Passenger Side Mirror Install

I did the passengers side mirror install last summer and shot pics of the process. I am just now getting around to posting some pics of the job. I bought my mirror from The Last Detail. They are located in Atlanta and I have always had good luck out of them. Here are the pics of my install. And yes I had a hard time getting the nerve up to drill holes in my brand new paint job, believe me.

The Template Installed and Drilled

The Holes Drilled In My New Paint

New Holes Cleaned And Ready For Well Nuts

Well Nuts Installed

And Finally The Finished Product

Cool Eddie, incredible paint job...so shiny it looks like a mirror. I can understand why you were nervous......

 

Great job Eddie. You did a fantastic job. I did that once to a '73 Monte Carlo, scared the crap out of me to start drilling holes on a car. I also put a popup sunroof in a VW once and talk about pucker factor when you make the 1st cut with the saw and knowing that this is not an easy repair if you muck it up. I sometimes I think about putting a right hand mirror on mine, cus i'm always looking over there backing up or changing lanes. 

Hey does the mirror come with the template?
Glenn

If you send me your e-mail address, I will forward a copy of the templates that was sent to me some time ago.

[QUOTE=Flemgunner]Hey does the mirror come with the template?
Glenn
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I don't know about all of the aftermarket mirrors but the one I bought came with the template. Very easy to do and only takes about 30 minutes tops. I bought mine from my favorite vendor at Corvette Expo, The Last Detail. If you do a google search for them add the word corvette to your search or you will never find them.

I did mine last year and bought the mirror through Corvette Central. It came with the template and some good directions. I also measured the set up on my drivers side just to be sure I was getting the exact location for the drilling points before I bit my lip and squeezed the trigger on the drill.    That was the hardest part of the hole process. Hard to drill a whole in a perfectly good looking door surface.