Some of you may know I have Corvette Heated mirrors on my Chop Top. What I am always asked if the Corvette 4th gen mirrors (1984 to 1996) are interchangeable with Fiero Mirrors. Until now I didn't know the answer, the answer is...yes and no
Because I only replaced the motor and heated glass, I never examined the two shells side by side. The shells are very similar, but there is a difference in mounting height and angle. They will not bolt on directly.
(The Fiero mirror is black and Corvette 1994 is red)
The good news is that the motors and glass are identical, (except for the heating element.) You have to cut off the connector, but they are a direct bolt on replacement for the Fiero motors and glass. I wired the heating element into the rear window defroster circuit. If I didn't have that I would just put a switch on there. I hope this helps.
If you mean the inside rear view mirror then the answer is yes. I have a Firebird Rear view mirror in my t-top. If you are referring to the mirror housings above, I don't know of any.
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Flyguyeddy Member
Posts: 568 From: pekin, Il USA Registered: Dec 2003
The shells are very similar, but there is a difference in mounting height and angle. They will not bolt on directly.
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The good news is that the motors and glass are identical, (except for the heating element.) You have to cut off the connector, but they are a direct bolt on replacement for the Fiero motors and glass.
I have a 92 firebird/camaro side mirror on my 87GT. It looks just like the red one that you pictured. I also noticed that it is at a different angle and shorter where it connects. Personally, it is pretty hard to tell the difference when on the car unless you are closely examining the mirror for some reason. I thought that the 84-88 mirrors from the camaro/firebird/vette would be like the Fiero but I guess not. Mark
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Very interesting makes me wonder, Now I'll be ripping one of my mirrors apart to figure out who made them. I'll put money on Donnelly (SP?) systems. I used to work for a Rear View system manufacturer and remain friends with a quite a few Engineers. I may take a mirror into them and ask them to try and find me a match in Blue Glass or even better in Eelectrochromatic(SP?)
Very interesting makes me wonder, Now I'll be ripping one of my mirrors apart to figure out who made them. I'll put money on Donnelly (SP?) systems. I used to work for a Rear View system manufacturer and remain friends with a quite a few Engineers. I may take a mirror into them and ask them to try and find me a match in Blue Glass or even better in Eelectrochromatic(SP?)
oh man i love the blue'd mirrors at night - so much easier on the eyes when an SUV is tailing you
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Will Member
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Originally posted by jscott1: Because I only replaced the motor and heated glass, I never examined the two shells side by side. The shells are very similar, but there is a difference in mounting height and angle. They will not bolt on directly.
Did you actually try them? Are the Camaro/Firebird mirrors the same housing? They fit Dough19's car
Very interesting makes me wonder, Now I'll be ripping one of my mirrors apart to figure out who made them. I'll put money on Donnelly (SP?) systems. I used to work for a Rear View system manufacturer and remain friends with a quite a few Engineers. I may take a mirror into them and ask them to try and find me a match in Blue Glass or even better in Eelectrochromatic(SP?)
I already have the inside auto dimming mirror with controller for the outside mirror. So if you could find something that would work that would be way cool. I hate having to move the mirrors when someone is behind you at night.
Did you actually try them? Are the Camaro/Firebird mirrors the same housing? They fit Dough19's car
If my car wasn't so far away right now I would take some comparison pics. I remember that when I took apart the firebird/camaro mirrors I was suprised to see that the mounting points for the motor was different and the bolts on that attach to the mirror were not in the same place as the Fiero. So I just left all of the firebird/camaro stuff in the mirror. It still plugged right in to the harness but I'm not sure if it works because my power mirror switch is broke. I only use the car for autocross and toying around in the summer so it doesn't really bother me. Mark
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
Did you actually try them? Are the Camaro/Firebird mirrors the same housing? They fit Dough19's car
I don't know about F body mirrors. I did try to put red mirror on my car and the angle wasn't close enough to being right for my taste. Maybe the gasket can make up some of the difference, but my point was that it is not an exact bolt on replacement.
One other interesting note for the two mirrors above the mounting points for the motors are identical. In fact the bracket you see on the black mirror came from the red mirror. The black mirror was originally a manual one and the driver's side mirror manual and electric use the same mointing points. At least for the two mirrors above. Your results may vary.
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