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Originally posted by LUCA:
Zee, thank you again for lunch! I'm still full. 
How about that huge ice cream scoop?
Leiby's struck me a a good place to hold a Car Cruise.
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Hey, Glen!
Thanks again for taking out that side mirror from the old Jag.
It turned out those Yellow Jackets came with it all the way up to Mountaintop. After washing my Volvo, I decided to see how the mirror might look on the driver's door.
Yep, there they were, still nesting behind the mirror glass.
This time, though, I had a near-killed (no pun) can of Raid!
Pyrethrin rules!
BTW, the mirror isn't going to work on my Vintage Volvo. The mounting angle makes the mirror itself cocked uselessly.
Only other thing I could do is mount is on a more verticle part of the door panel, lower down, but that would hang the thing out pretty far, looking weird.
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Originally posted by Zee:
Hey, Glen!
Thanks again for taking out that side mirror from the old Jag.
It turned out those Yellow Jackets came with it all the way up to Mountaintop. After washing my Volvo, I decided to see how the mirror might look on the driver's door.
Yep, there they were, still nesting behind the mirror glass.
This time, though, I had a near-killed (no pun) can of Raid!
Pyrethrin rules!
BTW, the mirror isn't going to work on my Vintage Volvo. The mounting angle makes the mirror itself cocked uselessly.
Only other thing I could do is mount is on a more verticle part of the door panel, lower down, but that would hang the thing out pretty far, looking weird.
Hey, no problem. And thanks for that awesome lunch. Their food was great.
What if you got some sort of rubber gromet, or a 1/4" thick piece of rubber to space the mirror off of the door panel itself?
I call my E0 Claire.
24 hour what?
I'm looking to buy a like-new condition SVT grill, and a shift knob that works with the reverse lever PM me with the details.
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Luckily for you the bees didn't decide to fly all over while you were driving.  Yeah, Leiby's would be a good place to have a meet. The parking lot is huge so we would have plenty of room. Good idea Glenn, using some type of spacer to make the mirror fit better. Think that would work Zee? Glenn... Your mom didn't like the pre 98 trunk lid, huh?  Maybe once it's on she'll like it better. Funny that she noticed the sail panels though, most people don't right away.
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Hey, no problem. And thanks for that awesome lunch. Their food was great.
What if you got some sort of rubber gromet, or a 1/4" thick piece of rubber to space the mirror off of the door panel itself?
Well, I'd need to be about a 1/2" thick spacer....tapered down to about 1/8" from window to outside door skin to account for the angle of the door design
Something to think about, anyway.
I was hoping to discover that the mirror frame could rotate upon the mounting post. No deal. A pair of screws inside the mirror frame screw into the post, effectively keeping it at the angle for the Jaguar's door profile.
It was a $5 experiment. No big loss. I'll problably get more for it when I sell it on eBay.
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Originally posted by LUCA:
Glenn...
Your mom didn't like the pre 98 trunk lid, huh? Maybe once it's on she'll like it better.
You know what's wierd, I thought they looked unnatractive as all hell when I saw them on the respective model years. For some reason though I think they look better on the 98+ years. The angles on the trunk seem to tie well with the angles on the hood.
Then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lol.
Speaking of eye of the beholder. Those tail lights I picked up, seemingly have some wear and discoloration on the black trim pieces that go around the perimiterof them. I'm going to see if I can work it out though.
I call my E0 Claire.
24 hour what?
I'm looking to buy a like-new condition SVT grill, and a shift knob that works with the reverse lever PM me with the details.
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Originally posted by Pen_Two:
Speaking of eye of the beholder. Those tail lights I picked up, seemingly have some wear and discoloration on the black trim pieces that go around the perimiterof them. I'm going to see if I can work it out though.
Duplicolor Trim Paint.
(use in well-ventilated area. It's REAL paint!)
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Originally posted by Zee:
A white SHO. No engine. No 8 cylinder BMW. Just a couple of 325's
Thanks for looking! I think I'm going to start hunting for a 2.5L engine out of a mid 90's 3 series...
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