aero 2000 mirrors

Do you have a picture or link to see these mirrors from different angles?

I had the Hall Pantera/Colt mirrors and they were glued on as well. they were fine at speed but were susceptible to coming off if they got bumped when walking by them.

Jeff
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I would suspect it would be best to etch the glass for best adheasion. The only problem with that is you ar commited to using that mounting point.....the acid or sand etch will scar the glass. I have never installed them. But I have mounted inside rear view mirrors..AND I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

There's been a fair amount of discussion about this. Mine are sitting in a box waiting for installation so I'll have to use hearsay. Since glass is a lousy surface for adhesion you have to do some sort of "special" prep. At the least it has to be THOROUGHLY cleaned. Etching would be nice but, as LPB points out, you're committed at this point, and replacement glass for a potential future buyer may be expensive. Several options have been used. One is to mount the mirror on a piece of stainless steel or aluminum and then slide it under the weatherstripping to hold it in place. From what I understand, this works pretty well and an additional benefit is that it's removable. Another option is to replace the window with scratch resistant Lexan which of course you can drill through. Jack DeRyke used this method. He cut out the Lexan and placed it in the oven with the original glass to get the correct curvature. This is the method I think I'll go with. It sounds much more reliable and keeps the glass intact. I don't know much else about the details, temperature, time, etc. I'd have to get in contact with him

Roland should comment, I've seen pics of his car with the PI mirrors installed, and he keeps winning those trphies at the Holland Overdrive, etc, so we know he gets that car moving fast from time to time, puts that 427 Windsor motor to good use, eating Lambos & Ferraris for lunch.

George

I installed the same mirrors over two years ago, with the same Amazing Goop glue! Been to Las Vegas twice and they are still there.
I cleaned the glass well! Then cleaned them again with alcohol too make sure there was no wax on the glass. Put the Goop on the mirrors and clamp them on the glass. I left them clamped for over 24 hours. So far so good!
Good Luck

I like the idea of mounting them to a piece of stainless steel, or aluminum and sliding it under the weatherstripping in conjunction with using the glue.

A piece of SS can probably be made to hook around the front edge of the glass. The glass and weatherstripping could be removed, the piece can be fashioned, and the weatherstripping and glass reinstalled.

That would be a positive way to secure it without drilling, or even using glue (although I would use glue or silicone to minimize vibration).

Michael

Clean, Clean and Clean again. Make sure there is zero oil, silicon or any non-stick material on the glass. Ditto for the plastic. Make sure you mix the resin to the proper ratio. Best the keep a control sample of the resin. Test the control sample after 24 hours to make sure it cured properly. I should be hard and non-tacky. If tacky then the mix was wrong and did not cure properly. If this happens you will need to remove the mirror and re-clean everything.

I also bought some thin Lexan from (HomeDepot/Lowes), made the upper and lower "pattern" about 3/8" larger than the triangle shaped base, beveled the edges to a point............ slid into the existing molding. (unfortunately the quality of the base aint all that great.....ie. not to lay flat on the window).......

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Originally posted by ROVERLTD:
Clean, Clean and Clean again.

You can actually rough up the glass with a round or oval shaped burr like you'd use to port a manifold. Just don't get carried away; a little goes a long way.

Jeff
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Kaam, Did you look into flattening out the mirror's base? I've looked at mine and think I may be able to file the edges down to make it flatter.

Before you glue on the mirrors, have someone hold them in place and see if you can see out of them, especially the passenger side. The pair I bought, looked great when they were painted and put on the car, but at maximum "up" adjustment on the passenger side I can see what is going on with my right rear wheel and not much else. It would have been better to know that ahead of time. I would have sent them back. I figuered since I bought them from another Pantera dealer they would work on the car. Silly me.

Gary