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I have had MultiVex mirrors for about 3 weeks now and I LOVE THEM. They really take care of the blind spots while still letting me see the edge of the car in both side view mirrors.
I didn't like the look of the glass edge on the mirror, so I used some black electrical tape and some red "liquid electrical tape" to create a trim around the mirror. The liquid tape was used on the back side to keep the regular tape in place better than the standard glue on the regular electrical tape. I also removed the thick mounting tape that came with the mirrors and substituted the thinner 3M exterior mounting tape. Because the mirror is curved on the backside and I wanted good mounting tape contact, I cut a thin strip of the mounting tape and double stacked it towards the center of the mirror to compensate for the curve a bit. See pictures.
One note if you go this trim route - don't stretch the tape at the ends because it will slowly pull the wrapped tape over time (as I am discovering). It is okay to stretch it away from the ends so that it wraps around the corner curves tightly without leaving any folds on the front side of the mirror.
As other people have noted, the outer edge of the mirror is too small vertically, and hence you can see a bit of the stock mirror behind it. It doesn't hurt the functionality of the MultiVex mirror, but it is a bit annoying that they didn't get the pattern right. I might suggest putting some black tape (with good glue and carefully trimmed) on the stock mirror in that area before mounting the MultiVex mirror, and vertically center the Multivex mirror very carefully along the outer edge.
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