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Old Dec 31, 2020 | 11:52 AM
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Do the C6 side mirrors fit a C5Z. If so anyone have pictures of such mod?
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Old Dec 31, 2020 | 06:21 PM
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Pretty sure jdmvette has C6 mirrors on his car. He will post some photos, when he's online again.
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not plug and play.


drill you some holes and they'll fit. they look good in black

The wiring is identical so they are controlled flawlessly but physically they're bigger/more robust than the C5.





It's obvious that GM increased their size due to the fragility of the base to prevent folding spring breakage. My research into these mirrors found zero complaints of mirror breakage due to being folded in, whereas it often happens when C5 mirrors are folded.

I was inspired by the look of two tone C7 models with contrasting mirrors such as this





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They look good, do you have pictures from multiple angles. I want to see how they look overall with the body lines. Do they feel /look too big?
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Old Jan 1, 2021 | 08:50 AM
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Hmmm interesting.
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Old Jan 1, 2021 | 10:30 AM
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No they're definitely not too big.

to me, the beefier look is more in line with the car proportions over the stock skinny-neck mirror.









more recently, I have changed them out again in favor of these ghosted C6 signal/NRL mirrors








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Those new signals are very cool, JD.
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Whats involved in wiring them in ?
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The C6 mirrors do look good on the C5 - would not have thought they would fit so well.
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Nice Job putting them on, I'm still trying to figure out how they look in my mind tbh. Almost look like they stand too tall but I guess its hard to tell without a side by side comparison.
I might just have to get a set and try them out.
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^yes they do stand a bit taller than the originals. This is because of the mounting holes I chose to re-use pushed them a bit higher. You can re-use a different hole and they would be lower but that means more holes in the door.



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^yes they do stand a bit taller than the originals. This is because of the mounting holes I chose to re-use pushed them a bit higher. You can re-use a different hole and they would be lower but that means more holes in the door.


do these connections just plug in to the existing harness or is there additional wiring and connections required ?
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Originally Posted by walleyejack
do these connections just plug in to the existing harness or is there additional wiring and connections required ?
C6 on top, C5 on bottom



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ok.. i guess there is no wiring information..
maybe i can find on Google.
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Originally Posted by walleyejack
ok.. i guess there is no wiring information..
maybe i can find on Google.
Further up he states that the c5 and c6 wiring is identical. The picture shows the plugs are the same.

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States is not.plug n play. And the plugs look different to me
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Originally Posted by walleyejack

States is not.plug n play. And the plugs look different to me

I understand him to say that they are "not plug and play" from the perspective that you will have to drill new holes to mount the mirrors; however, he does say; "The wiring is identical so they are controlled flawlessly....." I cannot see any difference in the plugs as he shows them in his hand, but I may be overlooking something you saw.
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Originally Posted by Route99
I understand him to say that they are "not plug and play" from the perspective that you will have to drill new holes to mount the mirrors; however, he does say; "The wiring is identical so they are controlled flawlessly....." I cannot see any difference in the plugs as he shows them in his hand, but I may be overlooking something you saw.
Maybe it's just me I'm looking at it wrong I don't know the ones on the left which are supposedly C6 are 6 connector sockets whatever you want to call it, in each one and the ones on the right which I think he said are the C5 ones with 4 sockets. I am not sure what i am missing. Please tell me.
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OK maybe I haven't figured out, top is a set for one door for c6, on the bottom is a set for the C5, so obviously the pins are still in the car and they just plug in to these mirror plugs, is what I am guessing. So there is 2 connector plugs for each mirror. ?
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Originally Posted by walleyejack
OK maybe I haven't figured out, top is a set for one door for c6, on the bottom is a set for the C5, so obviously the pins are still in the car and they just plug in to these mirror plugs, is what I am guessing. So there is 2 connector plugs for each mirror. ?
Yes. 2 connector plugs per mirror. One big one and one small one.
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