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    • Aug 02, 2008 2:57:41 am
    I honestly don't know how I ever lived without these. Blindspots? What blindspots?



    I realize I should have taken a better pic, but I've gotten so used to them I can't remember how I lived without them-- I had to drive my wife's car a few times this week, and it was just terrible. The mirrors... they see nothing!!

    Oh, and if you're at all interested, they're available on group buy over at ScionLife right now.

    Convex side mirror group buy
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:00:20 am
    they are teh sex!

    got a set myself... they are aweeeesome!
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:01:33 am
    What is so special about these mirrors? Looks like a regular mirror to me, or am I missing something here.
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:03:17 am
    I really need to get some other pics. They're convex on both sides-- so the driver's mirror is wide angle as well. They also have a blue tint to them, so headlights at night don't blind the crap out of you. I love mine to death.
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:06:23 am
    Ill look around and see if I can find some pictures of these on the net, but this has me crazy curious as to how they work ya know.
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:57:20 am
    well the passenger side mirror has a slight convex curve to it stock.. so just imagine it being on the driver side as well.. plus the bluish tint.

    and that's what you get.
    • Aug 02, 2008 4:14:56 am
    Gotcha, I cant see it from any of the pictures I have looked at so far haha. I saw the SL thread and still couldnt tell what was so good about it beside the tint. I will take your word though that these mirrors rock ;D
    • Aug 02, 2008 5:08:47 am
    I can also vouch for these mirrors. They are awesome! Keep in mind though that the group buy is closed. There are no more available unless you can find someone who is selling them

    edit: Pics of mine



    • Aug 02, 2008 5:14:44 am
    hmm.. i think it would be best to take a pic from the driver's seat... let people know how much improved the view is..
    • Aug 02, 2008 5:15:59 am
    Those pics show it a lot better. Thanks for the clarity
    • Aug 02, 2008 5:17:37 am
    Yah well, I'm lazy and that's what I had haha.

    Nevermind, I found one

    • Aug 02, 2008 5:18:28 am
    that works
    • Aug 02, 2008 5:41:22 am
    this is seriously tempting to get in on
    • Aug 02, 2008 9:26:26 am
    i love mine.. i just need the rear view also... then id be set!
    • Aug 02, 2008 2:34:15 pm
    Eh, the blue lens is nice for glare but it doesn't seem like much more view than mine already. I have mine set to show no sides of my car and give me full view of the next lane on either side and I use my center rear view for close views of my car sides. I have no blind spot b/c as a car comes up behind me I can see it in my rear view but the closer it gets I begin to see it's headlights in my side view. As the headlights are in view, the car is still visible in both mirrors.

    Seems a bit much for stick on mirrors.
    • Aug 02, 2008 2:42:57 pm
    There's no comparison between angling the stock mirrors and these. I also have a 275mm Broadway for the rearview, and I can see the entire panorama behind the car. I never have to look over my shoulder to lane change, ever.

    Don't knock it till you've tried it.
    • Aug 02, 2008 2:53:56 pm
    65$ is still a bit much for just a stick on mirror that fits over your stock mirrors though. If they actually replaced the mirror glass itself for that price, then that may be different. I do like the antiglare coating on them though.
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:04:27 pm
    Placed my order!
    • Aug 02, 2008 3:59:48 pm
    Web wrote:
    65$ is still a bit much for just a stick on mirror that fits over your stock mirrors though. If they actually replaced the mirror glass itself for that price, then that may be different. I do like the antiglare coating on them though.


    there's a diy on sl.. saying on how to directly replace it with your stock mirror if ya want?
    • Aug 02, 2008 4:09:34 pm
    yea.. i just yanked out my old mirror glass and put the new ones in. it's a very slightly looser fit, thus why it's recommended to glue the new mirrors into the stock plastic.

    it's alot because it's not cheap plastic but a high quality piece of glass... with it being convex, you have to have the uhm... curve perfect, otherwise even small distortion of the optics will be just horrible looking.

    blah blah... i'm getting too technical with it, but really, it's not much money the seller is making from this at all... (i know what his at cost price is, and it's quite a bit and not much less than his group buy selling price)

    (i don't think he's actually gonna make any money at all.... just probably more to get the product out there sorta thing.. so buy now before group buy is closed and prices go up??)

    but yea... before, i had my side mirrors set outwards to where i didn't have blindspots too (including the 360mm convex broadway i have.. lol)... but since i changed out the side mirrors..

    yea, very much a big difference!
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