Mirror cover pics

Shlabby · Post by **Shlabby** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:16 am

I tried a search and I couldn't find any.

I was wondering if anyone had any pics of carbon fibre mirror covers.

I just saw a car with different mirrors and it looked pretty neat.

Thanks

jpvd · Post by **jpvd** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:28 am

There are some on ebay from china which look ok..cheap too

tomrdy · Post by **tomrdy** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:11 am

Was having a look at these. It doesn't seem like they go all the way around? As in, you would be able to see your original paint/colour on the mirror side?

Would be good if someone has them installed and can show a pic - everything I've looked up just shows the front side (so I assume the mirror side doesn't look great if you don't have a black Z).

kis · Post by **kis** » Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:06 pm

Got some myself but not installed yet. They don’t go all the way round and I wanted them to look all black.

So I bought a second set of oem mirror covers and painted them. Then put the carbon on top. I’ll get some pics tonight

thanatu55 · Post by **thanatu55** » Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:05 pm

Mine aren't covers, I had the mirror caps wrapped in carbon fiber hence the whole thing is done, but you get the idea

kis · Post by **kis** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:02 am

Whoops

I'll get pics tonight of my ones

tomrdy · Post by **tomrdy** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:42 am

thanatu55 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:05 pm Mine aren't covers, I had the mirror caps wrapped in carbon fiber hence the whole thing is done, but you get the idea

Wow that looks really good! Is that done in 1 piece? I tried to do mine but I failed miserably and ended up doing 3 pieces

I guess carbon would be worse since the patterns won't line up.

tomrdy · Post by **tomrdy** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:45 am

kis wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:06 pm Got some myself but not installed yet. They don’t go all the way round and I wanted them to look all black.

So I bought a second set of oem mirror covers and painted them. Then put the carbon on top. I’ll get some pics tonight

Ooo would love to see that! I was thinking I could do something like that but instead just wrap the exposed part of my mirror in gloss black or something first.

thanatu55 · Post by **thanatu55** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:30 am

tomrdy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:42 am
thanatu55 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:05 pm Mine aren't covers, I had the mirror caps wrapped in carbon fiber hence the whole thing is done, but you get the idea
Wow that looks really good! Is that done in 1 piece? I tried to do mine but I failed miserably and ended up doing 3 pieces I guess carbon would be worse since the patterns won't line up.

They're laminated in real carbon fiber, I sent them off to a guy I know who does it.

bobo075 · Post by **bobo075** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:20 am

here are mine

Before... from new bmw cover

After with a carbon skinning

tomrdy · Post by **tomrdy** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:36 am

thanatu55 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:30 am They're laminated in real carbon fiber, I sent them off to a guy I know who does it.

Oh that's awesome!

bobo075 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:20 am here are mine

Ugh ok now I gotta get me some CF mirrors somehow. Looks so good

kis · Post by **kis** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:48 am

These are some pics from Zed Fest... from LAST year! Just found them

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tomrdy · Post by **tomrdy** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:40 pm

The covers look better than I imagined from the mirror side. I wonder if it would be better to do gloss black or satin black for the exposed part? Satin so it looks like plastic trim?

Damn you guys now I gotta spend money again..

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:50 pm

thanatu55 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:05 pm Mine aren't covers, I had the mirror caps wrapped in carbon fiber hence the whole thing is done, but you get the idea

They look rather

kis · Post by **kis** » Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:13 am

tomrdy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:40 pm I wonder if it would be better to do gloss black

This is what I did. Will post pics I took last night in a mo.

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