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D0NN3R

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23rd Dec 11 at 12:23

i have seen them on a nova but has anyone made then for a corsa

jibjob

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23rd Dec 11 at 15:05

Mattig mirrors?

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=620080&highlight=1&pid=8180176#pid8180176

D0NN3R

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23rd Dec 11 at 15:07

i mean the standard mirrors that have been cut short and then fibre glassed together. i get a pic of the nova ones

D0NN3R

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23rd Dec 11 at 15:09

like this but in corsa form

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?125774-Nova-Stubby-Door-Mirrors

RichR

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23rd Dec 11 at 15:19

a few people have done it over the years but noone springs to mind

Balling

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23rd Dec 11 at 19:54

Make them your self? Can't end up being any worse than the ones in your link. The workmanship is terrible on those.

Ian

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23rd Dec 11 at 19:55

Decide what you're doing with the glass first.

Balling

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:01

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Decide what you're doing with the glass first.

As far as I recall the mirrors in the B are completely flat, right?
So would be very cheap to have them cut down or even have completely new ones manufactured to fit.

[Edited on 23-12-2011 by Balling]

Ian

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:10

I wouldn't know how to start with cutting it down.

Bobber123

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:12

you can cut glass pretty easy, i used to glaze greenhouses, you can get glass cutters really cheap and there simple to use, it just scores the glass then you just crack it... takes a while to become good at it though, im guessing a mirror would be just the same.

Balling

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:18

quote:
Originally posted by Bobber123
you can cut glass pretty easy, i used to glaze greenhouses, you can get glass cutters really cheap and there simple to use, it just scores the glass then you just crack it... takes a while to become good at it though, im guessing a mirror would be just the same.

But it would be nearly impossible to get the rounded shape with this tool, no?

Generation

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:50

But the bit that's made shorter, will slow just one side to be cut down? So could cut straight edge

Ian

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:54

You'd still want a rounded edge.

Dave

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23rd Dec 11 at 20:57

You can cut curves with a tungsten cutter but it takes some practice. Does the glass not sit on a plastic backer though?

Bobber123

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23rd Dec 11 at 21:04

yeah, you can cut curves with a handheld glass cutter, you just have to be carefull and not try to get too much of a sharp curve, i managed to cut a round hole before... i did have to smash the middle bit out though, it did not come out whole

Ben G

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23rd Dec 11 at 21:24

take the mirror glass into a shop to get them cut properly by a professional.

my dad needed a shelf cut and they did this, no problems.

cost him 50 quid right enough, but better than breaking the glass.

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23rd Dec 11 at 22:38

Irrlevant of the glass how are you going to make a teardrop shape shorter, unlike a Nova which is essentially a rectangle where you can cut out any amout of the middle your still left with 2 ends of the same measurement one side to the other

A corsa is nothing like that

AlexW

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23rd Dec 11 at 22:45

^Nova ones aren't perfect like that, It takes a fucking lot of effort to make them, I made some when I had a nova (Never fitted them though, Sold on due to the mad amount of money they were/do sell for)

Its a lot of work.

D0NN3R

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24th Dec 11 at 10:45

i will be looking in to this more and might have a go at after new year but i will get some bits done professionaly as i dont want to bodge anything

Paul_JC

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24th Dec 11 at 12:29

as far as cutting the glass is concerned a good remmel cutting disc does the job. well for mirror glass it does.

Ben G

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24th Dec 11 at 12:33

quote:
Originally posted by jr
Irrlevant of the glass how are you going to make a teardrop shape shorter, unlike a Nova which is essentially a rectangle where you can cut out any amout of the middle your still left with 2 ends of the same measurement one side to the other

A corsa is nothing like that

the same way someone fits a prowler kit to a corsa i reckon.

[Edited on 24-12-2011 by Ben G]

GregGsi

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