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Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:18 pm
by Carl McFly
Check this out - the cleanest, low-buck mirror mounting solution I've seen

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It's a bent, threaded rod, capped with an acorn nut on one end and a couple hex nuts on the other end. Covered in a plastic sleeve and a clamp to mount a mirror, this also sports the optional paint accents to really give it that "yeah, I spent a lot on this" look

Check out the June issue of Tracks for a "Can I do that in my driveway??" tutorial 8-)

Re: Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:59 pm
by ZAEDOCK
Awesome! VERY clean look.

Re: Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 7:56 pm
by Hoodoo Man
how do they do on the highway? thats the issue I have had with all of the home brew stuff Ive tried there...

Re: Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 8:51 pm
by Carl McFly
Voodoo Chile wrote:how do they do on the highway? thats the issue I have had with all of the home brew stuff Ive tried there...
The short answer? I don't know. I haven't made them yet. But I was told they're stable, this came from the guy who owned the JKU. And I'm guessing the stability has something to do with this.......

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looks to me like you can really torque it down. I mean, it's a threaded rod. Unless the nuts were aluminum, you could probably torque them as tight as you want/ need

Re: Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:44 am
by Frank
I think hes talking about vibration. I would look into solid rod , bent and threaded . Couldnt you use a pair of mounts from a CJ ? Those gotta be a dime a dozen. Just sayin :) FjR68

Re: Homemade Budget Mirror Mounts

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:27 pm
by Carl McFly
Frank wrote:I think hes talking about vibration. I would look into solid rod , bent and threaded
yup, that's the plan :handgestures-thumbupright: Got sidetracked on some other things (loose track bar, something whistling Dixie, you know, the usual) but hope to get a set of these built