Gluing Mirrors onto Panels?

With the leverage the mirror will put on the glue i recon they will vibrate worse than with the clamp and just rip the paint off, stuff like tiger seal is ok for bonding rubbing strips on or even brackets for solar pannels ect but not sure it would do that job unless you clamped and glued? then maybe it would hold and virate less ??

As said, I think and adhesive like Tigerseal/Sikaflex or similar would hold it there, BUT, It will be the paint that becomes the weak spot. If you clean back to bare metal you'll have a better chance.

One thing to bear in mind though - most of the really strong adhesives like Tiger, Sika etc don't set completely hard, so they retain a small amount of flexibility, Which will inevitably result in vibration.


Just another thought, You say you have nice doors, but make no mention of your front wings. Why not fix a pair of proper old school wing mounted mirrors? More period correct imo

My experience with motorbikes, which may be more prone to vibrations and whatnot, is that you need to clamp it on or screw it down.
Adhesives only seem to work when they're on a part that it screwed on with rubber mounts, such as the number place being stuck onto a mudguard that has rubber washers on the screws or bolts.

You see adhesives advertised for sticking bike bits on but I don't know of anyone who's had much success with them.
I expect mirrors stuck onto the door edges will be subject to the same sorts of forces that bike parts would be.

See your clamp mirrors, did they have any rubber inside the clamp?
I used them on Minis years ago and had to put bits of old bike rubber inner tube between the door frame and the clamp. I always thought it was to protect the paint but I guess vibration had something to do with it.

I concur - anything strong enough to hold a mirror on at 70-80-90mph into a headwind, will knacker the paint anyway. A good job made of drilling, cleaning, deburring, and Waxoyling would be much better IMHO.