Aspherical mirrors on an SEL with blind spot?

mxtdiguy

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I hate my SEL because I can't install aspherical mirrors..lol

So what happens if you install them on an SEL with the blind spot monitoring system?
Permanent fault code, or do I simply loose the warning for the blind spot, or worse ?
 

ritsco

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Quick question, is the blind spot/lane assist feature an additional option (like the adaptive lighting package) or part of the SEL package on my 2015? I don't think I have the blind spot feature.
 

Blue_Hen_TDI

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Quick question, is the blind spot/lane assist feature an additional option (like the adaptive lighting package) or part of the SEL package on my 2015? I don't think I have the blind spot feature.
If you have the two little cars with one of them projecting a beam logo on your mirror, you have bsm. If your mirrors are plain, you don't.


Although, when I ordered my aspherical set from DAP, they mistakenly sent me the bsm mirrors. So, my car has the logo'ed mirrors but not bsm. :D
 

mxtdiguy

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If you have the two little cars with one of them projecting a beam logo on your mirror, you have bsm. If your mirrors are plain, you don't.


Although, when I ordered my aspherical set from DAP, they mistakenly sent me the bsm mirrors. So, my car has the logo'ed mirrors but not bsm. :D

Nice score !, how can I duplicate that ? ( not serious )
 

mxtdiguy

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Question about the aspherical mirrors:

The photo of the lane assist models one have a dashed line, is there a distinct change only at that transition, or do the mirrors "aspherical" all over ?

Thanks
 

Blue_Hen_TDI

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Question about the aspherical mirrors:

The photo of the lane assist models one have a dashed line, is there a distinct change only at that transition, or do the mirrors "aspherical" all over ?

Thanks
The whole mirror has a larger field of view (i.e. slightly aspherical) and then the area after the line is even more pronounced to act as a blind spot mirror.

Here is a before/after I snapped awhile back on my GTI:

 

mxtdiguy

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The whole mirror has a larger field of view (i.e. slightly aspherical) and then the area after the line is even more pronounced to act as a blind spot mirror.

Here is a before/after I snapped awhile back on my GTI:


Awesome, thanks for the excellent pics, going to get a set for sure !
 
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