It's 9 months I've ordered some stainless mirrors from HoE.
Originally Posted By Jack The Lad
but you need to look after thing . They dont look after themselves ,
It's a car. It's supposed to go out in the rain. My Rover 75 has lived outside for the last 10 years & there's not a mark on the brightware. The last Roaster lived in the same place as this one for 5 years, again, no rust. The nearside mirror has no rust. It's just sub-standard. Ian
That is dreadful quality; and makes you wonder about the mentality of the person at MMC, who signed-off that specification as acceptable! Maybe he worked for Lancia in the 1980s?
Same as what I have, bit of a pig to set up but worth it.
Originally Posted By shiremog
It's 9 months I've ordered some stainless mirrors from HoE.
Originally Posted By Jack The Lad
but you need to look after thing . They dont look after themselves ,
It's a car. It's supposed to go out in the rain. My Rover 75 has lived outside for the last 10 years & there's not a mark on the brightware. The last Roaster lived in the same place as this one for 5 years, again, no rust. The nearside mirror has no rust. It's just sub-standard. Ian
Same as what I have, bit of a pig to set up but worth it.
The only way I could set the nearside ( standard) mirror was by bending the mirror frame, so I can't see it being worse. Is the view better than the standard mirrors?
The only way I could set the nearside ( standard) mirror was by bending the mirror frame, so I can't see it being worse. Is the view better than the standard mirrors?
Did you try moving the stem in closer to the car. It is held on internal knotches by a spring. I was shown how to do it by Mike (Metal Micky ).
I have ordered a Phoenix design set of mirrors based on advice from this recent thread and some photos kindly sent to me by Philip (MonteZooma)
For chrome to rust that quick, the plating basically sucks.
Good chrome on steel starts with a highly polished and degreased steel, then it is copper plated - moderate thickness and polished again. Then it is nickel plated - thickly, and polished yet again. The chrome plating is then pretty thin as one gets the best shine with a thin layer.
Chrome itself is not waterproof, hence the need for a good thick nickel layer.
You can't tell quality plating by looking at it, smear with salt and leave wet and if it's poor, it'll rust in days!
Did you try moving the stem in closer to the car. It is held on internal knotches by a spring. I was shown how to do it by Mike (Metal Micky ).
Yes, tried that
Originally Posted By Martyn Culling
You can't tell quality plating by looking at it, smear with salt and leave wet and if it's poor, it'll rust in days!
Guess it's rubbish chrome then...
About a year ago, I made a new set of lamps for the traction engine. I nickel-plated the (brass) bezels &, as a matter of interest, I plated a spare, which I left outdoors ever since. It's still perfect. When the mirror bases get too bad, I may well cast a couple of replacements & nickel plate them. Personally, I prefer nickel to chrome. Ian
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