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HOW TO Cover those ugly orange reflectors on your mirrors!

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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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Default HOW TO Cover those ugly orange reflectors on your mirrors!

I was so sick of those yellow reflectors on the mirrors and i figured out a FREE way to cover them up. Here is the How To:



Go to Your local Vinyl Sticker shop and get a piece of scrap of the color you want they hand it out for free because they are small pieces and useless to them.

1. pry softly from the corner edge to take the reflectors out.



2. Pull the reflector off



3. Cut a piece of the vinyl a little over sized then the reflector



4. Trim down the Vinyl to Fit the reflector



5. Slowly put the Vinyl on the reflector to make sure there are no air bubbes starting with the curved side first



6. After the vinyl is on the flat part of the reflector bend the vinyl over starting with the curved end



7. Then take a razor blade and Carefully cut around the reflector



8. You are all done re-install





Took 10 mins per side and turned out perfect free is always better then $60 to get them tinted!!!


Thank You hope you enjoy this How-To
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 01:41 AM
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Moved into How-to Section.
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Old Feb 27, 2013 | 07:59 PM
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Can you repost those pictures?
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jesselfout
Can you repost those pictures?
Gently pry them out and Plastidip them. Also works.
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 11:23 AM
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Removed mine and plasti dipped them today.
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Old Aug 15, 2016 | 11:37 PM
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For plasti dip those are awful shiny
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Old Oct 1, 2016 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by RedRobinFX4
Removed mine and plasti dipped them today.


Can you still see the blinkers through that ?
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Old Oct 2, 2016 | 11:13 AM
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They don't have lights unless you add them. They are only reflective.
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Old Oct 2, 2016 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by M0RRIS
They don't have lights unless you add them. They are only reflective.
Thanks I assumed they had LEDs behind them, I guess I should of checked Lol.
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Old Oct 2, 2016 | 02:36 PM
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No problem, there are threads and posts of guys doing it.
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