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Old 11-08-2008, 01:24 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Hmmm I dont know but highly doubt that it went up, I mean common how could that possibly be true?? (more frontal area, turbulance behind the mirror, disturbance to side flow which in turn creates turbulance on the rear, etc)... Hmmm...


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Old 11-09-2008, 03:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
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mine are more or less rectangular but almost 4"wide
i like them better than normal mirrors
plus i can see myself and my passenger in them


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