

| Subject: | Images of Toyota Hilux Surf mirrors & adaptors |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:47:57 +1200 |
I've taken a couple of images of a set of electric mirrors off Toyota Hilux Surfs (Japanese-market; sold elsewhere as 4Runner). I THINK these are different to all export-market mirrors... but want to confirm this... US listees? Certainly they are bigger than NZ/Australian-market 4Runners. The left mirror is from an LN106 Hilux, the right an LN130 (both basically tha same vehicle). The left mirror mount was set at a sharper angle than the right, due to needing to throw the image toward a driver offset to one side (right) of vehicle. These mirrors will be going onto my 84 Caravelle. I have a wiring loom ready, using an older (early-80s) LandCruiser Prado (again Jap-market) switch, which I will install in the dash or door; but might buy a later-model (better-looking) switch from some other Toyota. Images include balsa mockups I made of the adaptor mounts, which will screw to the stock VW door mounts. I had the alloy blanks cast from the balsas; these still need milling to match the factory Toyota window-mounted cups, so the mirrors will screw into them; they will also need smoothing and probably filling, then painting satin-black. No floppy VW mirrors waving their crude ugliness from my doors! Anyone wanna see these (and tell me whether these mirrors were availale on US Hiluxes)? -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut Friends don't let friends do Windows
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