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Old 01-29-2006, 03:50 AM
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Default Euro-style mirrors (BIG PICS) not 56k safe

yeah, finally did em...and i like the way that they turned out, but would like input, not difficult, took about 10 minutes per mirror... easy as pie

















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Looks pretty good. Where'd you get them? Price?

Some picture resizing would help.

They're perhaps a bit too blue, but look OK
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what kind of tint did you use? this is something that i have on my list...... actually the lighter blue mercedes style tint has been ordered for the project
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its a $10 roll of tint off a walmart shelf

me before the walmart

they are a little too blue for my liking but im sure they will grow on me
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Old 01-29-2006, 04:20 AM
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let me know when you want the mercedes blue tint..... i am friends with a banned user here that owns a tint shop and has a roll of it ordered..... it is the same blue as the toyota japan blue rain mirror glass http://www.newscionparts.com/product/?id=1058
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i like my cheapo fix
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Old 01-29-2006, 04:25 AM
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That is hoit
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legal?
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not sure if I like it
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i like it a lot - what is the legality of this?
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Don, I'll try to stop by w/ my xB and digital camera tomorrow.

I've gotta leave town around noon so I'll have to see if I get up in time, if not, I'll track you down by the end of the week. No more squinting due to higher vehicles having the perfect angle!!
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Old 01-29-2006, 05:49 AM
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yeah, is this legal? if so i might do it!
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i dont know weither its legal or not
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i have to be honest, im not liking it.
just not my style.
but to each his own.
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I really like it, but it looks a little too dark during the day, but perfect at night. Maybe we can talk to a local tint shop or a certain vinyl vendor & see if we can get lighter tint.

BTW, that's the 35% right?
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different and it looks good
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yeah sparky, its 35%.... i got the lighest i could find, i went to tint shops and skycraft and no body had a lighter shade

thanks alot for our imput yall,

and i actully got pulled over for my exaust being too loud last night. and i asked the Orange County PO that got me, he said it was fine
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Not to rain on your parade, but euro mirror glass is tinted yellow. Companies like VW and Audi put blue tinted glass in the US mirrors.
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Originally Posted by ctruss
Not to rain on your parade, but euro mirror glass is tinted yellow. Companies like VW and Audi put blue tinted glass in the US mirrors.
Maybe now, but Benz & BMW use(d) Blue.

Genuine BMW E39 5-Series Mirrors, they are blue glass.
http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/StockItem.asp...&Item=unassign
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