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My 2006 Silverado hit the point of repair cost being not worth keeping it. It was nice not having the truck payment, but it got replaced with repair bills. Anyhow, the new truck is missing an item that the Wife was hot on in the '06....the Power Mirrors with the Turn Signals.....I was told by the parts person that those mirrors can only be had as a factory option.....cannot add them afterward....is this true ???...doesn't seem right. The first truck the Wife and I picked out also was an E/C Long Bed....I drove her to work, then went to get the ball rolling on the deal, that's when I saw the Long Bed, I know the Wife wouldn't go for the Long Bed if she realized it, so I luckily found the same truck on his lot in a Short Bed, which is even better, cause the Long Bed had the 3.08 Rear....Short Bed the 3.42 which I think will tow a little better. So, is it true, I cannot add the Power Mirrors with the Turn Signals ????.....and this truck has Stabilitrak....the '06 had the G80....will the Stabilitrak make up for the G80 missing ????

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They can be added. I put a set on our 08 Tahoe and my 2010 truck

 

 

 

 

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What year is your "new" truck again??

2013.....I was told today, that during the build, the factory deleted the harness that would allow adding the Power Fold Mirror with the Turn Signal unless the Mirrors were on the option list, so it's not gonna be a simple swap/install.....dang !!!

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I picked up the truck today....it wasn't what I would have ordered if I could of.....but my "06 left me stranded, and I had to take whatever they had on the lot. I don't think I got a bad deal, the truck is alright....just wasn't ready for new, and if it makes sense, I miss my '06. I did get a good look at what it has, and it does have the G80. You should of saw the look on the salesmans face when I told him I'll be in tomorrow for the Bedliner, cause I'm getting at least a yard of topsoil in it this weekend.....hey, it's a truck :driving:

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You can buy the powerfold, turnsignal mirrors & swap them out with your power mirrors. The turn signals will work, but the power fold feature will not.... :happysad:

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You can buy the powerfold, turnsignal mirrors & swap them out with your power mirrors. The turn signals will work, but the power fold feature will not.... :happysad:

Thanks :cheers: .....is there anything, like swapping the Switch for the Mirrors, that will make the Power Fold work ???....or is that just as it is ???

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Sorry, just swapping the switch won't get it done. Like someone said above, there is a completely new door wiring harness (for each door), relays, programming, etc involved. :tear:

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Like posted above, the power folding is the hard part of the swap, along with the puddle light if the DL3 mirrors you get have that. Main thing is the factory wiring is hard wired versus the databus style that is used with the power folding. I bought a set of DL8 mirrors with DL3 glass installed to avoid the power fold hassle but still have turn signals, auto dim drivers, power adjust, and heat. The only wiring I had to do was on the auto dim because that was the only wires that weren't run through the harness. I was able to wire that up without a hassle. There are a few write ups on how to do the power folding, ranging from oem style install to wiring the power fold features to a switch in order to get them to work. There are a few write ups I have bookmarked as well as one I made for doing the non power folding DL3 mirror swap.

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They can be added. I put a set on our 08 Tahoe and my 2010 truck

Ryan

Ryan, does yours power fold as well? I just bought an 08 Z71 Suburban and wish I had the power fold turn signal heated mirrors. Any info you could provide would be very helpful! Thanks.
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I would imagine the "Power Fold" would be an important part of the swap.....if I remember correctly, if somebody accidently folded the mirrors in manually, the only way to reset it was to Power Fold it so it would catch again....otherwise mirror would flop around :confused:

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The power fold feature, as long as it was folded out should be able to fold in and out manually. When I was doing research for doing my mirrors, I remember seeing that. Here's one of the links to a thread about the DL3 mirrors with working features: http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/110404-dl3-mirros-in-a-gmt900-truetruck/

I have a lot of links I can post if you'd like.

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My '06 had the Power Fold, and more than a few times, someone would manually fold them in.....you'd hear a loud "snap", and the only way to get them to stay folded back out (versus flopping around) was to cycle them with the switch....Power Fold "in" to catch it, and then Power Fold "out" to get them out solid. It sounds like one helluva headache to get them to work 100% as designed....guess I'll pass :sigh: . Now I'm trying to put on my old Tonnaue Cover, and found that the dealer installed Bedliner installed it wrong.....the part that gets drilled and screwed onto the Tailgate is crooked, so it won't allow the Tonnaeu Cover Rail to sit level.....one side will be 1/4 inch higher.....I also found that the corner of the Bedliner where it's suppose to be under the bedrail on the drivers side has a good 3/4 gap...passenger side is neatly tucked under the bedrail. I measured my old bed, and it measured out the same....should fit (Tonnaue Cover)....but regardless, the Bedliner was installed wrong.....it's a bedliner....how the hell do you install it wrong.....what bothers me most is they drilled holes in the bed. My '06 bedliner was a drop in, and the only screws was for the tailgate...should of done it myself :mad:

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