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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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I just purchased a can of plasti-dip last week to do my shadowline trim and I had a majority of the can left over and figured I'd give it a go on my mirrors for fun. I figured it can be removed so what do I have to lose if I dont like it or f**k it up somehow. Plus I've been kinda bored on here lately and wanted to contribute a little. I got the inspiration from member psE60, his were gloss black and I like that look a lot better but I wanted to try the plasti-dip before paying around $100 and a couple days inconvenience to get them painted. I only had my iphone on me so sorry for the pics, I didnt have time to do it until about 9:00. I'd like to know your opinion on this mod, thanks guys



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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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It blends! Heck, it'll even act as a mirror cover!
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Haha, I might do this to my AW. It'll have to do until I FINALLY get my hands on a set of M5 mirrors. Thanks for sharing.
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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Looks good man! I would curious to see how it looks close up. From a distance, it looks niiiiice!
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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looks good! I had my grill plasti dipped in May and now some chips are apparent. Let us know how it holds up against rock dings and chips. I like the look, good job!
Also, are those Miro 942's? If so, where did you get your BMW center caps??? thanks man...
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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OP, thanks for posting/doing this. I actually have the same color and was debating doing my mirrors as well. Looks good so I think I'll give this a shot. I did my fender grills in plasti-dip the other day and it was easy to work with. Here is a before/after photo that I took at the time. As you can see, the finish on the plasti-dip isn't perfectly smooth, but its consistent throughout:

black mirrors | plasti-dipped-grillesbefore.jpg
black mirrors | plasti-dipped-grillesafter.jpg
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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this guy lol...congrats man!
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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Damn bro that looks nice... U just gave motivated me to do them on mine nice bro !
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dragonfx
looks good! I had my grill plasti dipped in May and now some chips are apparent. Let us know how it holds up against rock dings and chips. I like the look, good job!
Also, are those Miro 942's? If so, where did you get your BMW center caps??? thanks man...
How many coats did you do? Plasti Dip is known to be pretty tough. Back a year ago when I had my grilles Plasti Dipped, they were super tough. Never a chip.
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Next plasti dip the roof . Matte roof ftw!
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