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Old Apr 24, 2017 | 08:24 PM
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I picked up a set of carbon flash mirrors that I am going to swap out on my Z. How big of a job is it? Where does the wiring plug and unplug? Also, my car is a 1lz and the mirrors are from a 2lz with auto dimming. Will they plug and play? Really dont care if the dimming works or not. Thanks for any input.
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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 01:34 AM
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How much were they and where did you get them? I wanted to have that on my 3LZ but went the route of getting a car they had in stock vs. ordering so didnt have that available.
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Replaced Carbon Fiber mirror covers from APSIS. Had Dealer install at 1 hour Labor Cost
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Old Apr 26, 2017 | 12:07 AM
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It depends on what you consider to be a pain or not. You have to take the interior off the door to get to the inside of the mirror mount. It's not a terribly hard job if you like pulling stuff like that apart. I have no idea if they are compatible between trim levels, I can't see why they wouldn't be. On the flip side, if I could pay the dealer for an hour of labor, I'd go that route.

Here are the instructions I used to get inside the doors, you can judge for yourself if it looks like it's in your wheelhouse:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-specific.html
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