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DIY JDM style side mirrors combo lights (Signal+Parking+Courtesy lights)

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by CivicSky, Feb 23, 2011.

  1. cproaudio

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    Yeah I'm getting mine from Nigel. He has until the 18th to ship it to my door. If not, I'll be canceling the order and buy from eBay. It looks like someone bought one with white running light. I wonder who.
     
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    Shawn...:cool: Just kidding. I think he bought the blue ones.
     
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    So is it your opinion that the e-bay ones are the same/similar to that ones that Nigel is selling? And Nigel wanted $190 for his set right?
     
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    Yes, it includes shipping and it's even cheaper if you pick up in person and the ones on ebay are unpainted. Good luck finding a place to get it painted for that cheap and hope they do a decent job.
     
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    Actually if the pictures are valid and the seller is telling the truth, in my case I won't need to paint as they are white. Sides, I found a site that sells the OEM paint in touch-up bottles and small cans of spray. If they need to be painted, no problem.

    BTW, wasn't Nigel's unit 190 unpainted?
     
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    Nigel's group buy was 190.00 painted your color.
     
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    But yours is pearl white (Blizzard Pearl) and they aren't going to match at all. You don't need to be cheap over less than $80 (or $60 if you go with civicsky's supplier).

    190 painted and shipped.
     
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    190 - painted, isn't that bad. But Nigel still hasn't got any in yet, right?
     
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    I just got email from Nigel that they've arrived :)
     

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    sweet picture of the mirrors from Nigel
     
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    Perfect timing... :) If those are the same kits as the e-bay ones, I can see that that white color is not even close the BP.

    Can you send me Nigel's link...
     
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    I asked ebay seller a couple of questions. This was his reply:
    Is it true that the color may be a little different in different countries?
     
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    $20 per pair is unusually cheap and sounds like they might be hand painting and not be using OEM paints.
     
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    I'm still trying to get my grasp on the whole set-up of the signal light/mirror cover thing. If you bought the covers with the lights from eBay, you'd STILL have to buy the JDM ENTIRE mirror set-up? You take off the front side of the JDM mirror, which has the lights on it, and you would put the eBay covers/lights in their place. Correct? The eBay cover/light things can't be put on just our stock mirrors? They have to go on some other aftermarket type of mirror that has lights built in? So, the eBay cover/light listing is just to provide a couple of extra bells and whistles than the lights on the JDM signal mirrors provide?
     
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    No, you don't have to switch out the USDM mirror housings to install the additional signal lights and covers. The mirror housings that shown in the photos I provided on the first page of this DIY are USDM. Luckily, screw holes and spaces are already there for the lights on our USDM mirror housings, otherwise, we may have to spend another hundreds on the mirror housings.
    "The eBay covers/light things can't be put on just our stock mirrors?" ---- Yes, you can. Simpler than you thought.
     
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    Thank you CivicSky for getting to that answer for me. Mine were shipped on April 6th. We'll see how long they take to get here.
     
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    The ones on eBay if you're referring to the same ones I am getting are just a bare plastic finish which is white. Not painted at all. If you would have seen Rodney's that he got from CivicSky you would have seen they were the same thing.
     
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    You are welcome! We don't have to swap out our USDM mirror housings for the JDM ones. I can't help not to think about those JDM mirror housings you bought from Sigma (I assume you bought the OEM signal lights along with the mirrors housings, right?). I really would like to obtain the JDM housings for their power folding feature. You just have to add an aftermarket module to make them folded by themselves. Fancy! :p
     
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    I didn't buy the whole housing, just the covers an lenses like everyone else. Just happen to be the factory JDM stuff long before the aftermarket stuff took off and became available. I would love to buy them at some point just to be different and add that extra bit of JDM parts to the car but just too many other things to spend that kind of money on for other things for the car. Some day....
     
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    So they got here in a week on the 13th. Look great! Won't get them installed until maybe next weekend. I went with the blue lights and will tie them in with the puddle lights. Looking forward to getting them done. Will post pics when they are done.