side mirror adjustment

Oceanroader · Postby **Oceanroader** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:41 am

Help please
Manual passenger side mirror will not stay in its adjusted position at speed.
Is there an adjustment to stiffen it up so as to speak ?
Oceanroader

de Bounce · Postby **de Bounce** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:09 am

My guess (as I haven't pulled one apart) is there is a tensioning screw and a spring underneath the ball.
Normally accessed by removing the complete mirror from the door and look inside

Oceanroader · Postby **Oceanroader** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:12 pm

de Bounce
Thank you
Oceanroader

MoodyBlue · Postby **MoodyBlue** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:04 pm

Have to remove the entire mirror.

Then you can get an 8mm ring spanner on the nut to tighten.

How do I know? I've started stripping my spare ones for repainting cos the plastic colour is fading.

Cheers

jeff

Oceanroader · Postby **Oceanroader** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:14 pm

Thanks Jeff

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:00 am

Thanks Jeff, handy bit of information.

Bizi · Postby **Bizi** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:24 pm

Hi guys, I'm bumping this to remind myself on doing this.

My NA8 driver side mirror is loose and I've been told it's the retaining nuts and the door metal that's stretched/loose. Hopefully it's fixable.

Greg, I am after your old NA8 wheels (have PMd); have you posted any pics of the car? Seems pretty tasty! I noticed you bought these wheels in another FS thread, hence not needing the 14s. I'd love to see your garage thread or a pic of your car.

These minilite go so well on NA!

Thanks,
Ben