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Old May 14, 2004 | 10:29 AM
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Just did it in photoshop to see how my Z will look like with painted cf mirrors (f1 style).

1) no mirrors



2) hi mounted mirrors



3) back mounted



4) forward mounted



What do you guys think?

Edited. (oops, I forgot shadows)

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Old May 14, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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#2 looks decent, rest just look foolish...
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Old May 14, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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Of all the images I prefer the stock ones, but keep trying.. you might hit on something. I think someone is selling some mirrors with lights in them like the MB ones. They looked pretty cool too.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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I don't need lights. I want to save weight. good cf mirrors weight less than 100 gramm. Vs 3 to 5 pounds of stock
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:30 AM
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Stock or #2, in my book.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 11:45 AM
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#2 all the way.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Im assuming u plan on racing your car, if your worried about weight. #2 its requires the least amount of eye movement and head turning. Plus it looks better there. You cant go wrong.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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Originally posted by wren57
#2 looks decent, rest just look foolish...
lol , cosign
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Old May 15, 2004 | 07:15 PM
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#2 looks really cool.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 07:43 PM
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Dam. I thought it was a toy car when I first looked at the pictures.
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Old May 17, 2004 | 07:35 AM
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Now, who'll produce #2 for decent price? It's quite possible to use stok triangle piece and mount some generic racing mirror to it, but it's not going to look too nice, since it has to be cut at the bottom, where the stock mirror rests... and it cant'be just polished to hide the cut... but then, if it's putched with some cf and then painted... hmm... it's probably going to work.

Now who can find good priced racing mirrors? I posted couple links in other thread, but hope, somebody knows something that is proven on other cars

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=74487
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Old May 17, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Check out the picture in my avatar, look at my mirrors
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Old May 18, 2004 | 06:45 AM
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you mean that 65 x 85 picture? I can see a thing there. Do you have normal sized picture?
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Old May 18, 2004 | 07:28 AM
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Old May 18, 2004 | 07:29 AM
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Can't tell you were i got em though, sorry.
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Old May 18, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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Just tell me where you got triangle piece!
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Old May 18, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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It was a complete bolt on, no modifications at all, except these aren't power.
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Old May 18, 2004 | 09:56 AM
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To have those bolt-on triangles would be nice. After that it's simple to add some cf mirrors of my choise
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Old May 18, 2004 | 04:47 PM
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not worth the weight savings. that just looks strange. IMO you should get NOS/SC/TC and stop throwing away pieces of your z. this mod in particular looks odd.
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Old May 18, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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To be honest, I'm not to crazy about the shape of the mirrors, especially after i put them on the car, the shape makes them look saggy. But they are atleast 5-10 puonds lighter than the power stock mirrors. So just for that i feel they are worth it.
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