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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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hey all i was searching and i found a post that said the bases of the spoon carbon fiber mirrors arent cf, im thinkin of buyin this guys ''spoon mirrors'' but i think theyre a knockoff, he did say he paid like $600 and took 3 months for them to come in but thats the only part that got me thinkin. heres a pic of them and any help on this would be greatly appriciated, thanks! real or fake? what do u guys think

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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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I dont know personally but look at some sites that sell them and look at there pics.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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give me just a moment I need to take 10 steps away from my computer to take the picture in.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 11:07 AM
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yeah its not a good pic, and no i didnt take it so.....yeah
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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those are replicas. real spoons don't have a cf base. 600 dollars for them? those are the same ones you can get on ebay for 150.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 11:54 AM
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yah it looks like the fake ones cause it has the cf base..600$ u can buy like 2 of the new real ones
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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well, im in canada so canadian dollars but still yeah, thanks guys im not gonna buy em, ill wait till spring and just order the real ones personally
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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lol look at how dull those damn mirrors are , spoons are nice and shiney.....those are for sure fake just looking at the base

spoons:
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:20 PM
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yup, definitely fakes
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Those look like TYC mirrors.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:26 PM
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no **** eh, hmmm....the real ones are definetly waaaaaaay nicer now i see them side by side, holy what a difference, thanks guys
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol look at how dull those damn mirrors are , spoons are nice and shiney.....those are for sure fake just looking at the base
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I'll show you something nice and shiney!

here are my vision mirrors...

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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:32 PM
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real spoon don't have cf base(triangle) only the mirror part.
$600 is a bit too much.
i can get those things $280 b/n
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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aries vision makes the spoon mirrors!!!!!!! you got spoon mirrors bahaahhaahahh
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">aries vision makes the spoon mirrors!!!!!!! you got spoon mirrors bahaahhaahahh</TD></TR></TABLE>i'll just slang these and get some m3 mirrors.
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 01:50 PM
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i got a hook with APC , let me know. you got paypal?
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 01:54 PM
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So Shiney you can see your self shellin out 600 bucks for mirrors!
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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600 bucks for spoon miriors lol thats BS.. they retail for about $300
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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if you open your ******* eyes and read , he already said thats canadian dollars!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got a hook with APC , let me know. you got paypal?</TD></TR></TABLE>
hell yea i got paypal... can you next-day air those suckers?
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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whats the exchange rate anyways??
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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<FONT SIZE="3">KNOCKOFF!</FONT>
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 03:14 PM
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not sure the exchange rate right now but its really good for us canadians for once lol, and $600 yeah thats what they use to be here. im sure theyve went down to about $450cdn or so thesedays hehe
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