The old mirrors I have on the car which were vitaloni turbo racing mirrors looked great, but they were not adjustable and wobbled around quite a lot when driving. So I decided it was time to find a better solution that gave more visibility, were remotely adjustable and were in keeping with the lines of the car. I finally settled on the shape of Buick Regal Mirrors. These were stock items that I purchased online and had sent to Singapore from the USA to work on them initially. The mirror housing shape was good but the mirror mounting was completely wrong for the Nova, so I set about re-fabricating this.
Stage 1 -The first part of the job included mocking up the car windows shape and angle of the canopy out of wood (remember I'm in Singapore and my car is in the UK). The first 2 stages were completed in Singapore.
Stage 2 - I mounted the mirror at the correct angle to the ground and cut away much of the original mount. I then used fibreglass filler to mock up the new mount shape to conform to the pattern of the window line. This stage also involved embedding new mounting points and threaded collars into the fibreglass as the original mounts were chopped away.
Stage 3 - Final fitting and shaping was done in the UK, only minor changes were needed and I was pretty happy with the result.
Stage 4 - The finished look. Once colour coded with the main body it blended nicely with the overall look and the mirrors curves suit the cars shape well
