My Carbon Fibre Mirrors Finally Arrived

"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml) 07/05/2016 at 14:55 • Filed to: APR, Carbon Fibre

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So after any rather crappy situation, I decided to order some new awesome looking mirrors

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and they finally turned up today and have got them fitted

visibility is slightly reduced in height form but the width visibility is still decent

Party-vi > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:00

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I really fucking hate adjusting the mirror on the Willys, because I have to adjust, then climb back in to check my adjustment, then climb back out to adjust, then climb back in to check my adjustment, then adjust....

leicester > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:05

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Carbon fiber - makes everything faster.

CB > Party-vi 07/05/2016 at 15:11

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Have you considered getting a really big stick?

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:11

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It looks quite good, combined with the grey decal below the windows. Any better pictures of the car with the grey decal on? Because I have a thing for window surrounding decals.

Tareim - V8 powered > leicester 07/05/2016 at 15:12

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of course it does, stick it on a ride on lawn mover and you’ll be going 50mph in no time

scoob > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:12

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Are you a racing driver yet?

Tareim - V8 powered > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/05/2016 at 15:12

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scoob > CB 07/05/2016 at 15:13

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You can’t just get one of those.

CB > scoob 07/05/2016 at 15:14

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How about a broom? That’s basically just a really big stick that sweeps things.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:16

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That looks cool, you don’t see red too often on BRZs. Like this it looks quite racy without being too much. I would have done the little grill thing on the side in the same color as the window decal though, but that is personal preference.

Party-vi > CB 07/05/2016 at 15:16

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Now that you mention it I should just make my wife adjust it while I sit inside of it. BRILLIANT!

Tareim - V8 powered > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/05/2016 at 15:23

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I’ve got plans for that which I might be getting round to doing this weekend if I’ve got time

Tareim - V8 powered > scoob 07/05/2016 at 15:24

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I am indeed, went racing last Thursday :)

leicester > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:25

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That and a handful of stickers and your lawnmower will be pulling 12 second quarter miles!

Svend > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/05/2016 at 15:26

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Like you say. The side grille would look good in matt grey but I’d leave the arrowed section red as a contrasting piece.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Svend 07/05/2016 at 15:38

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Yeah, that would be even better, gotta love some contrasting bits!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:41

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Make sure to look at Svend’s reaction to my comment, he has got a nice idea for it.

tuxOnWindows > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 15:50

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Looks good, but you should’ve taken this “opportunity” to install fender mounted mirrors instead, kinda like this:

Tareim - V8 powered > tuxOnWindows 07/05/2016 at 16:15

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it doesn’t look quite right to me

Tareim - V8 powered > Svend 07/05/2016 at 16:16

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so to confirm do everything but that red stripe of plastic in the middle?

Svend > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 16:31

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Ye’, but that’ me. It’s your car mate you really don’t have to. You could always decal the grille and see how it looks I guess before doing the floating red bit.

Though that bit above the door mirror would bug me endlessly. Lol.

Tareim - V8 powered > Svend 07/05/2016 at 16:36

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yeah it was a cheap vinyl from ebay that was in 2 sections (wasn’t aware at the time of purchase) was able to use some spare vinyl to hide the bottom section but the top bit was pretty much covered by the standard mirror setup

I might try do the small red strip on the fender vent thing but I’m not great at small detail so would probably mess it up

Svend > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 16:48

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Ye’, decals can be a arse in intricate areas.

Wetting the area so you can move the decal into the desired place before squeezing the water out usually helps.