05-09 Exterior Modifications Making Your '05 Stand Out from the Crowd

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Old 6/13/05, 11:35 AM
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Thinking of using fiberglass and body filler to mold the mirrors to a more seamless shape and than painting them to match the car.

Sound like a decent idea? Never done anything like this before so it could be "interesting".
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I thought about actually taking the mirrors off and replacing them with a black plastic triangular piece... then attaching some Shelby chrome mirrors onto the doors
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Xenon has mirror covers that change the shape of the mirror. You can see them here:

http://store.cal-mustang.com/cm_able/showd...ATID=25&CM_SA=0
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chome mirrors and door handles would be a dream come true!
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Originally posted by ZeroK@June 13, 2005, 11:38 AM
Thinking of using fiberglass and body filler to mold the mirrors to a more seamless shape and than painting them to match the car.

Sound like a decent idea? Never done anything like this before so it could be "interesting".
If you pull it off, I'll get in line to pay you to make me a set.

The stock side mirrors are a disgrace.
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I'm hoping someone comes out with Original Style Chrome Mirrors also. I am going to add small areas of chrome to the tail light bezels, fog light bezels, and some slight changes in badging to, hopefully, create a true Retro look. The Chrome Mirrors would be perfect.

Lets hope someone puts them out.
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I'd love to replace the stock mirrors with chrome ones! Door handles too! If anyone can figure out a way I"M IN!
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Chrome door handles would not be that difficult actually. You could just take off the door handles, sand/prep them and then spray them with some Spectra Chrome. Not sure if any of you have heard of this stuff. It's a new spray-on chrome technology where you can spray anything with this stuff and it chromes it. And I don't mean makes it look chromed like a can of chrome spray paint... it actually chromes it. You can chrome plastic, including flexible plastic too. I'm sure it's not cheap though, but here's the link... Spectra Chrome
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WOW.very expensive..............very cool though
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The xenon ones are cool, but for $150 , you might as well just have the stock mirrors painted?!
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Rene', it's not that bad I don't think. To buy the whole setup to be able to do it yourself... yes. But it says on the site that you can send parts to them to chrome for you. And I read on the site in the FAQ that where it may cost about $50 to actually chrome a wheel, it will only cost around $10 to Spectra chrome it. So, it shouldn't be too bad.
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Saw these on a car at the FFW in Houston the guy said he used a lot of original Shelby parts. I know he said the grille was a real Shelby peice. I would really like to see some more ideas for the mirrors. [attachmentid=24479][attachmentid=24482]
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Does anyone know if that's the CDC "aggressive" or "classic" chin spoiler on that car? I was thinking of getting the "classic" chin spoiler, which I think that is... but I don't really like the way it looks with stripes after seeing that car.
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Originally posted by PonyGirl@June 14, 2005, 11:52 AM
The xenon ones are cool, but for $150 , you might as well just have the stock mirrors painted?!
I paid $119 for mine. Sent them to a friend out of state for paint. Cost me a bottle of tequilla.

Local body shop quoted me $325 to paint my stock mirrors. I just about fell over. I kept explaining to him that I would take them off the car, bring them in, all he needed to do was light prep and paint. He didn't understand my surprise.
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I thought my body shop was expensive (at least early on before I brought it in 5 times), but $325 is a lot. And if you go to a shop that won't let you do your own R&I's, go to another shop. That means they want to milk you.
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Originally posted by jayguy@June 13, 2005, 4:06 PM
Xenon has mirror covers that change the shape of the mirror. You can see them here:

http://store.cal-mustang.com/cm_able/showd...ATID=25&CM_SA=0
Looking at the mirror on the mirror side, will you see the gaps between the shell and the original mirror?
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