Suction cup mounted rear-view mirror on scuttle?

Suction cup mounted rear-view mirror on scuttle?

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boss351

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68 posts

185 months

Monday 26th July 2010
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Does anyone know where I might find a suction cup mounted rear-view mirror to use after pulling the windscreen off at the track? I think I can rig something up with a GPS unit I have and mirror attached to it, but maybe there is something ready to go out there, something like the SPA mirrors that doesn't require drilling holes! smile

Shaun_E

748 posts

265 months

Tuesday 27th July 2010
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Halfords sell a suction mounted mirror but a) I'm not sure it has enough adjustment to work on a horizontal service and b) I wouldn't trust it to stay on at speed.
You would be better of putting some rivnuts in the scuttle and using a SPA or RaceTech mirror.
Some sort of wind deflector would be a good bet as well - the Caterham interchangeable one for instance - and you can attach wing mirrors to that.

boss351

Original Poster:

68 posts

185 months

Tuesday 27th July 2010
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Ok, looks like water-ski boat owners have the same issue apparently:

Look here

I want to start off with this as I intend to use the air-brake/windscreen for normal road use. So its just pull it off at the track and stick on the rear-view.