Mazda Protege power mirror install

[IdealSociety]

definitly nice! grats on a good discovery!

[FastOrBust]

what year protoge are they from?

[freshtiva]

90-94s is what the ebay listing said.

[av8ter]

They only came on the Lx model.(similar to us huh)


Kevin

[rolla4me]

gotta grab a pair of those the junkyard.... nice discovery freshtiva!

[cubstiva1]

those look so nice, i can't believe i never saw this tread. now i'll have to look for these at the yards too.

[spiko]

Very nice addition. Thanks again for all the pictures

[b8kedbeans]

When I tried this I did not like the rake of the mirrors and the way it caused my vision to be limited. If anyone is going to do the same then I suggest that you check the adjustment of the power mirror glass before drilling too many holes. Make sure the glass moves enough for you to see the road behind you. I could not see properly without adjusting the glass all the way in toward the car...even then I could have used a little more room. Shims could make it better so I would not rule out the upgrade but just wanted to share my personal experience with everyone.

I ended up buying some Canadian 323 Familia mirrors from ebay that actually worked perfectly though.

[freshtiva]

Ive used both the protege and 323 mirrors and had good luck with both of them. Here is a link to the 323 mirror install.

Thought they were protege when I started the thread but found out they were 323s.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15167&highlight=new+swoopies

The protege and the 323 mirrors were almost identical. Below is a picture of 1990 LX festiva mirror beside the 323 mirror.

[cubstiva1]

323 LX mirrors? or just 323s in general?

[wf_festiva]

This is off the topic, but remember swivel seats ? That would be sweet in a festiva. :idea:

swivle seats are sooo hard to find it took this guy in my rec class over 1 year to find them for his chevelle and he paid a fortune for them too

[freshtiva]

323 LX mirrors? or just 323s in general?

The seller told me they were

"factory OEM Mazda BG chassis 1990 - 1994 323 Familia GTX GTR power mirrors "

I dont know for sure.

[resuwrecked]

I tried this, went to the 'yard today, got some mirrors, came home, went to work, got stumped, read this thread... Just for reference everyone- 626 mirrors do NOT work. I forgot it was supposed to be protege or 323's :confused3: