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1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« on: Jun 11, 2022, 12:53:07 am »
I have a pristine 1985 Celica GT-S with 47K on it. Today, I had it detailed, and forgot to tell him not to touch the side mirrors. They were perfect as the day they came from the factory. Now both are broken.

What are my options to replace them or repair them?

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #1 on: Jun 11, 2022, 05:59:00 am »
jesus christ that is so irresponsible of a detailer to screw up. are you getting any compensation? and there are people that sell them. id say look for part outs, or, if youre up to it, look to repair the internals. there are some threads on here detailing how to diy fix them. this is assuming he broke the mirror lens connection to the mechanism behind, and not the outer shell. there are a couple replacements for them, iirc but all are very very pricy.
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Re: 1985 Celica GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #2 on: Jun 11, 2022, 11:37:46 am »
I am too upset to even contact the detailer. He broke one side, and I would think after that snapping noise and the mirror flopping around, he would have stopped and realized what he did. Nope, he then broke he other side too. He is a mobile detailer and cleaned my car while I was working from home. I didn't realize what he had did until later last night after he had left and when I went out to the garage to take the car for a spin.

I have arthritis and some other health issues and have limited use of my hands. My neighbor helped me remove the passenger mirror and pop the lens off. Sure enough, both points where the adjustment screws are molded into the lens were broken. Amazingly, on the pivot ball where the mirror pops into the housing, the original lithium grease from the factory was not only there, but looked as fresh as it would if it were dabbed on there this week. The mirrors were simply as perfect as they day there were made until this detailer broke them.

So, the damage is yes, only that the 2 plastic screws that are molded to the lens, and are pushed in and out by the little while plastic geared motors, are snapped off the lens.

My first alternative is to purchase a replacement set of mirrors. You mentioned there are expensive replacements available? Do you have any links or names to such a set up such mirrors? I have searched the interwebs and haven't yet found any replacements. Replacing them is my first choice.

Second alternative if I cannot purchase a replacement is to seek out someone on this site who'd be willing to allow me to ship my mirrors to them for their repair expertise and ship them back to me (someone can help an older man and also earn some $). I lost partial use of my hands a few years ago, and don't know of anyone that would be willing take on the repair I saw detailed on this site (to the member two-tone RA64, thank you for that post on the repair - it gives me hope).

Thank you for the reply. Just hearing that there may be a replacement I can purchase is good news.

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #3 on: Jun 12, 2022, 09:31:42 pm »
Try megazip.net for replacement.

If you put up pictures it will be easier to see
If the part that is broke can be repaired. If it can i may be able to help.
I picked up a pair years ago to fix mi e that were flopping around i have not fixed them if yours are the same as mine i will do a repair on mine to make sure it works. Then see a out fixing yours. 

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #4 on: Jun 13, 2022, 02:39:25 am »
Megazip, amayama, and negun all show the mirrors are discontinued. Tom's Racing doesn't list the R65 mirrors any more.



« Last Edit: Jun 13, 2022, 03:15:59 am by iamareplicant »

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #5 on: Jun 13, 2022, 03:15:52 am »
I found a single mirror from a JDM AA63 coupe; I'd try seeking out what's on Yahoo Auctions :)

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r1054312300
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #6 on: Jun 13, 2022, 03:21:01 am »
Thank you twotone, for posting that. I placed a bid on it.

Still looking for a pristine pair and still interested in 3D repair wizardry :)

I've also tried to post pictures of my mirrors but i think they may be too big. Until I can post them, the broken part on each mirror is "simply" that the molded studs (2) on the back of the lens snapped on each of the 2 points, and on each mirror.


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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #7 on: Jun 13, 2022, 04:06:00 am »
Keep in mind, the JDM mirror housings are a completely different shape. They will still mount, they just look different is all. :)

Use imgur to post your photos! then you can use the bbcode "img" link to embed images directly in your posts.
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #8 on: Jun 13, 2022, 06:01:34 pm »
Thank you sir.

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #9 on: Jun 14, 2022, 02:02:41 am »
Keep in mind, the JDM mirror housings are a completely different shape. They will still mount, they just look different is all. :)

They're probably not going to work well, either. They're set up for the driver to be on the wrong side of the car.
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #10 on: Jun 14, 2022, 07:18:11 am »
They're probably not going to work well, either. They're set up for the driver to be on the wrong side of the car.

Is that so? I would think that both sides would still have equal amounts of adjustment.
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #11 on: Jun 15, 2022, 04:04:58 pm »
I'm curious what others are doing when their mirrors have broken. I would think the only thing that can be done to the broken OEM mirrors is to, for example, put some calking on the ball in the back of the mirror, pop it into place, adjust it, and let it dry.

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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #12 on: Jun 15, 2022, 09:48:27 pm »
There used to be a write up but, I think the pictures don't work anymore. In short the plastic part that holds the glass has two plastic bolts on it. There are two motors that tighten or loosen them to pivot the glass. The plastic bolts break off or disintegrate. You can match up a bolt at the hardware store cut the head off and epoxy it on. I did this and it lasted as long as I owned the car. I'd honestly consider it a permanent fix.
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #13 on: Jun 16, 2022, 06:51:11 am »
There used to be a write up but, I think the pictures don't work anymore. In short the plastic part that holds the glass has two plastic bolts on it. There are two motors that tighten or loosen them to pivot the glass. The plastic bolts break off or disintegrate. You can match up a bolt at the hardware store cut the head off and epoxy it on. I did this and it lasted as long as I owned the car. I'd honestly consider it a permanent fix.
danf looks to have done an excellent write up on this very topic. sadly only two photos. but the writeup by hsvrocketman suddenly for me does show the photos. i remember glancing at that literally last week with no photos showing up.
I would recommend doing this to yours replicant, if you are able to as it seems to be the best bet on your issue. ill be contacting my friend in hungary to mail me out some manual mirrors since old owner chopped harness from the doors for some f'ing reason. that and my drivers mirror has the sloppy mirror issue.
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Re: 1985 Celicat GT-S side mirrors
« Reply #14 on: Jun 18, 2022, 05:09:55 pm »
I only took the two pictures because the only thing I did on mine was grind down two bolts to fit, was a bit of trial and error. All I used was a handheld grinder and a vice.

That repair was done around 10 years ago and I can report the mirrors are still working on my car.
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