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Interior/Exterior Vinyl Mirror Caps from eBay?

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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 06:39 PM
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Vinyl Mirror Caps from eBay?

Anyone try these single-piece vinyl pieces from eBay?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140743246921?redirect=mobile
It says 55x sold, so someone here must have 'em

I'm also looking at the Bimmian multi-piece vinyls. They appear to be $80 though? $20 for each color and I don't see any reference that they are sold in pairs? Plus white paint for the base and clear coat over the top.
 

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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 02:29 PM
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Good luck. I tried covering my mirror caps with vinyl- the result was less than steller and immediately ripped them off and threw the vinyl away.

I'm a novice at vinyl and figured the mirrors would be easy, problem is they are so contoured that even using a hair drier to help stretch/shape I ended up with way too many air bubbles along with stretched areas w/no air bubbles but the black oem showing through the now thinly stretched vinyl. It looked like crap.

If you attempt, good luck. But be forewarned, it's definitely not as easy as it looks.
 
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