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[arrimar]

im looking now i cant even find chrome strips or alloy strips im being told by my helper the little nipple bits that hold the strips on have to go if i cant frind new strips

You won't buy new chrome/alloy/stainless trims. Only second hand ones are available occasionally.

[Toranamat69]

I don't mind the trimless look on hatches but I always thought they looked a little unfinished on the B pillar as it exposes the screw heads for the plastic vent.

Would look better if there was a plug to cover those or something. If you have the vents black, you can probably get those small furniture plugs thinggies that cap off phillips heads really neatly but are very tiny.

http://www.ebay.com....OwAAOSwuxFYyn94

Edited by Toranamat69, 18 April 2017 - 07:57 PM.

[Bigfella237]

im looking now i cant even find chrome strips or alloy strips

 

Sorry Shelly, I thought you were chasing the clips, not a full set of trim.

 

You won't buy new chrome/alloy/stainless trims. Only second hand ones are available occasionally.

 

And don't expect a decent set to come cheap either, especially a factory set to suit a passenger's side mirror!

Edited by Bigfella237, 18 April 2017 - 10:06 PM.

[Bigfella237]

Well that's different...

 

That kinda looks like the correct mirror (in the second photo), only mounted in the wrong place, did that used to be a Sunbird or something?

 

I've seen people cut them to fit the mirror, but it usually looks messy.

[Bigfella237]

I think I've seen a Torana "S" sedan that came from the factory without any external mirrors at all, but I thought all SL's had a driver's side mirror at least?

 

I wonder if it was some weird "delete-option", I don't suppose you found the build sheet under the carpet when you pulled it apart all those years ago?

[Bigfella237]

Well there ya go... the LX parts cattledog lists mouldings with and without mirrors for all Sunbird, SL & SS hatches, RH and LH doors...

 

 LX Front Door Mirrors - Aerodynamic Type.JPG   114.72K   4 downloads

 

 LX Front Door Mouldings.JPG   160.9K   2 downloads

 

Obviously you must've been able to order an LX hatch without any external mirrors at all, how tight would you have to be!

 

As a side-note Shelly, I reckon your driver's side "one-piece" moulding would be VERY rare for a hatch, might be a shame to cut it up?

 

[StephenSLR]

we can buy the corner parts from ebay and as for the "right" mirrors to use and ideas i do like the sports look but they are in the 300$ range i have been told the ones i had were wrong and i cant find them  opinion`s appreciated regards 

 

Those screw on trim 'corner' pieces are hard to find, especially the passenger side as most LX's didn't have a passenger side mirror; it wasn't compulsory by law till 1981 I believe. I'd say leave off the passenger mirror till you find that piece, then you will know where to cut your existing trim, cut it as close as possible to the mirror (a mm or two) so it doesn't look too bodgy.

 

Most who have that passenger side piece on an LX would've got them from a UC.

 

As I said before, it depends on what look you are after, I personally like the sports look but if you're restoring it to SL spec, use the standard mirrors.

 

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 19 April 2017 - 09:47 AM.

[StephenSLR]

I don't suppose you found the build sheet under the carpet when you pulled it apart all those years ago?

 

Did GM-H do that?

 

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[StephenSLR]

I cut my L/h mould longer, put in in the vice, flatten it out &  drilled a hole.

 

If I had the skill to remove the moulding and replace it at the time, I would've cut it more near the mirror and created a tab to curl over so it wasn't just a straight cut but the way it is now, nobody can notice it unless they're close up.

 

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[Toranamat69]

Shelley posted these pics a while ago and freaked me out with those trims without the mirror gap.

 

Did they ever make hatches in LHD?  That would be a logical explanation why the RHS option for no mirror exists.

 

I have a good drivers side spare I would swap you for that single piece but gee wizz Mudgee is a long way from Brissy.