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HQ side mirrors
I'm looking for a good left side mirror for a HQ and I remember years ago someone telling me that they were very hard to find. A dude pulled me over about 8 years ago and offered me $60 for my mirror. Didnt sell it.
Looking on eBay it seem everyone is calling them HQ/J/X/Z/ LH/LX mirrors. Are they realy all the same or are the HQ ones different and hard to find?
I'm guessing the new mirror heads are made from crap quality stainless?
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My HQ never had a passenger side mirror, I guess they were optional or introduced later in the range..? Could explain why they're a bit rarer.
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The LHS mirror was only fitted as an accessory in those days. With every car getting a RHS mirror as standard & very few customers getting LHS ones fitted, they would be outnumbered 50 to 1.
BTW, it's only the mirror stem that is unique, the head & mounts are the same.
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In NZ left side HQ mirrors were very rare ! The LH mirror bases you can buy now are not the same as the orig mirror bases , must be different mould ? Mark. |
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So a HQ HX HZ stem would all be exactly the same? . . . same doors almost
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Yes HQ-J-X-Z , LH-LX , mirror bases all the same ,only LJ bases different , but mirror heads still the same. MARK .
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hi mate, i'm fairly sure i have 1 in the shed, if your interested i'll go out tommorow and have a look for you
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Thanks Dave. I'll send you a PM
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