Installed OEM CF mirror cover

tbracing · 07-12-2011, 06:34 AM

Ok so I installed OEM CF mirror covers and the damn seal strip got deformed a little so now it isn't a tight seal. How many/kind of problems will I run into with the folding/dimming mirrors with water getting inside the cover?

tbracing · 07-14-2011, 02:41 AM

No one?? Anyone know if the back side of the mirror is sealed to keep water intrusion from getting in the electrical system/ connections??

teleopti · 07-14-2011, 03:03 AM

if you got OEM go to the dealer and have them take care of it.

tbracing · 07-14-2011, 12:57 PM

I bought them from a dealer but installed them myself cause im in Italy and would have taken then 3 days to do it and about $300.

fdriller9 · 07-14-2011, 02:47 PM

There was no seal on my covers.

ChasVS · 07-14-2011, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by *********

There was no seal on my covers.

I believe he means the thin rubber/plastic piece on the mirror assembly, not the CF cover.

tbracing · 07-15-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ChasVS

I believe he means the thin rubber/plastic piece on the mirror assembly, not the CF cover.

Nope, the stock painted cover is a tight seal without a seal strip or 3M. the CF ones for some reason aren't the same "snap-in" so they have a 3M double side tape seal.

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tbracing Lieutenant 22 Rep 413 Posts Drives: 1993 318I/ 2011 335i Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: At home :) iTrader: (0)	I bought them from a dealer but installed them myself cause im in Italy and would have taken then 3 days to do it and about $300.
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fdriller9 Banned 263 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	There was no seal on my covers.
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