I've got a new set of mirrors i want to put on my car, i currently only have a drivers side mirror but the new mirror has it's mounting holes closer together so i have the problem of having 1 hole visible when i go to put it on.

the options i can think of are:
1. plug the hole with a plastic plug - ugly but cheap
2. create an adapting plate that will go into the current holes and mount the mirror to that plate - neater but might not look very good - relatively cheap
3. take it to a panel beater and get them to fill/weld the hole up and paint the door - expensive, paint might not match well (metallic) - best result.

Any other ideas?

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Depending on the mirrors, mount the new mirror on the old stalk.

you could do Drmini's trick

He has the same problem, so would you believe it, he put a stainless steel screw in one, and then drilled a hole in the other side, to make it look real!

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

As a Spraypainter, my opinion is that if the colour dosn't match, you shouldn't be paying for the job. Unless the paint on the rest of the car is REALLY old and crappy, there's no reason why they can't match it.
I would

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Tim
Dusk Blue
1964 850

hmmm i have the same dilemma. I was going to fill and paint. Would like to see pics of dr mini's trick?

Black grommet will be the simplest, cheapest and really won't look all that bad.

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Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

drive to QLD and back, and your car will have more paint chips that will look a lot more worse than a screw in the door, LOL!

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

funny that... it never matches. but hey my paint is old and daggy so i dont care.

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PrOuDlY aSkInG qUeStIoNs FoR uR aMuEsMeNt

I'd look around for a small stainless steel or chrome dome headed style bolt with a thin rubber washer on it and put it in there, cheap and easy.

i sense a whole fleet of ausminiers with different plugs in their doors!

i would love to get rid of my bullet mirrors, can't see anything in them anyways and i don't like the look of them...

and go with something like this

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4-STAINLESS- ... 53e7477135

I got alloy bracket made up to bolt through
The old hole and my door and it held
The new mirror on and covered the old holes.

I get you a few pictures tonight

What about filling the hole but then painting a section a contrasting colour (like matt black or something similar) so then you kill two birds and dont have to worry about paint matching....

With the money you've spent on that car, you're worried about paying a panelbeater to do the job properly?

Do it once, do it properly is my advice.

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my other life is as a homebrewer...

most of us beermakers make our own gaskets and washers where we can out of the new trend of silicon baking trays...

they're brilliant, heat resistant, food grade and will last forever...

grab a flat silicon baking tray and presto, you can cut any gasket and washer you like