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Old 04-02-2008, 12:50 AM
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went for a night drive with them, no more glare! its awesome :D
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
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also to answer some questions that might come up:

1. no i do not know what kinda car that is in the first pic.

2. yes that is alex and yes he is a goof ball.

3. yes they are a little more blue in person (for some reason the camera cant capture it too much)

4. yes they are convexed and awesome

5. you can see the tail lights of the car in the mirror while looking at the headlights in the corner of your eye!! :D i couldnt stop looking the whole way home.

6. yes i am awesome for being the first with them
Car in first pic is a BMW 3-Series.

How blue are they in comparison to VW/BMW mirrors?
tehy are a light blue, very noticable in person but not on camerA
That is most likely due to the "lossy" format your camera is taking. Like JPEG and such. That means the photo loses data when the shot is taken so it can compress the photo. Thus you lose some color tones and highlights

lol, it's technical babble I know
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^^ Lol. I'll be sure to post a few uncompress TIFF images for you once I get mine (since you can't upload RAW files). Excited to get these haha.
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they make a HUGE difference.

at first my eyes where buggin out due to the convexness.... i think i just made a word up =X

took a little while to get used to it, but its a big help, especially witha lot of highway driving.
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Old 04-02-2008, 01:06 AM
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^^ Lol. I'll be sure to post a few uncompress TIFF images for you once I get mine (since you can't upload RAW files). Excited to get these haha.
I spend allot of time editing RAW files into JPEG to get the right colors Simple Google Picasa2 works fine.
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
they make a HUGE difference.

at first my eyes where buggin out due to the convexness.... i think i just made a word up =X

took a little while to get used to it, but its a big help, especially witha lot of highway driving.
Can't wait
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^^ I use lightroom myself but I've heard great things about Picasa as well.
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just paid! cant waaaait!!!!!!! weeeeeeee!
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Payment sent. I am looking forward to these.
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by andino
^^ I use lightroom myself but I've heard great things about Picasa as well.
lol, can't afford lightroom But I beta tested it! Picasa is just a really quick no frills way to get the RAW sort of converted to JPEG REALLY quick. Light room is a RAW work flow and editing program for professionals

Sorry to get off track U just ordered The 270mm Broadway Blue Convex mirrors to match these From TWEAKED ICE

Mind you I have an xA http://www.tweakedice.com/bw125.html
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when will i get mine!?? i cant wait!
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Old 04-02-2008, 09:03 PM
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they will ship out next Wednesday. I got the shipping materials at home now but I am leaving for Cancun for the weekend and then I got the Red Sox home opener on Tuesday. I'll get all of the first batch out Monday.
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Old 04-02-2008, 09:05 PM
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awesome!

thanks for all the work!
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Who all is in the first batch?
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by PlayinWithFire
2nd set was never completed. They will ship out as soon as enough people pay. I am going to wait and see what happens once people start showing off these sets to see if anyone wants a set after that.

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Oops I missed that post haha. Thanks though for quoting it back hehe
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:45 PM
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eh no prob i updated it too so it was actually useful
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Old 04-02-2008, 11:39 PM
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nice to see this didnt end up like umn#%#$%....

cant wait to get mine.. got a broadway blue convex rear view mirror on the way also!
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Originally Posted by Phanon_TC
nice to see this didnt end up like umn#%#$%....

cant wait to get mine.. got a broadway blue convex rear view mirror on the way also!
It's really amazing I have to say. I can see soooo much now with the broadway blue convex rear view mirror These mirrors form this thread will really be even more help. I am gonna have so many views of every angle
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PS: I will post photos in the morning Today it was very over cast, dark and not good for a decent photo. But just so you know that link was for KINGxOFxSKA's company and I think that there will be a perfect marriage with the mirrors we are getting here.
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