my FREE mirror mover mod

[2k2wranglerx]

well, i have to be honest. i think the mopar mirror mover kit is horrible looking. I know some people have it, but man, i can't justify spending the $ on something like that. anyway, i'm standing in my garage today, and i realize i have a TJ mirror that came with my YJ (for some reason). so i figured huh, what the heck.

step 1. remove rubber/plastic tube that covers ball in cup that the mirror moves on.

step 2. sawzall at the base of the ball&cup. not on the mirror side, on the bracket side.

step 3. bend a small piece of random steel to a 90 degree bend

step 4. drill 2 holes. 1 for mirror to go into, and 1 for the bolt to hold it to the jeep. the particular steel i had laying around already had holes drilled in it. bonus!

step 5. booger weld (in my case) the mirror post to the new bracket.

step 6. i used a small piece of rubber usually used to shim bike lights to buffer the metal and my paint.

step 7. bolt er on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/flyry110/DSC00554.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/flyry110/DSC00553.jpg

since you retain the cup in ball you retain full adjustability. Plus, you don't have a big nasty bracket hanging off the side. I'll probably eventually work out a wing nut type bolt so i can quick change this on and off.

anyway, just thought i'd share.

[mlbplayer86]

not bad at all

[nam6869usmc]

well, i have to be honest. i think the mopar mirror mover kit is horrible looking. I know some people have it, but man, i can't justify spending the $ on something like that. anyway, i'm standing in my garage today, and i realize i have a TJ mirror that came with my YJ (for some reason). so i figured huh, what the heck.

step 1. remove rubber/plastic tube that covers ball in cup that the mirror moves on.

step 2. sawzall at the base of the ball&cup. not on the mirror side, on the bracket side.

step 3. bend a small piece of random steel to a 90 degree bend

step 4. drill 2 holes. 1 for mirror to go into, and 1 for the bolt to hold it to the jeep. the particular steel i had laying around already had holes drilled in it. bonus!

step 5. booger weld (in my case) the mirror post to the new bracket.

step 6. i used a small piece of rubber usually used to shim bike lights to buffer the metal and my paint.

step 7. bolt er on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/flyry110/DSC00554.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/flyry110/DSC00553.jpg

since you retain the cup in ball you retain full adjustability. Plus, you don't have a big nasty bracket hanging off the side. I'll probably eventually work out a wing nut type bolt so i can quick change this on and off.

anyway, just thought i'd share.

Ingenuity at it's best,....Very Clever & it actually does look a whole lot less bulky. Nice Work Guy.

[ThinkMud]

booger weld

Ry said booger weld:rotflmao1:

[Goose]

Now... if I only had an extra TJ mirror laying around. :D

Seriously, nice work. Looks cleaner than the other relocation brackets out there!

[SONIC]

looks good, but you need to hook it into 2 bolts ont he body, i get the feeling any gust of wind at speed is going to twist it back toward you.
loks awesome though

[Piginajeep]

its much easier to live in Ohio, we only need one mirror..


Looks good Ry

[Goose]

its much easier to live in Ohio, we only need one mirror..


Looks good Ry

Man... I miss that. I was born and raised in Columbus and loved only needing one mirror. NEVER got pulled over for having the doors off of my YJ and no mirror on the side.