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V3 Carbon Fiber Front Bumper Vents and Mirror Covers…

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So, I was really curious as to why I couldn’t find any tutorial videos on swapping the front bumper vents out… after swapping them out I completely understand now. What a pain in the ass!! Front bumper has to come off completely (not awful), then you have to remove each and every small metal clip around the stock vent tabs. These are crimped on and do NOT come off easy. After one side I was bleeding profusely from my hands… it was a small disaster. Then, adding insult to injury (literally), the slits didn’t line up with the

Never-the-less, I finished them and they look awesome… but WOW was that a f%#kin nightmare.

Now, the mirror cover swap was very straight foreword and fit great (5-10 min per mirror).

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Looks good man! What carbon company did you use? Thinking about doing the side mirrors on mine
Looks good man! What carbon company did you use? Thinking about doing the side mirrors on mine
I went through Street Driven Performance. So far I’ve had a GREAT experience with them. Vladi is really quick to respond and extremely helpful!
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Looks good. How exactly do you change out the mirror caps?
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Looks good! The vent fitment do require some massaging to get them in. A dremel blade made it all happen working slowly (grind/test fit/rinse-repeat).You mentioned the mirror cover replacement fitting well....how well? I know for the price of Vladi's products you have to set some expectations for fitment but just curious as I may want to pick those up.
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Looks good! The vent fitment do require some massaging to get them in. A dremel blade made it all happen working slowly (grind/test fit/rinse-repeat).You mentioned the mirror cover replacement fitting well....how well? I know for the price of Vladi's products you have to set some expectations for fitment but just curious as I may want to pick those up.
I had to dremel out the fastener holes a little bit on both my front splitter and hood vent. Cant complain for the price tho.
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Looks good. How exactly do you change out the mirror caps?
I watched this YouTube video and it was spot on!

Looks good! The vent fitment do require some massaging to get them in. A dremel blade made it all happen working slowly (grind/test fit/rinse-repeat).You mentioned the mirror cover replacement fitting well....how well? I know for the price of Vladi's products you have to set some expectations for fitment but just curious as I may want to pick those up.
The passenger side was about a 9.5/10 for fitment and the driver's side was a 9/10. Very small gap between the outer gloss black "ring"; maybe 2-3 mm (see photo). Aside from that, it was great.

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Cool thanks! Yeah there is a disclaimer on EOS about not fitting perfect. For the price its not bad.
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Thanks for the info on the fitment. Very helpful.
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Mine were 8.5/8.5 they did fit but the tolerances were a bit... Needed to hold the mirror and compress back. I may pull em off and realign... However... They look good...

Weapon-x covers. I do however believe vladi has some close to oem parts. Looks kick ass.
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