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Mirror: difference in glass color?
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2007, 01:44:18 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2007, 02:30:43 PM »
OK, what I ordered are two each of 51168119724, which actually breaks out to E34 glass.  Pictures pending.
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« Reply #17 on: November 17, 2007, 02:47:28 PM »
OK, lousy pics, but they kinda work, and are the best I can do right now.

First, just the glass. You can see the line on it - this delineates the spot where the glass becomes convex.




Next, with my old mirror. Obviously, the stick-on convex mirror shows more, but it also takes up a quarter of the viewing area. It's also too small to be of any real use except at night, when you can see headlights in it.





Last, a view through the window, FWIW.





It's not a HUGE difference, but it is definitely an improvement over stock. Plus, being heated makes them especially useful in the winter. I wired them in to the defroster circuit, so when I turn on my rear window defroster, it turns on the mirror heaters.
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Mirror: difference in glass color?
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2007, 04:40:05 PM »
How much were the mirrors?
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