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Re: [R90SWORLDNET] Mirrors
Dale Nordlie, Sioux Falls, SD
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From: Peter McMahon via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 6:45 PM
To: R90SWORLDNET@groups.io
Subject: [R90SWORLDNET] Mirrors
Would someone chime in and tell me which year and/or model of mirror this is? Identical to the ones on my 77S but without the adjusting nut.
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Re: [R90SWORLDNET] Mirrors
Re: [R90SWORLDNET] Mirrors
nut" variety, with an elegant, slim curved stalk. However the "no nut" was
a problem since that allowed the mirror to come loose over time and because
there was no way to tighten up the mirror, it ended up flopping around.
Then came the jam nut type as pictured, which solved the floppy mirror
issue, but with a larger diameter stalk. Again, functionally much better,
but far less appealing.
I bought new mirrors from BMW for my resto project about 12 years ago and
they were straight stalk (inelegant compared to the original elegant thin
stalked originals), and came with a jam nut. So the replacements work very
much better but do not look nearly as good as the originals.
I took the replacement mirrors and bent the straight stalks into a curve as
the originals came which was a big improvement.
I saw where a set of original new mirrors sold on eBay maybe 5 years ago,
for some $500, or more, for the pair, undoubtedly because they were the
original curved slim stalk type which look so good.
Mac Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore, PA
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