briancol 3 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 Has anyone used these after market mirrors? How close are they to OEM and frankly are they any good. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=176237156 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) Has anyone used these after market mirrors? How close are they to OEM and frankly are they any good. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=176237156 Yea, i put a set on my coupe. They seem to do the job - you need to drill a new hole in each one for the wiring to go through. Aside from that they are pretty good! Not sure how close to oem they are - but then the price isn't close to oem! They would fool most i think. Put it this way if i bought another e36 and i needed some i would get these again.... Edited September 17, 2008 by bmpower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 178 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 Don't buy mirrors that don't have an OEM style wiring harness/plug. Ruining your harness isn't worth it for cheap copies of mirrors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) Don't buy mirrors that don't have an OEM style wiring harness/plug. Ruining your harness isn't worth it for cheap copies of mirrors. These don't have an oem harness, i just cut the plugs off an old set of e36 mirrors i had and joined the plugs onto the new ones, so now can just plug and unplug the new ones as i please. Edited September 17, 2008 by bmpower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briancol 3 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 I've got a set of OEM M3 mirrors on my car already but they are LHD versions and it would be easy to swap the plugs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 I've got a set of OEM M3 mirrors on my car already but they are LHD versions and it would be easy to swap the plugs. Its a 5min job - all your doin is adding a plug onto the end of the new ones for ease so they are not hard wired. ...Thats if you don't mind cutting them off oem m3 mirrors..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbirgel 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 I have a set of these on my car. i bought mine off ebay for $120 landed. I havent hooked up the window motors because im the only one that drives the car, I just adjusted the mirros by hand. that way if I chuck the old ones back on I can just plug them back in. You will have to tap the mounting sockets to fit the OEM mirror screws. the mounting points are only plastic so their not to strong. Hope this helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
