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dragnlo
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I was wondering what was involved in mounting say a volt gauge or LCD panel in a rear view mirror. Specificlly about the glass: do you have to etch it to see the display, use special glass, etc.. any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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Sam Lin
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There was an install recently in one of my car audio mags that had done that with a head unit faceplate. They replaced the rearview mirror glass with one-way mirror, so when the light was on behind the glass, he could see it, but when it was dimmed or off, it was a normal mirror.

Sam

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that is good advice sam, what are you wanting to put in the mirror?

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dragnlo
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some single Leds and some 7 segment leds for power monitoring.

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The featured install at Sounddomain right this week (5-24 to 5-28) has a rearview mirror that's modded like you're wanting. Go check it out. One different thing about it is that it etched the stock glass instead of one-way mirror. Also, it built out the mirror assembly to make more room inside it.

Sam

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