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      12-24-2021, 03:45 PM   #1
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Aftermarket carbon fiber mirror caps

I recently received my aftermarket carbon fiber mirror caps. Quality is decent but I'm worried about fitment. I bought it on Amazon, and it is g80 style carbon mirror caps. I have some pics and would like your thoughts. It came with no instructions for installation. Have any one of you ordered this before, if so what is your experience. How do you install?
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      12-24-2021, 10:53 PM   #2
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Is that just the reflection of the flash or are they cracked? If a reflection then they look decent but the true test is when you put them on the car
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      12-24-2021, 11:53 PM   #3
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My guess is you’ll have some odd fitment since it’s abs under the cf. good luck. Report back.
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      12-25-2021, 04:40 AM   #4
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I wouldn’t expect much in terms of fitment or longevity with those. If you can, I’d opt for a brand like TRE or M Performance. Pre-preg carbon is a must for these.
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Is that just the reflection of the flash or are they cracked? If a reflection then they look decent but the true test is when you put them on the car
It was the reflection from the chandelier
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But how to put them on the car?
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      12-25-2021, 05:38 PM   #7
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I think lower parts of the car, aren't as big of a deal, because you really cant see them, up close. I think the parts that are easily visible, like the mirror caps, and the rear wing, need to be OEM quality.

The biggest mistake I made, ordering my car, was not speccing it with the Carbon Exterior package. I've sourced an aftermarket rear diffuser, and it's a part that low, on the car. It's not perfect, but it looks pretty good. I've since also sourced a perfect OEM rear Spoiler, and a brand new set of OEM Carbon intakes, never installed, for half the price of new. I sourced the carbon air breathers from the same person, again, brand new , never installed, for a little over half the price of ordering them, online.

Mirror caps is one of the only things i have left to order, and they're so much, right in your face, I'm just going to get them OEM, even if they're $700 each.
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I think lower parts of the car, aren't as big of a deal, because you really cant see them, up close. I think the parts that are easily visible, like the mirror caps, and the rear wing, need to be OEM quality.

The biggest mistake I made, ordering my car, was not speccing it with the Carbon Exterior package. I've sourced an aftermarket rear diffuser, and it's a part that low, on the car. It's not perfect, but it looks pretty good. I've since also sourced a perfect OEM rear Spoiler, and a brand new set of OEM Carbon intakes, never installed, for half the price of new. I sourced the carbon air breathers from the same person, again, brand new , never installed, for a little over half the price of ordering them, online.

Mirror caps is one of the only things i have left to order, and they're so much, right in your face, I'm just going to get them OEM, even if they're $700 each.
Where are you getting your parts from?
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I think lower parts of the car, aren't as big of a deal, because you really cant see them, up close. I think the parts that are easily visible, like the mirror caps, and the rear wing, need to be OEM quality.

The biggest mistake I made, ordering my car, was not speccing it with the Carbon Exterior package. I've sourced an aftermarket rear diffuser, and it's a part that low, on the car. It's not perfect, but it looks pretty good. I've since also sourced a perfect OEM rear Spoiler, and a brand new set of OEM Carbon intakes, never installed, for half the price of new. I sourced the carbon air breathers from the same person, again, brand new , never installed, for a little over half the price of ordering them, online.

Mirror caps is one of the only things i have left to order, and they're so much, right in your face, I'm just going to get them OEM, even if they're $700 each.
Where are you getting your parts from?
BMW Forums and Facebook/ EBay.
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But how to put them on the car?
These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.

These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
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But how to put them on the car?
These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.

These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
how do you know they won't fit based off the picture?
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I recently received my aftermarket carbon fiber mirror caps. Quality is decent but I'm worried about fitment. I bought it on Amazon, and it is g80 style carbon mirror caps. I have some pics and would like your thoughts. It came with no instructions for installation. Have any one of you ordered this before, if so what is your experience. How do you install?
you can try what they did on this G20

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But how to put them on the car?
These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.

These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
how do you know they won't fit based off the picture?
Because IND knows their stuff!
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But how to put them on the car?
These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.

These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
how do you know they won't fit based off the picture?
Because IND knows their stuff!
just curious if they're basing it off the pic or the "g80 style" name
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These mirror caps appear to be the "G80 Style" marketed for non-M cars to update their mirrors to the M-style.

These mirror caps shown will not fit the G8x M3/M4.
Damn, are you sure?
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Damn, are you sure?
He is correct. The mirror on G20/22 has different recess on that tail / wing/ fin, whatever you call at the top end of the mirror.

The G80 /82 mirror has different fin.

Check the photo below and compare with yours
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It doesn't, unfortunately
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Check these out

https://xxiituning.com/products/bmw-...-mirror-covers
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anyone tried this yet?
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It'll be a couple of weeks before I get mine. Ordered on Saturday.
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It'll be a couple of weeks before I get mine. Ordered on Saturday.
If the mirror is the same shape on their web page, it will not fit G8x car.
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interesting, is the carbon fiber just a shell and most of the back is plastic ? is the carbon fiber real or a sticker? wonder how it fits over a plastic shell in hot/cold weather as the thermal expansion coefficients are different.
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