Thread: Roadster Rearview Mirror options

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When i ordered up all the parts to do this 2" chopped windshield project, I decided i wanted a clean, undrilled, unmolested chrome frame, with no fingerpulls, and no inside mirror holes. I ordered a nice little oval stainless mirror from Vintique that attaches tot he glass with adhesive, rather than with a bracket that screws into the top of the frame itself... I'm now having second thoughts if thats such a swell idea or not... seems to me "if" (when) the glue ever decides to let go on some sunny day, that my weighty stainless steel mirror is gonna come crashing down right on the top edge of my pretty painted dash... undoubtedly putting a nice big chip or gouge in the paint. I'm debating between aout 4 options...

A. Drill and tap the top of the frame and use a stock type bracket and oval mirror that can't fall off and wreck my dash paint.

B. Get one of those little cheapie plastic suction cup mirrors and paste it to the glass.

C. Say screw the inside mirror entirely, its got dual side mirrors and it seems that an inside mirror is gonna create a good sized blind spot anyhow.

D. Glue on the one i got and forget about it, I worry too much anyway.

So I'm open for any suggestions or ideas... If I'm gonna drill out the frame, i want to do it now, while i can still take off the top of the frame and work with it without risk of breaking the glass.

Drill it, then you can cruise along knowing it isn't going to fall off.

I have a 2" chopped Vintique windshield on my roadster and have the glue-on oval style mirror you mention. It's been glued on for three years (almost 7000 miles) without a problem driving in all kinds of weather.

I recently installed a Bop Top and found that the short post extension was not long enough to get around the blind spot on the side. The solution was to go to the "original lenght" extensions and they work great.

Another problem I ran into was I had only the drivers side windshield post drilled for the mirror mount. My solution was to cut the inside post cover and tig weld a stainless nut on the inside. Then drill and tap the post for the right hand side mirror. I filed, sanded and repolished the stainless post to a better than new condition. It tuned out perfect and saved me buying a new set of posts just to mount the rightside mirror. The inside mirror lines up perfect with the small "mail slot" rear window by just rotating it 180 degrees.

Thanks John... maybe I'll just glue the sucker on there like I originally intended... I sent you an e mail in regars to the Bop Top... eventually i want to buy one of those myself, but have no idea whats involved in adding mounting points for the top... one more question, does anyone know where you can buy those suction cup mirrors? I'm probably not gonna go that route, but can't find em for sale anywhere online anyhow.