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if i take off my mirrors what should i do about the holes? i would like to buy new doors, but thats way done the list budget wise. i don't know how to weld or have a welder. i would like to put little round mirrors on it.

you can kinda see my big mirrors in this pic



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these are off of chevelles and el caminos but they have a cool bowtie on the back

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You can shave the heads down on carriage bolts put them through the unused holes and paint them to match. It' not perfect but it's not bad.

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any bolt for that matter,,, those tiny mirrors arent much good for seeing outta tho i had em on my 86 and couldnt wait to put dumbos on

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Dumbos all the way!! :metal:

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What i plan to do is fit some dumbo mirrors to where they cover the old holes... i have one mirror like you have and one's a tripod... grandad wanted the tripods, but it wouldnt fit in his garage with two of em so the passenger side had a mirror like the ones you have... it drives me crazy when you look at it straight on...

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i like the smaller mirrors. i think im going with some of the smaller square type myself

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Here's what i did when i installed the sport mirrors.
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The bullet hole stickers are still on there and will be removed whenever i get around to redoing the whole truck and that could be forever.

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A little fiberglass on the inside and a little filler on the outside and your done, Jim

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Just remember, any hole over 1/8th of an inch on body panels should have a small patch panel weled in .. Anythin smaller you can put a piece of brass behind the hold and weld around the hole till its filled, the weld wont stick to the brass.

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i like a combination of 87 stepper and james mcclure ideas for now.

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Josh does have a point, sort of. You need a clean base for good fiberglass work and getting the area that needs the glass would be tough to get clean enough even on a good day. No matter which way you go, weld up or glass, paint it real good when your done. jim

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i will say little mirrors can suck like in my 72 im 6,3 and there so small i cant see out of them at all but thank god for huge back windows i also right now dont have a rear view friend broke mine reached for it while doing cookies and snapped it off ( i know not the brightest friend)


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Ok, I gotta know. What's "doing cookies" mean?

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Ken, Just lock the wheel and punch it. I would assume it got the name "cookie" because the tire tracks are circular.

http://thumbs.streetfire.net/57adee4...2819b23dcf.jpgSTI Cookies

Anyways, I have the oem sport mirrors and they are pretty worthless. The passenger side lacks concave glass so the picture you get out of it is quite narrow.

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Little ones look awesome to me but they are worthless when pulling something. They sure look good though.

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this is my toy truck so i wont be using it for regular work. i just want some mirrors on it to be legal. so i want something that looks decent. besides if you need mirrors what good are the windows?

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anyhow how does a cookie differ from a doughnut?

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Cookies == donuts

First saw that in a Tonya Harding interview.

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A cookie is accomplished with an open differential, whereas a donut is accomplished with a posi or locker.

At least that's the way I always understood it to be. A donut has an outer and inner circle, much like the black tire prints from a vehicle spinning both rear tires. Whereas a cookie only has the outer circle, much like the single spinning tire from an open diff.

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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh clear as mud.

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wow i never thought about the difference between cookies and donuts but makes alot of sense. yeah he got scared but a honda was e braking and i had to show him up