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Colour coded or black mirrors

Colour coded
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Satin Black
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:40 am

Can't decide guys...
white or satin black

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Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:19 am

White.............
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:22 am

Out of the photo above i would go for the black ones, don't stand out as much.
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:46 am

White for me.
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:17 pm

Where was the option for aluminous green?



lol. Colour coded all the way.
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:22 pm

White! :D
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:40 pm

in the above pic the black ones look great, it kind of hides them and adds to the smooth euro look
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:53 pm

If that's your car in your signature then the obvious choice is white because the rest of your car is white. Even your sills are painted white. What would black mirrors compliment on your car? If you had some black trim then the black mirrors would have some colour balance. It looks like you have darkened front windows too so the black mirrors would sort of disappear without giving you a contrast. The might go well with the black wheels though.


Check out this pic to see what I mean
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All black bumper, black mirrors, black trim and it has a complete look and theme.
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:55 pm

Black could work well with the black wheels, tinted windows, black front end but i'd go for white :cool:
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:58 pm

black is only for povo spec bumpers :wink:
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:04 pm

i agree with toby here

black bumpers, skirts and mirrors would look the nuts on your car winkeye

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Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:04 pm

Spray your sills black again or better still get some black SE skirts and it might look pretty cool as the wheels, brake ducts, rub strips, lip are all black plus the smoked lights.

Two more things then would be a Tec 1 spoiler as that's black and white too as well as a black oil-cooler grille to put between the black brake ducts.

black mirrors should be easy to pick up second hand so might as well just buy a set and see what they are like.

You can always put the old ones back on again if you don't like it
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:07 pm

Yeap this is my car and thanks to bournout I have a spare pair to have a go...

I'm thinking to do a pair satin black just because when you look from the front of the car the mirrors looks like elephant ears :(
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:52 pm

i think the colour coded looks nice but if you got black sills bumpers and mirrors it should look good
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:54 pm

Black mate!

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Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:57 pm

Exactly like the ones on the tec2 kitted E30 above! Black bracket things, and colour coded mirrors! :cool:
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:25 pm

i say black, it just looks smart, and your car i recon would pull it off nice....
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:59 pm

i think the black would go well on your car with those wheels, you have a spare set so do it anyway and if you dont like it you have always got the white ones to put back on :D
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:00 am

That pictures made my mind up, I'm going for black mirror plates and white mirrors :)
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:23 am

JWaller360 wrote:That pictures made my mind up, I'm going for black mirror plates and white mirrors :)
Feck it! that was my idea for my track car if I couldn't get real DTM mirrors :roll:

Would break up the colour of them nicely I think.
I'm thinking to do a pair satin black just because when you look from the front of the car the mirrors looks like elephant ears
And black ones look like dog ears :P
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:34 am

Yeah, I think the backing plates in white looks a bit odd, personally. especially with Shadowline trim :)
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:18 pm

JWaller360 wrote:That pictures made my mind up, I'm going for black mirror plates and white mirrors :)
OK, so it's not as obvious on my E30 as it's Diamond black, but I've done the plates satin black and the casings in gloss black.
When I get 'round to it, I'm going to refurb the colour-coded mirrors I took off the same way - satin black plates and Diamond casings.
I like the look of those white ones, somehow the colour-coded plates on light coloured cars don't look right to me.
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Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:37 am

Does someone around need a pair of mirrors in good condition in briliant red...I think?!

Before I butcher them in satin black... :mad:
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Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:23 pm

I love the look of the povo spec bumpers and mirrors on my Lasch silver car. So much so I painted my brand new iS lip black and will be adding SE skirts in povo spec black plastic too, and an MTech 1 spoiler with only the trim bit lasch.. With a de-chrome kit I think the result will be awesome.

I vote satin black, better still get some from a povo spec that are already black and dont need paint.

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Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:20 pm

jaistanley wrote:I love the look of the povo spec bumpers and mirrors on my Lasch silver car. So much so I painted my brand new iS lip black and will be adding SE skirts in povo spec black plastic too, and an MTech 1 spoiler with only the trim bit lasch.. With a de-chrome kit I think the result will be awesome.

I vote satin black, better still get some from a povo spec that are already black and dont need paint.

Jai
That's the look I prefer - colour coding makes e30s look too modern IMO. In due course I think I'll be adding this combo to the brown un - black SE sill covers, tech one boot spoiler and black iS front spoiler.
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