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HOW TO Cover those ugly orange reflectors on your mirrors!

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Old 07-16-2012, 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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Moved into How-to Section.
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Can you repost those pictures?
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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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Removed mine and plasti dipped them today.
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For plasti dip those are awful shiny
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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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They don't have lights unless you add them. They are only reflective.
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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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No problem, there are threads and posts of guys doing it.


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