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Old 03-16-2005, 05:25 PM
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Are the european outside mirrors curved? driver/passenger ... either... both ... neither..?

the following 2 pics are examples of the MB S classes curved mirrors ... not sure if BMW uses them too. if soo ... would anybody have the part numbers for them?

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The mirror is actually not curved, it provides a better view. Those mirrors are found on EU cars. In the US you have the funny sentence: "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" instead of the advanced view.
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ok .. lol .. so are you saying BMW has them too?
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Originally Posted by wiszmaster' date='Mar 17 2005, 03:50 AM
ok .. lol .. so are you saying BMW has them too?
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Yep, over here in the EU.
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Originally Posted by wiszmaster' date='Mar 16 2005, 09:50 PM
ok .. lol .. so are you saying BMW has them too?
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We cannot get it from US dealers. Dealer has no information (part number) of the Wide angle mirror used in EU. I ended up asking my friend in London to order the driver side (left side) wide angle mirror for me. I didn't order the passenger side because it is already convex.

BMW has 3 different types of mirrors (heated, auto dimming) for EU :
Wide Angle : 51167116745 (Left side)
: 51167116746 (Right side)
Convex : 51167116749 (Left side)
: 51167116750 (Right side). <---- US Right side mirror.
Plane:

I bought the Wide angle Left side mirror from a London's BMW dealer.

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ok. sweet

any chance someone could look up the part number for me? i'd love to have them ...
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sorry, didn't see the post ... not sure why not.

whats "convex" | "wide angle" | "plane"
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Originally Posted by lcc014' date='Mar 16 2005, 05:10 PM
[quote name='wiszmaster' date='Mar 16 2005, 09:50 PM']ok .. lol .. so are you saying BMW has them too?
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We cannot get it from US dealers. Dealer has no information (part number) of the Wide angle mirror used in EU. I ended up asking my friend in London to order the driver side (left side) wide angle mirror for me. I didn't order the passenger side because it is already convex.

BMW has 3 different types of mirrors (heated, auto dimming) for EU :
Wide Angle : 51167116745 (Left side)
: 51167116746 (Right side)
Convex : 51167116749 (Left side)
: 51167116750 (Right side). <---- US Right side mirror.
Plane:

I bought the Wide angle Left side mirror from a London's BMW dealer.

Ching-Ho Cheng
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did you change it yourself or have your dealer change it? how much for the mirror itself ?
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Wooooooooo why dont we get cool mirrors? maybe it'll help these idiots here on the road see people in their blind spots!

And those stupid wording... Objects in mirror appear closer HA!
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i just noticed the HEATED part ... are the outside mirrors heated even when you don't have the COLD WEATHER PACKAGE?
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