Side view mirrors for my ‘71

Those aren’t the correct mirrors for a ‘71.

I bought a pair from OPGI, their brand on sale for $99. The driver's side was good but the passenger side can't be adjusted in far enough. I tried elongating the mounting hole and shimming the mount and couldn't get it to adjust in enough. I held the mirror in and moved it up and down to see what was stopping it and took a dremel to the marks. It helped but the quality of the mirror glass is bad enough that I still don't trust changing lanes without looking first.

Muscle Car Factory has them. $30 each or $55 for the pair.

NOS is the way to go if you can find and/or afford it. I was able to find an NOS driver mirror for my '70 SS which solved all the problems described in original post. On my '72 tribute I ended up settling for the OPGI round bowtie (66/67) aftermarket mirrors which were marginally better than the correct rectangular mirrors as far as functionality.

I have found that virtually everything coming from OPGI and all the aftermarket suppliers is garbage unless it was made by OER or GM Licensed.

I ordered a pair from OPGI this morning because anything is better than what I have at the moment. Hopefully they work well enough for the limited driving I do with it now days. Backing into the garage is the worst part. Thanks for the replies.

NPD has 2 price levels. The lower priced ones will pit and loosen in a short time. I had replaced the drivers side with the better one and was happy with it. Lots of luck with the OPGI passenger side, that's the one I had my problem with.

FL Kymino said:

NPD has 2 price levels. The lower priced ones will pit and loosen in a short time. I had replaced the drivers side with the better one and was happy with it. Lots of luck with the OPGI passenger side, that's the one I had my problem with.

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I thought about waiting to see if I had the same issue and send it back if I did but I opted to just cancel the order. I’ll order the set from NPD, although it is quite a bit more money. Hopefully it’s worth it.

Good to see these replies to your post. I ordered a set from OPGI and they arrived yesterday. Just opened the box to discover that the drivers side mirror has a bad chrome finish. Time to send them back. Let us know how the set from NPD works out.

The mirrors arrived. Shipping took a bit longer than I expected but I wasn’t in a hurry anyways. They look good and seem to have a good range of movement. It will probably be a bit before I‘m able to put them on because I have another project I have to get done on the ‘81.