sorry it took so long to reply. the drip edges I removed, they come up pretty easily. There are a couple pressure fit clips holding the drip edges in, pretty easy to remove.
as for the mirror, the one in my gallery is slightly tinted however the one I have currently isn't, it does have auto-dimming though. If you have 5% on the back the tinted mirror is gonna make things more difficult to see out...but that's what the backup camera is for, right?