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Here you go guys. Im not making this for everyone to ask ?'s. There are tons other threads about it.

the pics:
peek-a-boo! lol











I have the amber hooked up as turn signals, and the blue LEDS are to a switch in the car in case i want them on as driving lights. But i ususally will never have the blue on.

feedback?

 
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good job, but imho I don't think the m3 mirrors go with the shape of our car. I like the ganador style mirrors for our car or the spoon style. props! get them painted!

 
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only reason they arent painted is cause its an LX. and if I paint them I have to get the handles painted too then its going to be alot of $$$ that I dont have right now.

Only thing getting painted any time soon is the ugly trunk chrome thing. that I am sick of and I am painting myself.

 
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u must have a 01-02 cuz the 03-05 lx's have painted door handles and trunk molding...only non painted mirrors

 
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nice - off topic but where did you get those front plates?

 
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nm, ebay has a gigaplex

 
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looks good!!

you need some more JDM if you wanna be rockin that front plate diskreet

 
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haha maybe ill be getting a "type R' c/f front lip for the summer

 
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Looks good, i got the same, but different color. It was kind of a bitch to hook up the switches, turn signals, etc. Are yours power or manual?

 
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power

 
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i think installing side mirrors are realy easy....even with park lights on and turn signals.
this is how mine looks like

 
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thats cool. im not a big fan of slr style but at least on the sedan they are straight out. looks surprisingly good!

edit: yes the install is fairly easy, but its time consuming and tedious!

 
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looks sweet!!! thinking about doing it in the future!

 
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like i said its an easy install, but there is ALOT to do.

you need to remove:
door panels, some dash trim panels, bumper, and the glove box to make it easier

so with all that off (30-hour alone) you are set to go. from then its alot of just running stupid wires. then soldering, taping over or heatshrinking, then re-assembling car.

 
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i didnt remove anything only thing that removed was the cover behind the mirrors and ran the wires between door and fenders to the headlights...

 
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ok but how did you reach the turn signal bulb harness with the front bumper on and the housing in place? i couldt get in there! i also soldered everything so i NEEDED the extra room to cut, strip and solder everything.

 
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well i didnt solder anything....all did pull the wires lit....clip connectors...am not sure wat they call.....its u hve to put two wires between and snap it....their is little matel thing tuch both wires....did not cut the stok lights wires....

 
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wire taps you are talking about.

they are ok but i wasnt settling for them (but i did use one to grab signal for my A/F guage). I figured this time I would do it the right way. Which is always the much harder way. but yeah those arent that bad.

 
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right that wat it call.....thankx...

 
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yup, welcome. thanks for the feedback

 
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well here is the conclusion to the story:

I removed them!
They have next to no visibility. They were terrible. Looked pretty good with the amber but I couldnt see anything in them. either OEM or JDM mirrors for me from now on!

 
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well how much did u pay for those ???????
i paid mine 150.00 on mine visibility is just like oem...

on my wife car i put m3 mirrors and same problem....so i had to take them off..

 
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$33 shipped off ebay. cheap CRAP. dont buy these people!

 
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def need paint.........and why was the bumper off?

 
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to get to the wires for turn signal bulbs
i soldered i did not use wire taps.

 
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nrice