(if i had had ef bases for these mirrors, i probably wouldn't have done this in the first place, but its even better)
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 06:12 AM
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Default Re: how to: vision/spoon style mirrors from tyc mirrors ef civic (B16_madman)

How's visibility? Doesn't look all that great =/
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 08:22 AM
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Default Re: how to: vision/spoon style mirrors from tyc mirrors ef civic (thenick)

you pay to play, no vision/spoon mirror will give great visibility

that's why you get one of...


convex, works great

BUT I can see just fine out of the mirrors, you just lean up a lil bit if needed.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 01:13 AM
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If you need some tools I would have been able to lone you my rock and chisel. How do you go out like that? good luck in the future. I would suggest you leave it to the pros for now on. Save up some money and pay someone to do the work if you are going to cut corners..
lots of love and good luck
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Old May 9, 2005 | 04:55 AM
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Oh yeah, I cut corners alright. It's all I had at the moment and well they only look like booty from up close, and I'm definately not winning any car shows. My tools were at home and in my dorm were only a select few to choose from.

Some sanding and painting and a power drill and bam, it'd look pretty darn good.
It's just until I can justify the $300 on vision/spoon ones.
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