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Hey, thanks!
I wish I'd taken pictures during the mirror delete experiment. Basically, I unbolted the whole factory mirror assembly from inside the car and gutted it. Afterwards, I band-sawed and disc-sanded the emerging "stalk" off of the flat triangular panel that mounts in front of the window. I was left with a cross-section of metal core and plastic outer shell.
Once I had it flat-ish (actually a gentle convexity), I simply changed to Bondo and a file and did final filling and shaping and smoothing. Primer and wet-sand, and I rolled-on the SW enamel like the wheel discs.
Then, since the backside was still all stock Honda, I simply bolted it back into place and snapped on the interior cover.
In retrospect, I probably should have wrapped one thin layer of fine-weave fiberglas cloth over the triangle to consolidate the parts before the bodywork. If it gets a good impact now, I'm afraid I may get hairline cracks where the disparate parts abut.
Forrest
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