From experience a few years ago before they were even as big as they are now I have found them to be very unfriendly and unhelpful, even for the smallest of things.When I asked MZR at the NEC last year they wouldn’t tell me, which wasn’t surprising (I think Woody wanted to know), but then someone did track them down, or very close ones anyway.
I would hope not, would be a poor effort on cars costing as much as MZR cars do.Maybe they have been carbon fibre 'wrapped'?
From experience a few years ago before they were even as big as they are now I have found them to be very unfriendly and unhelpful, even for the smallest of things.
I would hope not, would be a poor effort on cars costing as much as MZR cars do.
Not concerned with the carbon finish so much as how they are mounted.
If anyone is near an MZR car in the future please take a photo of the way the mirrors are mounted please.
When I asked MZR at the NEC last year they wouldn’t tell me, which wasn’t surprising (I think Woody wanted to know), but then someone did track them down, or very close ones anyway.
You're spot on Mike, I was interested and you very kindly enquired on my behalf but to no avail, it seems MZR have no interest outside of complete one off custom builds now. As much as I hear good things about them and the quality of their cars looks unquestionably fantastic they really don't seem to have any interest in supporting the community
If MZR have spent time and effort in adapting/developing their own custom mirror mount, and it is a small part of the 'identity' of their product, then why should anyone expect them to give that information away, or even help others to copy it? They are quite within their rights to play their cards close to their chest, and I don't think they owe anybody anything.
Good luck to them I say.
Albrecht isn’t far wrong. If MZR sold their parts separately, their ‘product’ loses some of its uniqueness and therefore explanation of cost. If people can modify similar shape/size/finish mirrors to ‘copy’ the MZR one, then fair play to their ingenuity as well.
With the better photos from the link supplied by Woody it gives me a much better idea, I should be able to know out one of those.Looks to be quite a simple mount, off the mirror into the door frame, would take a couple of hours with a manual lathe.
Thanks for that, very helpful.You're spot on Mike, I was interested and you very kindly enquired on my behalf but to no avail, it seems MZR have no interest outside of complete one off custom builds now. As much as I hear good things about them and the quality of their cars looks unquestionably fantastic they really don't seem to have any interest in supporting the community
Ta da
https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/nec-november-2017.22900/page-4
I still can't understand why people think the MZR cars are overpriced, first of all, it is a business so they exist to make money, so there needs to be some decent profits per car, its not like a personal home project where you don't need to consider all the man hours you put in. Secondly I don't think many people realise how much time and work this level of finish and detail take to complete, not to mention the costs of the specialist parts they produce for them (although the more they make the more the initial costs for this are offset) Now I've not seen them in person but from the photos I have seen they seem to be very well done, almost the same level as singer but yet they are massively cheaper than a Singer.
I feel they could sell select parts to the market, for a hefty price so they don't become too common. If people know where these nice parts came from it can only help their name.