05-04-2024, 01:22 AM | #1 |
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Would I be a lame for putting M styles on my 340i? Any alternate styles?
I’m super conflicted. I’m going for a more aggressive black and red build on my Melbourne red 340i and I love the m style mirrors, but I’m conflicted on whether or not I’d be a poser lol. Autotechnic has some “inspired” slightly different styles, but I can’t find anything in carbon that’s really significantly different and I’m just not in love with the m performance style.
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05-04-2024, 06:22 AM | #2 |
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IMO it will always come down to individual taste. When I go to car shows or gatherings, I will generally see something that inspires me, but I also see things that I think "what the hell is wrong with you" so to each his own.
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Do you have other carbon bits on your car? That weave seems pretty unique, so I wonder if I could match it on the spoiler and front lip |
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05-04-2024, 02:14 PM | #8 |
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Yup. The MP splitter and spoiler for F36 were only made in gloss CF…
The CF weave is similar between the two. The mirror covers are full CF, not a skin over plastic. They mount with screws just like the MP CF mirror covers. |
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05-05-2024, 03:12 PM | #11 |
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Lol so, I was inspired, until someone came up with the v3 autotecknic mirrors for $275, couldn’t pass that up vs paying $700 for the akrapovics 😓
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not a big fan of M style mirror caps, especially since M3 mirrors are plug and play. if you want winged mirror, I would just get the full OEM M3 mirror assembly second hand and install them and do it properly. But the cost is too high for most people to do that so they just go with the mirror cap only version which I don't think look good at all.
in my neck of the woods every single toyota camry and infiniti has amazon winged mirror caps, the coolness factor of them completely wore out for me personally.
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05-19-2024, 12:25 AM | #15 |
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Not lame at all. Honestly I'm baffled about the appeal of the m style "winged" mirror caps, it looks like a "poser" complete with fake badges in the back.
I just got a 2016 F36 sportline, and searched high and low for a set of NON-winged style carbon fiber mirror caps to match my carbon fiber rear spoiler. Finally found a set, and I gotta say they look great! Nevertheless my local carbon fiber guy had to order a set in for me, took about 2 weeks. Installing them tomorrow, along with replacement OEM European convex mirror glass. If you're set on ordering them yourself, here's a few options: https://www.rwcarbon.com/183/11/0/0/mirror-covers.html https://autotecknic.com/collections/...es-atk-bm-0141 https://www.dinancars.com/products/a...arts/D980-0022
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I bought £400 solid carbon ones from them back in the day and the epoxy dry rotted after 2 years. I found the manufacturers on Aliexpress and bought new covers through them for 1/4 of the price. These days they sell a V2 of this design with the turn signal built in which I now have instead: Considering the "dry carbon" caps rot out very fast I opted for the skinned covers, as it's hand laminated you'll get a slightly thicker layer of resin providing more protection. IIRC I worked a deal out with the seller to pay via a Paypal invoice, he brought the final price down to around £150 and listed the invoice as £110 to bring me under the import tax window
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Quick question... does your 2017 LCI car have both heated and autodim mirror glass on passenger side (right side) or just heated?
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