New Griff owner and a Mirror question
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Hi All
I've finally found a Griff 500. Had it just over two weeks now and really pleased with it, well known car I believe. I managed to find a Surrey Roof on market place which I collected yesterday. This has addressed my first issue of boot space due to the roof panel not fitting in the boot very well.
My other issue is the drivers side mirror position. I've read everything I can find and watched all the videos. At some point when I'll get a pair of the Motaclan replacement mushrooms, but at this time the originals seem to be in very good condition.
I just don't seem to have enough adjustment which creates a huge blind spot. If I could access the grub screw all I need to do is slacken off and rotate the mirror a few degrees and re-tighten.
I found a post which I now can't find where someone seemed to be indication this is possible with a sawn down Allen key.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Regards Karl.
I've finally found a Griff 500. Had it just over two weeks now and really pleased with it, well known car I believe. I managed to find a Surrey Roof on market place which I collected yesterday. This has addressed my first issue of boot space due to the roof panel not fitting in the boot very well.
My other issue is the drivers side mirror position. I've read everything I can find and watched all the videos. At some point when I'll get a pair of the Motaclan replacement mushrooms, but at this time the originals seem to be in very good condition.
I just don't seem to have enough adjustment which creates a huge blind spot. If I could access the grub screw all I need to do is slacken off and rotate the mirror a few degrees and re-tighten.
I found a post which I now can't find where someone seemed to be indication this is possible with a sawn down Allen key.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Regards Karl.
phillpot said:
Thankyou I've just dismantled the mirror on the car. I can't even see the grub screw, let alone get to it with a Allen key.
I think raising up the mirrors - as in the thrad linked above - helps a lot. Also goes a long way to dealing with the inherent / latent defect of the mirrors grub screw fixing.
You could search ebay for 'blind spot' or 'convex' replacement mirror glass. I would also recommend get glass with a blue tint or applying a blue tint film over the glass - you could also add this to the rear view mirror. This helps deal with headlight glare which is a problem in such low cars.
Alternatively, and a more involved solution - upgrade to SE spec VW Corrado mirrors or Audi A1/A3/A4 stalk mirrors with repater (for which blue, heated and convex mirror glass is readily available). The Audi ones are available with the folding option, also fitted to other VAG cars.
You could search ebay for 'blind spot' or 'convex' replacement mirror glass. I would also recommend get glass with a blue tint or applying a blue tint film over the glass - you could also add this to the rear view mirror. This helps deal with headlight glare which is a problem in such low cars.
Alternatively, and a more involved solution - upgrade to SE spec VW Corrado mirrors or Audi A1/A3/A4 stalk mirrors with repater (for which blue, heated and convex mirror glass is readily available). The Audi ones are available with the folding option, also fitted to other VAG cars.
Just been having a read through the Steve Heath Bible which turned up this morning. That suggests the torx screw which attached the inners of the mirror housing can be accessed through the door. Does anyone know if that is actually possible?
On the video I saw all you have to work with is the speaker hole. Is it possible to reach up and get a Torx drive through the threaded bush in the top of the door. That would certainly help in my case as the mirror are as new. Just on in the wrong position for me.
On the video I saw all you have to work with is the speaker hole. Is it possible to reach up and get a Torx drive through the threaded bush in the top of the door. That would certainly help in my case as the mirror are as new. Just on in the wrong position for me.
You CANNOT access the torx screw holding the mirror base onto the Citroen CX type mirrors. The whole mirror is screwed into and out of the boss mounted in the door. Removing the speaker gives you access to disconnect all the electrics, because not all the connectors will fit through the mounting hole in the door. 
It's why so many fitted either the kit that was widely shown on here raising irt to an accessible level, or change the lot for Corrado mirrors or similar.
These may help:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=93...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=20...
Powers do replacements (originals are now hard to find) :
https://powersperformance.co.uk/store/slug/door-mi...
It's why so many fitted either the kit that was widely shown on here raising irt to an accessible level, or change the lot for Corrado mirrors or similar.
These may help:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=93...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=20...
Powers do replacements (originals are now hard to find) :
https://powersperformance.co.uk/store/slug/door-mi...
Look down the inside of the door shell and see if the factory mod of drilling through the door shell into the edge of the mirror base (to get access to the Allen key has previously been done), if not you can drill through to the Allen key from there. You need to understand that there are wires within the mirror tower that need to be free to rotate (door card off and unplugged). You can create a keyed tube spanner with a 1" tube to spin the base (if that is loose from playing). Available from Citroen world is the LHD tower (LHD passenger side, which is stronger that needs a tweak of the tower to create a third 'tooth' ). Nothing overly complicated, having done the job on many cars. A@
Edited by Adrian@ on Saturday 30th August 16:57
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