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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: Jimmy Lewis on March 01, 2007, 04:52:17 PM

Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 01, 2007, 04:52:17 PM: I just wanted to get opinions on how black mirrors look on brillianrot cars. Mine are quite faded and have been touched up by the previous owner; my trunk spoiler is black and I'm planning on ordering a black plate filler.

Just an example:
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Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: jpod999 on March 01, 2007, 06:00:24 PM: Looks good. I'd keep it like that...
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 01, 2007, 06:34:08 PM: I think it would look good myself, I love the contrast to go along with my other bits. Honestly the mirrors could be hot pink now and look better than the faded and polka dotted job going on right now. I'll look into it. Anyone care to chime in?
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: RED IS 91 on March 01, 2007, 07:33:07 PM: I like it . It blends in with the rest of the black trim .
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: AL GReeNeRy on March 02, 2007, 01:10:36 AM: sorry to burst your bubble..

*ignore the lack of quality -- phone pics suck :o

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** and ignore the black junkyard hood... (d. schwarz-metallic)
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 02, 2007, 05:56:09 AM: I'm really not a fan of blacked out kidneys unless the iS lip is body color. Also I think the black baskets make the mirrors look worse, there is a such thing as too much contrast. I really like the look of chrome kidneys with nice clean baskets; in this case the mirrors would be much less pronounced.
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: RED IS 91 on March 02, 2007, 08:03:29 AM: Quote from: Jimmy Lewis;20417
I'm really not a fan of blacked out kidneys unless the iS lip is body color. Also I think the black baskets make the mirrors look worse, there is a such thing as too much contrast. I really like the look of chrome kidneys with nice clean baskets; in this case the mirrors would be much less pronounced.

+1
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: turbo_negro69 on March 07, 2007, 08:55:51 PM: I LIKE IT!!! but only with the black hood
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 07, 2007, 09:09:14 PM: Well, my hood will never be black, unless of course I buy a black car. BMW's dont lend well to black or carbon fiber hoods, to put it bluntly, it makes the car look trashy. The mirrors will be painted SEM black this weekend, I will post pictures.
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: turbo_negro69 on March 07, 2007, 09:54:24 PM: Quote from: Jimmy Lewis;20799
Well, my hood will never be black, unless of course I buy a black car. BMW's dont lend well to black or carbon fiber hoods, to put it bluntly, it makes the car look trashy. The mirrors will be painted SEM black this weekend, I will post pictures.

-1
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: johna on March 07, 2007, 10:08:17 PM: The cheap E30 models had black mirrors and black front and rear spoilers, the expensive models had all these body coloured. Do you want your car to look like the cheap models or the expensive models?
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: asubimmer on March 08, 2007, 12:24:24 AM: the one w/ more contrast ;)
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 08, 2007, 05:47:22 AM: Well, the mirrors aren't something that would offer much contrast; however, if I could paint the mirrors body color I would do it. I was really looking for an alternative to how shitty my mirrors look now. If anyone can point me to some matching body color paint I would consider that. Cheers guys.
Title: Three tone.
Post by: D. Clay on March 08, 2007, 10:05:42 AM: Quote from: AL GReeNeRy;20414
sorry to burst your bubble..
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/ghettoblaze/IMAGE_00054.jpg)

** and ignore the black junkyard hood... (d. schwarz-metallic)
and the two or three shades of red going on there. Black mirrors could work with the shadowline trim but you could also do an acceptable job with a spray can of factory red since the trim separates the two. You can buy reusable spray bottles at the local auto parts store and buy a can of pre-mix in the OEM color from a automotive paint store. Pre-mix is a pint that is thinned and ready to spray.
Title: Black mirrors on brillianrot car
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on March 08, 2007, 12:53:05 PM: I'll look into it. If I paint it with the pre-mix and don't like it I can always just respray it SEM. Thanks for the input guys, I'll post the results this weekend sometime.