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Old May 6, 2003 | 04:33 PM
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has anyone seen an aftermarket kit for 99 and lower bonnies? i saw them for grand prixs.
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Old May 6, 2003 | 07:33 PM
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i dont think so cuz i know lots of bonnies come with a 2" drop and there are not that many kits out there but keep on lookin im sure ull eventually find somethin
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Old May 6, 2003 | 08:26 PM
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no,im looking to put turn signals in the mirrors on the doors
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Old May 7, 2003 | 01:56 AM
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I was just thinking about that the other day......even entry illumination that would come on with the interior lights....mounted under the outside mirrors to illuminate the ground next to the front doors. There'* room in there.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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My parents used to have a car that whenever you would turn on the turn signal, it had like an extra headlight that would turn on to illuminate the side that you were about to turn to.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:16 PM
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Most fullsized GM trucks have red directional lit-up arrowhead dealies on the side mirrors. But I have only seen turn signal indicators on BMW'* and Mercedes
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Old May 8, 2003 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 89BonnieSE89
Most fullsized GM trucks have red directional lit-up arrowhead dealies on the side mirrors. But I have only seen turn signal indicators on BMW'* and Mercedes
I was looking into this myself. There are separate fender-mounted indicators available all over the place which just bolt into drilled holes in the fender or door, wherever you want to stick the things, and they're pretty much a no-brainer to install. You can even cannibalize them from other cars if you like some certain design.

But the really nice ones, IMHO, are either built in to the mirror housing or set into the mirror glass, and those are harder to find in aftermarket form. I found a couple of possibilities in the J.C. Whitney catalog but neither are really what I'd like: one was a kind of cheesy-looking big red arrow ( http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=194176 ).

I did find "LED side-mirror lights with amber lenses" ( http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=466341 ) which look real interesting and install on the outside of the mirror housing, but I'm worried about getting them ripped off; has anyone got those? If I can't find adhesive surface-mount mini-LEDs that would stick right to the mirror glass, I might consider these instead.

There'* also "LED Parking/Signal Lights" ( http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=466332 ) but they're only available in red or blue, 5" long, and I don't know if those could be formed into an arrow on the mirror.

If anyone'* got photos of these installed on their cars, I'd love to see them.
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Old May 8, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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the last ones are as close as ill probly get to the type in the mirror,i might order this weekend
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Originally Posted by big coop
the last ones are as close as ill probly get to the type in the mirror,i might order this weekend
Tell us how it goes; I'm wondering if that 5"-long backing is too long for the mirror (i.e. when it'* folded slightly into a "<" shape on the outer edge of the mirror glass).
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