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Old 06-18-11, 08:14 AM
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Default glass guru's, need your help/removing black strip behind rearview mirror

I uninstalled my rearview mirror since I hacked my rear camera to come on when I want to. So it acts as my rearview mirror.

Long story short, There is a black strip on my 2006 that is behind the rearview mirror along with a "dot matrix" on the windshield as well. Do any of you know how to remove this black strip? It feels like a sticker but for the life of me I can't even get a razor blade under it.

The sole reason for all this other then it looks odd to see the strip from the driver / passenger seat is that I'm going to be laying tint down on the windshield to assist with the Florida sun.

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Old 06-18-11, 01:51 PM
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This has to be the "not so smart" mod of the year, put that mirror back on. I don't want you hitting me cause you will rely on the back up cam. my backup cam doesn't show it all just like yours!
Old 06-18-11, 04:11 PM
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It's legal to not have an interior mirror in FL??
Old 06-18-11, 04:13 PM
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WTF>!> LMAOOOOOOOOOO. please tell me this is a joke. Thats gotta be illegal. Even if you use your camera the distance is way off and everything less visible.......
Old 06-18-11, 10:35 PM
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tomorrow i'm going to remove my front brake because I hack to use my rear brake only...
Old 06-19-11, 12:59 AM
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This is the craziest mod idea I've ever heard. Maybe JavyLSU should paint his front windshield black since he has a forward facing camera.
Old 06-19-11, 05:21 AM
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Hmm I think I'm going to remove the engine and rely on hills for the car to move around. I had a friend remove his rearview mirror for a 7" screen in its place with a camera molded to wing on top of rear window. very wide view, shows quite a bit but still have to look in blind spots. its ok, but it's still no rear mirror.
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lmao @the replies
Old 06-19-11, 07:49 AM
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I took off my pedals because I have cruise control.
Old 06-19-11, 08:07 AM
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Call a tint shop and as em how they remove tint

LOL this is a pretty crazy idea though..... Howz that workin out for ya?

Ok so here's my contribution

I changed reverse to my 7th gear now I can go faster and save gas
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LMAO Irock.
So far so good. No blind spots like others mentioned.

My next mod is removing the side mirrors and driving to work in reverse LOL
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http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2010/316.294

316.294 Mirrors.—Every vehicle, operated singly or when towing any other vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor vehicle. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

..i feel like we've been troll'd lol.
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Can't be trolled if we already knew it was illegal.
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Originally Posted by Micaiah
Can't be trolled if we already knew it was illegal.
Failed troll attempt then lol
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Default Not much help here

this entire thread is a joke, the only person with half a bain cell is the person that started the thread in the first place, every cement thereafter is off topic posted by someone without a cent of common sense just taking the **** for the sake of it, why would it be illegal not to have a rear view interior mirror? lots of vans don't even have a back window so an interior mirror would be useless anyway, and im pretty confident there isent a single arctic lorry out there with a usable interior mirror since there is a whopping tailor in the way of its view anyway and there legal to drive on the road.



That said I ended up here trying to find a way to remove the black hash dots around my interior mirror in order to mount a forward facing dash cam behind the mirror out of the way, but since all the members here don’t seam to have any sensible input to real world problems I guess I will continue my search elsewhere.
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