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The Radium King · 01-31-2018, 06:06 AM

so, lightweight mirrors. the oem mirrors are about 5 lbs per side heaver than the fiberglass product available from GT Racing. unfortunately, the GT Racing mirrors are like $600 per set. too many $.

so, i opened up the mirrors to see if i could lighten them. no dice, impossible to remove the motor assembly - leaves nothing to mount the mirror to, and probably wouldn't save you that much weight, as most of the weight appears to be in the metal.

so, thinking about aftermarket mirrors, but the problem is the need for a blanking plate where the old mirror mounted. i could hack something out of plastic and mount it in some manner, but wondering if one of the capable fabricators/3D printers on this board could come up with something. i could donate the spare mirror, and someone could model the blanking plate from it and upload a file to shapeways or similar?

01-31-2018, 06:06 AM	#1
The Radium King Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 3,121	lightweight mirrors so, lightweight mirrors. the oem mirrors are about 5 lbs per side heaver than the fiberglass product available from GT Racing. unfortunately, the GT Racing mirrors are like $600 per set. too many $. so, i opened up the mirrors to see if i could lighten them. no dice, impossible to remove the motor assembly - leaves nothing to mount the mirror to, and probably wouldn't save you that much weight, as most of the weight appears to be in the metal. so, thinking about aftermarket mirrors, but the problem is the need for a blanking plate where the old mirror mounted. i could hack something out of plastic and mount it in some manner, but wondering if one of the capable fabricators/3D printers on this board could come up with something. i could donate the spare mirror, and someone could model the blanking plate from it and upload a file to shapeways or similar?