Thread: 03 infiniti fx35 w/all the toys, add a carpc too? oh yeah... :)

Doesn't that rear view mirror arm have the 2 ball mounts on the end with the big spring pushing them apart? It seems it would be pretty tricky to make it longer.

Hummm, I'd be really scared of damaging the headliner. Looks like a pain to fix it, and I'm not sure I have the abilities to fix it. Also have to check the rear view mirror thing.

Thanks anyway for the quick reply, I'll keep looking for a solution.

some are press fit, I thought these might be too... if it's a spring then it would be the same really, just an extention for the spring too & a way to clamp it, may need to tack weld it if theres a lot of tention... could be a little bit of a project too I guess... guess I'd have to see it to figure it out, never cut one before really, I guess you have?

I've seen a broke one. The main problem with extending that arm is the extra weight it creates. You get a lot more leverage which can make it droop down when hitting a pothole.

I have no idea what the FX35 one's look like, but on older cars you can twist the old metal tab off the window and mount it lower. Is that an option?

hurst, yeah, I guess I keep forgeting about the scary part for many guys... I got over being afaid a long time ago... to do anything theres risks I guess, & you will have to make screwups in the beginning too, but theres only one way to do it & that's to just do it

what about a sun visor mount? maybe still better than nothing?, at that point you might as well make a pedistal mount & take it in & out. don't know what to tell you really past that.

you might be able to find a good interior shop that could just do the screen mount & bring the wires down to the kick panel area, then go from there but the finish trim would still be an issue?? fear & car chopping & modding don't go togeather to well

jason, the extra leverage might be an issue, but I was only thinking may 3/4" - 1" maybe. I did remove a mirror button on my montana, but i wasn't too afraid of breaking the windshield cause it's allready been out, I would hate to break the windshield & have to crack the factory seal in the fx unless I had to, I would try to avoid removing the button but i haven't screwed with it enough to even think about any of that yet really, the extention idea was just a brief initial thought... if I was going to attempt anything like that I'd buy an ebay mirror, but there few & far between, & expensive.

If you take a pair of channel locks, lay them against the glass and twist it clounterclockwise back and forth it should pop loose. I've done it several times.

Or you might just add a second button and leave the stock one in place. I just figured you wouldn't like the 2nd button visable.

some come off easier than others, I've done some that were kinda easy & a few that refused to break loose & took glass with them... when I did the montana the windshield was brand new, just put in that day, it took me almost an hour to get it off, vicegrip turning back & forth, cutting in around the edges with a blade and using adhiesive remover and a heatgun from the outside to lossen it up, that was a tough one for sure. I'm thinking when I really get down to it, I'll probably eliminate the rearview mirror all togeather really anyway & it'll be a video camera feed instead.

Originally Posted by turbocad6

yeah, you shoulda seen the techs face at the infiniti dealer when I brought it in for a fuel pump... the guys were bugging out...

first the service writer had a strange look on his face & was asking for the registration, saying somthing isn't right here, he didn't belive it was an 03, & he got even more suspicious when he put the vin# in & it came up as being silver... then later the tech came to me & was like,you gotta tell me, who did that for you? I said I did it myself & I could tell he just didn't believe me, kept asking if I knew where he could get that done to his car

... it was pretty funny really. I've had some customs in the past that i always thought to bring it to a dealer just to see the look on there face, this one I actually had to though I had a riv convertable once with a grand national fwd conversion & brought that into the dealer, the tech there was arguing with me saying that it was factory, the rivs had a turbo option... I had to tell him, yeah, but a 301 pos.. not an intercooled 3.8 sfi that car was a sick ride too btw I still have it, rotting away in a backyard somewhere... one of my first radical customs

I know exactly what you mean. When I brought the Matrix to the dealer for an oil change and a fuel sender unit, the service writer has a strange look on his face kind of like "WTH, the matrix didn't come with this GPS system."

any updates? loving this thread. it makes me want to start working on my pc cruiser again.... but its winter outside and my shop isn't done yet