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Old Jan 29, 2002
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how do i tint side mirrors blue?

I bought a blue tint broadway 300 mm convex mirror.. and well i wanna match the tint in that mirror to my side mirrors.... whats the best or cheapest solution [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG] that well works
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you can buy several types of tint film on the internet, but it won't work very well, cause the tint will have to be stuck to the outside of the mirror. I had some on my mirrors and it started peeling off after about 2 weeks. The only way that you can get your mirrors truly blue, is by having them dipped in a blue coating, and that takes a ton of money.

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and they would probably be illegal when you were done
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arent bmw's blue tinted already?
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bmws side mirrors are already tinted so i dont believe its illegal....i would like to know where i could get this as well. the only thing i can think of is to go to a bmw dealer and ask them to cut me a piece of mirror to make the frame...whaddya guys think?
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As long as it comes stock, it's legal. Personally they can kiss my [IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG]

I was actually considering going for blue myself.
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Yeah... Same here. I think you could buy a piece of mirror that was another color and try to mount that. I wonder how the mirror is mounted? It might be easy to take it apart, make a patttern, cut out the colored mirror, and mount it. I'll look into this later on...
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ok thanks... update me [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
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eskimo, can you link me to a page with the mirror you bought? so is it the rear view mirror you replaced? if so is it a complete replacement or does your new mirror just sit on top of the stock one.
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i bought it at a local rice shop, it just clips on
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you think i just take it to a tint ship? do tint shops do mirrors?
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I noticed that the JDM Civic RS has that blue tinted mirrors, anyone with hook-up in Japan?
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so i take it tint shops cant do this?
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