how to make STUBBY MIRRORS

[gaznovalet]

for all you who have pmd regarding stubby mirors here is how i make mine, not sure how long it will take me as i dont have a great deal of time free at present but here goes, bare with me and i will try get them done quikly and cover all areas and problems. possibly make a sticky mods ?
take mirror and start to cut it down i use a hacksaw and grinder with thin cutting wheel on s ther is a piece of metal inside wich hacksaw wont cut
you will be left with these 2 bits

then take the end piece and cut down aswell, so you are left with this

now you will have 3 peices of mirror

[gaznovalet]

you dont need the middle piece so you now have these 2 bits to work with

now with middle peice removed the 2 remaining pieces dont align up height or width wise as shown

and how they look from the back

will try update later on wen get bit time to crack on

[gaznovalet]

use a heatgun to melt the corners of mirror to alow them to be aligned up

now they shud be able to meet up close enuf to be plastic welded and allow a bit room for bodge and filler at a later stage

before plastic welding this is wot you shud have

grind area to be welded back with grinding disc this time not cutting disc, make sure to prepare the plastic correct prior to welding ie- cut a v shape into the area geting worked on to make the weld stronger, once welded up and dressed back again with angle grinder you shud have this

[Gibbo]

good work

[gaznovalet]

good work

thanks mate not had any time free today hopefully get a bit more done tomorow and update with few pics. . . then i only have the other mirror to make, .

[Nick J]

Aha Ive got a spare set here... think Im going to follow your guide and make some myself! You want this thread moving to "Articles" section as a how to mate. Im sure mods can and will help when they read this.

[vaughanmc]

Had a bash at these...Never measured how much I wanted to cut out

Just done what I thought was best but worked it out to be just over 60mm :D

Nice and stubby for me like!!! Can't wait to see yours progressing Gaz

Cheers ever so much for the How To thread :D :D :D

[fearless]

Slightly different method to how I did mine - but the end result is the same

I cut 55mm out of the ones I've made

I find the black part the easy bit - its the Backs that take time to get all the angles/lines to look right

[Dave.]

good guide, possibley move to articles section? :D

[craig green]

Nothing like how I made mine. Interesting though...