{"id":4901,"date":"2015-08-24T01:06:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T01:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2015-08-13T01:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:09:31","slug":"my-car-mod-4-heated-blind-spot-mirror-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/my-car-mod-4-heated-blind-spot-mirror-set\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: Mod #4 – Heated Blind Spot Mirror – Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buy Here:\u00a0Heated Blind Spot Mirror – Set ES#: 2862774, ECS Tuning<\/a>\u00a0for Volkswagen Golf R MK7<\/p>\n

This is a $100 mod. Pricey and worth considering but make sure it’s something you want before ordering and I hope this small 24 hour test will help you decide:<\/p>\n

Installation: Very easy. It works with the heated mirrors, plugs in quite easy and the fit is a perfect fit. The edges are good, no cracks, blemishes or off colors.<\/p>\n

\"Volkswagen<\/a><\/p>\n

Impressions: The Blue color is beautiful! Looks great, reminds me of that tint S550 Mercedes has from the factory when the sun is facing. It also appears to make headlights less bright at night especially when jerks forget to turn off their high-beams as they approach.<\/p>\n

The blind spot bit is a bit overrated \/ over sold. yes, there’s this definite line between the standard mirror and the blind spot (aspherical) portion but the glass is not high quality, you get blue at the edge and my eye has a huge problem focusing on near and wide so quickly. I’ve driven Fords (2014+ model year) and their integrated blind spot mirror is very good. High quality, no refraction and you can give it a glance and no without a doubt no one is beside you. This thing, I don’t trust it one bit. The angle itself is not wide enough to be useful. Only about half of your blind spot is actually showing in the mirror.<\/p>\n

Pros: Blue reduces headlight glare from behind Great fit Looks manufacturer made from first glance Works with heating element<\/p>\n

Cons: blind spot aspect is oversold and useless especially in spirited highway driving when you need to pass someone quickly and want to trust what you see is what you get without having to turn your head. i’d expect this glass quality from a $50 mirror but for $100, it seems like the mirror would be ‘better’<\/p>\n

Installed:<\/p>\n

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The last image shows just how good this glass looks on the blue. For that alone and native heater support, I’m keeping them. I just wish they could have saved me a couple of head turnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buy Here:\u00a0Heated Blind Spot Mirror – Set ES#: 2862774, ECS Tuning\u00a0for Volkswagen Golf R MK7 This is a…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:20:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"05ce8c04-afeb-47ce-bd92-5959071dc8e9","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:20:39Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ABc6MBK_rR869kllZBx3I6Q","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-my-car","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1h3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5021,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/my-car-mod-15-oem-mk7-euro-mirror-caps-for-golf-r\/","url_meta":{"origin":4901,"position":0},"title":"My Car: Mod #15 \u2013 OEM MK7 Euro Mirror Caps for Golf R","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mod #15 -\u00a0OEM MK7 Euro Mirror Caps (Brushed Aluminum Look)\u00a0- $239 from DAP. 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