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Old 09-13-02, 11:57 PM
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hi I need some suggestions on some turn signal mirrors for my gs should I use covers or e-class mirrors please http://www.v-balance.co.jp/winker%20mirror.htm
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For ease of reading, I ran your link through bablefish;
Turn signal mirrors

This topic has been discussed before and the main issues are that with the cover types, nobody is sure how "huge" your mirror will look. With the E-Class conversion, you have to purchase actual E-Class mirrors, and then find someone to mold the lenses into your stock mirror housing.
More than a year ago, ATLBrave did the latter, and it looked really nice, but if I recall the total cost was around $800. ATLBrave is long gone from this board, so the hook-up isn't available.
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For the love of God, those side mirror covers for Aristo will not fit on 2nd gen. GS! If you want those blinkers, E-class is the only way to go for now.
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well, my body shop did it for me for $600 painted. He used the lense from CLK, look perfect. I asked him the other day because i saw him have a spare set there, he said he can do it for the same price and also painted but you have to pay a extra for him to ship it to you first and after he recived ur he'll return the money.Am I making any sense? The mirrors is still in stock form (auto dimming, memory, defrost, power everything still works). The thing i like about it most is it long and look real not short lik the one in the pic IMO.
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so basically you are only using the lens part of the mb mirror and cutting you factory mirrors and fitting it in to place I want to be clear when I explain it to my body shop so they know they need to do and how to do it I know some one who is selling a-class mirrors for about $150-$200 but I know if I should use e class or clk mirrors any thoughts on which would look better. thanks for all your help
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Bdragon007: post some pictures man
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Default here is a picture of his

Bdragon007's car it looks tight
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i meant on your/his car itself
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i think the clk ones look better but i don't want to bite his idea with out hm saying it's ok first i found this photo as well i think it has the same clk mirrors
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the red orange colored gs is Bdragon007"s
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here's side view, well kinda . I think the clk lense look right with our mirrors, the E class is square at the corner but our mirrors doesn't so i don't know how's it's gonna look.
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Default Re: help with turn signal mirrors

Originally posted by kidcapp
hi I need some suggestions on some turn signal mirrors for my gs should I use covers or e-class mirrors please http://www.v-balance.co.jp/winker%20mirror.htm
I have seen some better ones on a GS II on the main *** owner club site. They had the led benz style indicator, but also at the bottom of the mirror there was another bigger light, white looking, so it looked one better than the benz. Have a look for it it's worth looking.
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clk mirrors
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Paradise doyou happen to have a picture of the mirrors you are talking about thanks
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hey kidcapp, i think that the pic of a New E-class, but maybe i'm wrong.
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