Today was a shite day outside so I kept things to the living room and relaxed a bit. I later became bored out of my skull so I slapped on some jeans and started with the mirrors. (Granted, I haven't showered in two days because vacation is fucking awesome...)

I'm kind of sick of seeing the same old mirros... stock/OEM, M3 mirrors (when will they just die!) and the racing DTM/Hagus-look that are still cool but are way played out. So I decided to make my own. I picked up some Shelby Cobra mirrors off the net and now I need to make bases for them. A lot of the people I see in the dub world buy a set of aftermarket universal mirrors from Moon and then just drill them into a shitty blanking plate and call it a day. Why? It looks like ass and kills the side flow of the entire car.

So yeah, I haven't used clay since 5th grade but it seemed like a good idea at the time so I got a slab of clay and started molding what I thought fit best.



My neighbours must think I'm out of my mind:


Finally after getting a good angle, I decided the bottom base should be removed.


But if you own a MK3, you would know their bases are made of SOLID STEEL... fuck haha. To Sears for new tools!
After picking up a sweet bench grinder, I got to cutting and smoothed out the curves a bit as well...




Then, as I felt like a 4 year old, I sat on my ass and played with clay for an hour. That shit is hard man. Too soft and if you move one side, you move the opposite side. Ugh.


Anyways, I think I have a good match and will fiberglass over tomorrow to see how much bondo I need to use.


Still have no idea how I am going to make these things strong but that's for another day I guess.

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