03-15-2017, 12:46 AM | #46 |
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I have basically all the costs calculated, but there's one thing maybe the community can help me out with...
Does anyone know if BMW have a design patent for this M3/M4 side mirror? It looks like they have put design patent on several of the side mirror designs!! I can't seem to find patent information on the M3/M4 one though... IF there's no design patent attached, then I'll be able to come up with a prototype in about 45 days... |
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03-19-2017, 05:44 PM | #48 |
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what specifically is the patent on? Design?
I would think that by having to combine the bracket(triangle door piece) shape from the M2 with the mirror shape of the M3/4 that would yield a technically new design... |
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Lol. You mad? I actually bought two sets of covers. One from eBay for $65 and one from AutoID for $175. Both are utterly horrendous quality. I can't believe I paid that much money thinking the AutoID ones were as good as people said. They'll stay on the car until someone can tell me where to buy real M mirrors.
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Nothing good to say about the knockoff (bad paint job, deformation, not perfect fit etc.) Autoid are pretty good though. Ordered them completely painted (in and out) in OEM BSM paint and the outcome is very nice. Can post a pic if you're interested! |
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I'd be curious to see them lop00 . Front on and what you see from the driver seat.
I'd be bugging out if I had to stare at that every time I was in my car F87LUV |
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There is the possibility to make the m style mirrors for M2, but I am assessing the demand...
The investment is pretty big, so unless I can do a few hundred sets... I won't be able to recover all the tooling (mold) costs. I need to keep the cost down for people as well and it won't be just the cover, it won't do the job. Exchange program if this is going to happen because there's no way to purchase the wireharness nor the controller unit alone. |
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I'd be willing to pay up to around 500$ if it is well designed. |
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Trying to gather more demands from various countries first to make this happen. The proposed design will also be able to go on the regular 1,2,3, and 4 series... which might make this possible. But keep in mind, it has to be done by exchanging your OEM mirrors because of the wiring harness and controller. |
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