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Old Nov 13, 2022 | 03:16 PM
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I have my build sheet all ready to send in but I can't decide on the mirrors. It's driving me crazy. I need pros and cons on the red mirror or the black mirror.
I thought it would be nice to have the red mirror break up the black pillar, roof and nacelles, now I'm not sure. Any thoughts? Thanks.




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Worst case Ontario, get them in body color and if you don't like it theres replacements and covers that you can get for nearly the same price as the option from the factory.
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Worst case Ontario, get them in body color and if you don't like it theres replacements and covers that you can get for nearly the same price as the option from the factory.
Excellent suggestion. Thanks.
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Old Nov 13, 2022 | 03:25 PM
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I like the body colored mirrors on that car…. More importantly in my opinion is what color do you want the spoiler as they are tied together.
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Old Nov 13, 2022 | 03:36 PM
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I had the same feelings, but I went with black because it ties the top 1/2 together for my eyes.

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Black mirrors, black Nacelles and black spoiler on mine. I like it alot.

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Old Nov 13, 2022 | 03:42 PM
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I like the body colored mirrors on that car…. More importantly in my opinion is what color do you want the spoiler as they are tied together.
Yep, you're right. Red spoiler or black. Decisions, decisions! Good greif. Black spoiler looks pretty nice also.
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Old Nov 13, 2022 | 03:45 PM
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The black mirrors, spoiler, top and nacelles go with all of the other black accents on the car and make for one sharp cohesive and aesthetically pleasing masterpiece.
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A couple more shots of mine withthe roof up. Black roof really works. Hope it helps your decision.


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I like the black mirrors with that build.
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Either way on the mirrors will look good!
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I thought the body colored mirrors looked odd on my build, so it was black for me. If the mirrors hadn't been two tone, perhaps I would have gone the other way, but the early post suggestion that you could get black covers is a good one. You would have the best of both worlds, .. put 'em on, take 'em off.
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I like the body color. Breaks up the black.
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Since you don't seem to have a preference, flip a coin and don't look back--except using the mirror, that is.
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Black for me. It flows better.
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IMO, the body-colored mirrors have enough black on them to tie in to the black on the car,
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I had the same problem deciding on my red mist also. My solution was to let my wife decide. She went with black.
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I like the black but this is a personal choice, whichever looks best to you is the right answer.
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If it were my car, I would go with the black mirrors. Nice contrast to all the red.
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