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Aftermarket carbon fiber mirror caps
I recently received my aftermarket carbon fiber mirror caps. Quality is decent but I'm worried about fitment. I bought it on Amazon, and it is g80 style carbon mirror caps. I have some pics and would like your thoughts. It came with no instructions for installation. Have any one of you ordered this before, if so what is your experience. How do you install?
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12-24-2021, 10:53 PM | #2 |
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Is that just the reflection of the flash or are they cracked? If a reflection then they look decent but the true test is when you put them on the car
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I wouldn’t expect much in terms of fitment or longevity with those. If you can, I’d opt for a brand like TRE or M Performance. Pre-preg carbon is a must for these.
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I think lower parts of the car, aren't as big of a deal, because you really cant see them, up close. I think the parts that are easily visible, like the mirror caps, and the rear wing, need to be OEM quality.
The biggest mistake I made, ordering my car, was not speccing it with the Carbon Exterior package. I've sourced an aftermarket rear diffuser, and it's a part that low, on the car. It's not perfect, but it looks pretty good. I've since also sourced a perfect OEM rear Spoiler, and a brand new set of OEM Carbon intakes, never installed, for half the price of new. I sourced the carbon air breathers from the same person, again, brand new , never installed, for a little over half the price of ordering them, online. Mirror caps is one of the only things i have left to order, and they're so much, right in your face, I'm just going to get them OEM, even if they're $700 each.
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These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.
These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
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how do you know they won't fit based off the picture?
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He is correct. The mirror on G20/22 has different recess on that tail / wing/ fin, whatever you call at the top end of the mirror.
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interesting, is the carbon fiber just a shell and most of the back is plastic ? is the carbon fiber real or a sticker? wonder how it fits over a plastic shell in hot/cold weather as the thermal expansion coefficients are different.
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