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Sil2DrV6

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Looking to pick up a Broadway mirror, how wide can I go before the sun visors hit it?
I use 320mm convex one. It's damn wide. I mount it a little to the driver's side, so a passenger can fold the visor all the way up front. Diriver's side visor definately hits the mirror, but I never fold it all the way to the windshield. (It folds enough w/o hitting to use the vanity mirror, which I hardly use.)

With 300~320mm convex ones, you can see pretty much everything from quarter panel window view (coupe). You should try it, but once you get use to it, there is no turning back!
 

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Got the trunk aligned by moving the striker and playing with the hinge screws. Still ended up having to put a washer between the hinge and forward screw on the driver side to get it to be flush with the quarter panel, which I thought was odd. But it looks good. I still think the trunk could be more toward the front of the car, not sure how to achieve that though.

Still deciding about the lip spoiler.
 

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^CB, I think the spoiler should be a go.

It just looks complete.

I've said it before, so that's nothing new, but maybe once you get it properly aligned on the trunk, now that the trunk is aligned, maybe that will help the decision.
 

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My white led's came in today. Replaced the burnt out ones in my cluster, put them in my map lights and got rid of the red ones in my license plate and trunk. White led plate lights look real clean especially with the free aem plate frame ;)


Anybody know the bulb sizes for the automatic hvac control and sunroof, tcs, and cc, switches?


I use 320mm convex one. It's damn wide. I mount it a little to the driver's side, so a passenger can fold the visor all the way up front. Diriver's side visor definately hits the mirror, but I never fold it all the way to the windshield. (It folds enough w/o hitting to use the vanity mirror, which I hardly use.)

With 300~320mm convex ones, you can see pretty much everything from quarter panel window view (coupe). You should try it, but once you get use to it, there is no turning back!


Was gonna go with a 270 convex (not the blue one since my windows are already tinted) but now I might go with a 300 convex.
Lol I know I had a wink mirror on for half a year and going back to stock is tough!
Thanks a lot man
 
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Still deciding about the lip spoiler.
I might have commented on your MR thread, but:

What if your window spoiler was black to go with your lip spoiler?

To me, the window spoiler (how it looks mounted) is similar to side window deflectors (side window visors). If you ever had side window visors, and see your car from the side view / rear 45° view, you might happened to think that the w.s. can flow well in black aside from red.--This is to say that your window spoiler won't look bad at all if it was black (regardless of having side window visors on your car now).

If I'm right, your w.s. wasn't originally red. I'm assuming you decided to paint match 'cause you preffer color unification style (i.e. preffers-ed- redhousing headlight, splash guards & 6.5gen cpe foglights trim -if you had them-, etc right? ;)) Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of these styles. I personally think your red w.s. is dope.

What I'm saying is that your w.s. can be color cordinated in black with your rear window. (Not to assume: "black=cheap DX theme" for this case.)

Seeing you having tough time deciding for go/no-go for your lip spoiler, I'm assuming that something is bugging you (in your mind that w.s + lip spoiler is too much perhaps) when you see the lip spoiler mounted as of now.

I hope this perceptional change could help you somehow. Try to imagine this vision / photoshop or something. Perhaps this might trigger your "go w/ trunk lip spoiler". ;)

Wish you for the best decision, Chris.

Was gonna go with a 270 convex (not the blue one since my windows are already tinted) but now I might go with a 300 convex.
Lol I know I had a wink mirror on for half a year and going back to stock is tough!
Thanks a lot man
Np at all. For tinted windows, (if your rear vision is limitted by darker films) I recommend choosing Broadway "Type-A" mirrors.

Type-A gives you all of the same features from the regular Broadway models, but it's made out of high reflective aluminum. It provides brighter vision than the standard models; It's particularly designed for a vehicle with dark windows.

Again, this suites well if you have dark films (25%~5% visibility films). Otherwise, you might find it a little too bright, if a car behind you emitts HIDs or a tall SUV behind you w/ lights on. (If you drive into a tunnel, and feel like you need to pay more extra attentions to other cars around you to change your lane, then I'd go with Type-A.)

With that said, if you choose this, there's no turning back for real lol.
 

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Not today, but yesterday, painted my calipers black with a tint of metallic charcoal.

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Also discovered something cool.. Link to it here
 

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Metalic charcoal... That's very yummy, Alex. Makes me wanna paint mine.


Ordered break rotors & pads last wk, and received 2 days ago. :)


Had them installed today.


Took some pics, and posted on my MR thread.
 
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