Vitaloni baby turbos on a bus?

[kra710]

I was wondering if anyone has seen this, Im getting my bus painted right now and before she gets out of the shop I need to purchase a few things. mirrors are one of them. How is the installation over the raised bump for the stock vw mirrors, I dont want to drill up the door for mounting holes if these mirrors arent very good. Hows the build quality. Know of any places to get some good mirrors from,
vitalonis

my paint scheme subaru rally blue and silver
Ill put pics up on the site when i get it out of the shop

Thanks

[justdubbin]

I'm not sure if you get this model in the USA but the sort of mirrors I'm thinking about fitting to my baywindow when I restore/GL it are fitted to the Peugeot 807 or this Citreon C8.

The good thing about these mirrors are that they have indicators/turn signals fitted.


Rob.

[Panelfantastic]

The Vitos are ok but you would be happier with some kind of OE mirrors. None of the aftermarket mirrors I ever had were very solid or strong and the mirror glass itself is not the greatest. The problem with getting mirrors off a wreck is that they were not made to fit your bus and you have to use a little imagination to get a set that you can modify to fit...
I used a set off an early Mazda Miata/MX5. I had to modify the ball that the mirror pivots on to get them to bend up enough to be level.

[kra710]

well the vitalonis arent being made anymore but i managed to find someone who has a new set. Im gonna see how they look and if they dont look right i was thinkin some off an older porsche944 will work judging by the mount for it

[oasis]

I don't recall ever seeing the front of Panelfantastic's Uberpanel. That sucker rocks! :agree:

[kra710]

Hey Panelfantastic, are those naca ducts working now? I still want to install some on my bus using the holes alreay there for the rear turn signals. that front logo is quite the badass

[kra710]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33649

Anyone ever use these carbon fiber mirrors?

[Panelfantastic]

Thanks O!

Kra, the NACAs are kinda fickle. I just bolted mine on/in and they don't seem to pull much air on their own. I even bent some aluminum and made some little "ears", didn't help much. I asked a buddy in the racer biz and he confirmed they can be touchy about how/where they are mounted. He said they really need to be molded in and have a perfect leading edge...
I have added a scoop to the roof just behind the cab area, nothing big, real low profile (a subaru WRX carbon style) and once it was all done and the hole in the roof was cut... it doesn't seem to pull any air at speed either . Short of something really big and obnoxious, I don't know where to go from here.

The front emblem has been a source of amusment... explaining to people that it doesn't have anything to do with choppers or nazis.

[Angelo Amato]

[kra710]

Ahhhh finally some pics. I have some of the new carbon fiber mirrors in on the driver side. they look real hot Take a look, see why i think these would look bangin on a gl beetle

http://community.webshots.com/user/volkaholic

[73notch]

i saw those on some drift cars the other day. where did you find them? they look awesome

[kra710]

well on my search for mirrors on ebay i tried a number of entries, this one came up with them. He lists them under a variety of model cars, but they are universal fit mirrors alot smaller than they look i found out, but they look really cool. They also seem pretty rigid, The only reason i didnt go with vitalonis was because they looked cheap and would eventually move around when traveling at speed. I tightened the heck out of these and they wont move even when i slam the door, which i never do... if this doenst work i searched for carbon sports mirror, I bought them from angeleyelister

http://search.ebay.com/carbon-sports...trypageZsearch