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Postby Sebastian » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:00 am

heya lads !

well the one thing that i loved on the car beside the frameless window was the folding /retracting mirrors!
So far so good!
when i bought it the passangers mirror didn' retract at all(at a push of a button) but working perfectly when i try to adjust the position (up down left right)
i said to me .oh i will fix it ..

2day i discovered that the mirror is glued (siliconed i guess) ..
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SO .. i dont know now where 2 start ..
i did tried SEARCH button (up in the menu) :) but ..
i'm kind of worried to take the mirror out myself JUST TO CHECK IT it could be the small motor .. or what

any help/advice would be appreciated
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Postby kevinod » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:10 am

That doesn't look particularly healthy... must have been vandalised and knocked off at some stage I reckon, then someone just stuck it back on? I don't fancy your chances of getting that mirror folding again tbh.

Best bet might be to get a passenger mirror off a passion red FTO from a breakers - try Steelroe & Ricerocket maybe. Danger is that the colour mightn't be an exact match...
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Postby DirtyLopez » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:12 am

yeah unfortunatelly you have to buy a new one. Saw a cople of them on ebay, postage shouldn`t be expensive
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:26 pm

here mate..have a look..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-FTO-LE ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-FTO-RI ... dZViewItem

I know they're not your color - but if you're getting the front touched up anyways you could probably get the mirror done for cheap :-)
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:17 pm

thanx for your answers lads !
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Postby Diddler » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:34 am

I had both my wing mirrors take off on 2 seperate occasions by so wee crap on bikes.

Like your left 1 mine went too so i re-wired and bonded it back on with a bit of gripfill :oops:

Done the trick as i didn't have the money at the time to get it fixed. About 2 days later they took the other one off so i had to bite my tongue and go looking for new mirrors.

Got a set eventually on ebay and they cost me £46.00 for the pair. So i whipped apart the old mirrors and took the electronic motors out of the new ones. Replaced the new motors with my own covers and sure she looks great again..... :wink:
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Postby Sebastian » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:47 pm

so top of the line ! i have to buy another one :r
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Postby mcgon1979 » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:42 pm

where is the button for these retractable mirrors? I don't think my GPvR has retractable mirrors? 2 blank (dummy) buttons beside the mirror adjustment 4 way pad.
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Postby kevinod » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:45 pm

mcgon1979 wrote:where is the button for these retractable mirrors? I don't think my GPvR has retractable mirrors? 2 blank (dummy) buttons beside the mirror adjustment 4 way pad.


The GPvR model as far as I know doesn't come with retractable mirrors, part of the weight saving thing.
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:00 am

http://cgi.ebay.ie/MITSUBISHI-FTO-PASSE ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.ie/MITSUBISHI-FTO-DRIVE ... dZViewItem

Both Passenger and drivers side mirrors are on eBay at the moment - I don't agree with the pricing - but hey... Cheaper than getting them from mitsi I'd bet.
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Postby mcgon1979 » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:09 pm

kevinod wrote:The GPvR model as far as I know doesn't come with retractable mirrors, part of the weight saving thing.


yep. your dead right... :) thanks
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Postby ftolam13 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:27 am

I hav a set ill sale them to u,, but unfortunatelly they are black but still work
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Postby RussMan » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:05 am

What .. a set of black folding mirrors?
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Postby Sebastian » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:55 pm

Changing the mirror ! ->
What a dirty job last owner did ...

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Postby Sebastian » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:34 pm

gotta say ..

so i got the mirror , which ..surprisingly , didnt work ( didnt fold) :cry:

.. brought it back , and GLUED back my old one


.. then take it back again and as i was browsing FTOOC forum i found a How to repair thing thread
followd some tips there and voilà :


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Postby Sebastian » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:39 pm

the tools :
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the fauly bits :
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the mirror dismantled:
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Postby ftolam13 » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:55 am

glad u got it going! just have to spray it red now! hehehehehehehe
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Postby Sebastian » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:05 pm

:D i moved the plastic cover from my mirror and the base
so its red now:)
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Postby ftolam13 » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:13 pm

Sebastian wrote::D i moved the plastic cover from my mirror and the base
so its red now:)

good stuff
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