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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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I originally hated those little mirrors, but they are definitely growing on me, and SilverBullit02, you car is sick!
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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The one you're looking for,(stick-on,blue etc...) are Level II,and sold by Gary,at ITG.
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by xviper,Mar 2 2006, 06:30 PM
The Muz inserts are JDM parts, so if they suck, I guess every RHD S2000 sucks.

I'm looking at them and for me, they hurt my eyes.

"Great" is a matter of personal taste and no, they don't look great to me.
Huh? Why the anger?

It's ok if you don't like them. I'm not mad at you.

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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverBullit02,Mar 2 2006, 07:15 PM
Huh? Why the anger?

It's ok if you don't like them. I'm not mad at you.

If you've read anger in my post then it is because your feelings have been hurt. I'm sure all of us would like to think that our choice in mods meets with everyone's approval. There was no anger in my post, only a statement of my opinion. If there was "hate" in my statement, I might have put it in this way:
"Those mirrors suck!" Well, the truth is, those mirrors don't suck. I just don't find them appealing to me at all. As with DrEvil, I never found them to my liking, but unlike him, they haven't "grown on me". A very good friend and S2000 owner here is planning to get your mirrors. That doesn't mean I hate him or his car nor does it make us less friends. In fact, I'll probably install them for him when the time comes.
On the other hand, your initial statement:
The Muz insert sucks.
Was very unkind considering that Muz has been a long time sponsor of this site and your statement was exceedingly undiplomatic. You could have said it in a much better way. It is because of sponsors like Muz, who have paid funds into this site, that keeps this site running. I don't like all of the products that all of the sponsors sell here but, I try not slam their products openly. And if I do it unknowingly, I apologize and refrain from doing it as long as the sponsor is active here.
Therefore, I could ask you the same question:
Why the hate against a sponsor's product? You could have just as easily said, "Those JDM convex mirrors suck." With no reference to Muz, noone could have taken offense. In the same token, let's not blow this out of proportion. Let's just take this as a lesson in the written internet media and how sometimes, wording can be interpretted in ways that were not originally intended.
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by estukaye,Sep 19 2005, 09:54 PM
I am looking for the kind that snap or stick onto the stock mirror housing. I remember a while back someone was selling them for both sides with either a blue or yellow tint to them. I saw a OEM convex mirror on MUZ website but I'd like it for both sides.

The searching function has been trying to load for 30mins, figure I'll find it here sooner.
Basically, here is the skinny on convex mirrors. As far as i know, if you want to keep your stock mirror housing, there are only 3 credible sources in the WHOLE WORLD that sell them for our car: spoon, gary@import tuning, and muz.

1) spoon (don't know website)
+ genuine glass
+ tinted
- most expensive solution
- not oem

2) gary http://www.importtuninggarage.com/
+ much cheaper than spoon, yet a perfect replica
+ tinted
- not glass; acrylic
- not oem

3) muz http://www.prestigeautoaccessories.com
+ genuine glass
+ oem
+ cheapest solution, even with shipping from Australia
- left-hand side only

I went with Muz because, at that time, Gary didn't have any in stock. Also, I don't care about having the right side since our stock car comes with convex anyways.

My $0.02

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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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I personally like the blue tint and the spoon is about $30 more than the level. I am not sure how acrylic holds up against glass but if this were the original levels I would have jumped on them.

Thanks for the quick replies!
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 06:14 AM
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[QUOTE=xviper,Mar 2 2006, 08:35 PM] If you've read anger in my post then it is because your feelings have been hurt.
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DrEvil,Mar 2 2006, 06:37 PM
I originally hated those little mirrors, but they are definitely growing on me, and SilverBullit02, you car is sick!


Thanks!
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverBullit02,Mar 3 2006, 10:14 AM
I shall rephrase...

The OEM RHD Honda Mirror replacement that one of the sponsors sells sucks.

Let me elaborate...

I have found that this mirror insert does not offer that large of a view but does cause a bit more distortion. Also, you lose much of your depth perception.

With the Craft Square, the actual lense is much wider. While being wider and slightly less convex, it offers a comparably huge field of view while allowing much better depth perception and much less distortion.

No offense to Mr. Muz. He does not make these mirrors.
WTF is going on;comments like this one,from "newbies''that don't know their assholes from their elbows,are getting more and more frequents,on this board.!!!
Can we get back to acting like adults,civilized peoples.???
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 07:19 AM
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Take a look at this thread, it may save you some money:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=365922
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