Sun visor mirrors- not illuminated. Wife is disappointed.

Kozzy · December 4, 2018

Hi, I cannot believe a $55K truck doesn’t have lighted/illuminated sun visor mirrors. My wife hates it so I’m wondering if I can make something work off an older model?

Anyone know if the 14-18 Silverado style sun visor mirrors with lights will work in factory 19 location? The mounting location looks extremely similar. I’d run the wires to the dome lights for power.

Let me know if anyone has tried to tackle this yet??? I have crew 1500 Z71 RST.

Edited December 4, 2018 by Kozzy

captainzombie · December 4, 2018

Hi, I cannot believe a $55K truck doesn’t have lighted/illuminated sun visor mirrors. My wife hates it so I’m wondering if I can make something work off an older model?

Anyone know if the 14-18 Silverado style sun visor mirrors with lights will work in factory 19 location? The mounting location looks extremely similar. I’d run the wires to the dome lights for power.

Let me know if anyone has tried to tackle this yet??? I have crew 1500 Z71 RST.

That is crazy that they took out illuminated visors especially from a Z71 spec truck. GM just keeps taking features out. It’s like since we gave them blind spot mirrors, we need to take away these 4 features from the previous gen and also tack on the GM tax.

GMC-AT · December 4, 2018

I'm sure you can buy a lighted sun visor clip on type that run on batteries. Since they are LED they will last a long time. no need to run wires.. something like this..

https://www.amazon.com/Bell-440-1-Slimline-Lighted-Mirror/dp/B000FW4LMG/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1543953239&sr=8-15&keywords=sun+visor+light

tarheel34 · December 4, 2018

My wife and I are currently looking at trading our '15 Tahoe LTZ in on a 1/2 Ton Silverado, and this is one issue I'm seeing. No mirror lighting, no auto-dimming rear view mirror, no memory seats, and no power passenger seat. On a $55,000+ truck these should be standard features! I can't believe the mark up on the T1 trucks compared to the K2 trucks. It's ridiculous.

Kozzy · December 4, 2018

3 minutes ago, tarheel34 said:

My wife and I are currently looking at trading our '15 Tahoe LTZ in on a 1/2 Ton Silverado, and this is one issue I'm seeing. No mirror lighting, no auto-dimming rear view mirror, no memory seats, and no power passenger seat. On a $55,000+ truck these should be standard features! I can't believe the mark up on the T1 trucks compared to the K2 trucks. It's ridiculous.

Agreed. Just plain stupid.

Kozzy · December 4, 2018

15 minutes ago, GMC-AT said:

I'm sure you can buy a lighted sun visor clip on type that run on batteries. Since they are LED they will last a long time. no need to run wires.. something like this..

https://www.amazon.com/Bell-440-1-Slimline-Lighted-Mirror/dp/B000FW4LMG/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1543953239&sr=8-15&keywords=sun+visor+light

I’m looking for factory/OE fit and finish. These clip ons would look terrible...

Kozzy · December 4, 2018

17 minutes ago, captainzombie said:

That is crazy that they took out illuminated visors especially from a Z71 spec truck. GM just keeps taking features out. It’s like since we gave them blind spot mirrors, we need to take away these 4 features from the previous gen and also tack on the GM tax.

I wish mine had blind spot mirrors/elec monitoring! Does yours? Did I get jipped? Lol

captainzombie · December 4, 2018

I have a 2018 Z71, so the previous gen never did get blind spot mirrors. For some reason, I thought that the 2019 RST Z71 trim models would of had blind spot mirrors.

Donstar · December 4, 2018

I appreciate that there are some features that people miss when they disappear. The lighted visor mirror was a popular option when they started appearing in trucks for some but times have changed and I personally didn't find them a good use of my truck buying dollar. If I need to check my face prior to exiting the truck I can use the rear view mirror or borrow the mirror in my wife's purse! I don't see this as a cost saving strategy. GMC-AT's option is a good solution.

GMC-AT · December 4, 2018

all you guys wanted rear AC vents.. so they had to take something away to make that work

RST trim does have blind spot monitor as an option. I got it on my order.

Trwtow · December 5, 2018

picked up my truck today has lighted visors both sides so ya u can prob add them

Jerry's Denali · December 5, 2018

My 2019 HC has illuminated vanity mirrors also but I'm so ugly they will never be used.

Edited December 5, 2018 by jericbarg

JimCost2014 · December 5, 2018

1 hour ago, jericbarg said:

My 2019 HC has illuminated vanity mirrors also but I'm so ugly they will never be used.

You never know, you might see yourself in a different light...…..

BIGDOGx · December 5, 2018

18 hours ago, GMC-AT said:

all you guys wanted rear AC vents.. so they had to take something away to make that work

RST trim does have blind spot monitor as an option. I got it on my order.

LMAO what thell does back seat vents have to do with eliminating something that probably cost GM 3 dollars per truck? My 14 has illuminated vanity mirrors and so shouldn't this new supposedly better version!

Kozzy · December 6, 2018

On 12/4/2018 at 3:42 PM, GMC-AT said:

all you guys wanted rear AC vents.. so they had to take something away to make that work

RST trim does have blind spot monitor as an option. I got it on my order.

Are you talking about the little concave in corner of drive side mirror?

I was referring to electronic blind spot monitor like in my previous Malibu Premier. Would alert me with a tint orange icon if someone was next to me.

Which does your RST have?