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truegearhead 03-14-2012 04:25 AM

Should I paint my mirrors white?
 
Last summer I painted my wheels white and added the white Porsche stripe which I love but now I want more! I'm sending the car into the shop next week to have the wheels professionally repainted(mine didn't hold up great). I'm thinking about having the mirrors painted white while its in there, what do you guys think...too much? As it sits right now most people think it came from Porsche with the white ascents, I don't want to push it over the edge though.


http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/s...h/5d516685.jpg

Appleguy 03-14-2012 09:27 AM

I say no! You have just the right amount of white on the car to not make it look like an afterthought.

Just my 2 cents.

cbbepop 03-14-2012 10:21 AM

stripes and wheels looks good
i think white mirror caps will make it more flashy but a little over done, especially looking at the front it won't add up...all you see is the white mirror caps and not the wheels and the stripes from the side and you'll be left scratching your head...

2003S 03-14-2012 10:22 AM

Concur; Love the wheels & stripe, think white mirrors might be too much.

Bmod986 03-14-2012 11:44 AM

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1331753955.jpg
(don't remember where this pic is from but i think it was from this forum.)

I would recommend doing the bottom part of the mirror. You know that black rubber like underpart that is the extension of the mounting. This is to try and emulate the red strip seen on this boxster mirror. I don't know how it will look on the standard mirror but I defiantly am going to try and vinyl wrap that part if possible.

schnellman 03-14-2012 05:26 PM

One more No
 
Your car looks great as is. Skip the white mirrors.

97 Boxster 03-14-2012 06:28 PM

I agree with others, what you have done looks great. Get the wheels done professionally like you said and enjoy it. Just enough WHITE IMHO.

Johnny Danger 03-14-2012 07:21 PM

I wouldn't gild the lily .

Botoxster 03-14-2012 07:30 PM

Not the mirrors, but personally I think a white rollbar would be outstanding.

amschnellsten 03-14-2012 08:06 PM

Mirrors= no in my book. Your car has a great style to and looks great. Can some one photochop some white mirrors on?

kyleturner2020 03-14-2012 09:01 PM

you could stripe the mirror.

madmods 03-15-2012 02:20 AM

Hope that closes this thread and help you to remove that idea!

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1331806800.jpg

Splitpin 03-15-2012 05:01 AM

The side vents would look better than the mirrors :)

milliemax 03-15-2012 10:23 AM

NO you will mess up the straight line you have going on with white. Car looks nice like it is. Only Danger's birds have white mirrors....

Tieniber 03-25-2012 09:19 PM

I agree with the others - don't paint the mirrors. I love the look as it is. It reminds me of the 911 my dad used to own:
http://i.imgur.com/5LsIu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UzaZJ.jpg

Christian H 03-27-2012 06:12 AM

I would give the mirrors a miss but would look at taking the amber indicators out


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