Towing Mirrors

[tbonin70503]

Has anyone had any good experience with an aftermarket slip on tow mirror? I am looking into mirrors and the dealership wants $480.00 installed for a set of manual extendable tow mirrors and aroung $600.00 for a set of electric extandable tow mirrors. I'm thinking that i can get an aftermarket set of removable tow mirrors for much cheaper and then purchase a tune with my saving$$$$.

[Ranger]

I don't think any of the Chevy tow mirrors electrically extend, I have the power ones and the only thing that's powered is the upper main mirror and the turn signals.

 

I got mine off Ebay for around 300 bucks brand new.

[tbonin70503]

Yes. its just the top mirror that is electric. the extension and bottom mirror are both manual. I had read that your truck had to have a certain package in order for the set of mirrors to work that i had seen on ebay. It was a split mirror with the top electric and it had turn signals in the mirror.

[tigerdmd]

Dont know if this is what your looking for, but I use these removable ones from Cabelas and can still use the power fold in function of my stock mirrors. They just slip on and work great.

 

CIPA Custom Towing Mirrors Item:IJ-512501$49.99

[tbonin70503]

Dont know if this is what your looking for, but I use these removable ones from Cabelas and can still use the power fold in function of my stock mirrors. They just slip on and work great.

 

CIPA Custom Towing Mirrors Item:IJ-512501$49.99

 

 

Cool, thanks.

 

I'll check those out. Do they have any vibration at highway speeds or are they pretty stable?

[tigerdmd]

They're pretty stable - they have a few strips of felt inside and an insert with retainer screw. They vibrate slightly, but I have added more adhesive felt to mine to protect painted mirrors and make them tighter. Check out Cabelas as well, lots of great reviews on there.

[smattei14]

They're pretty stable - they have a few strips of felt inside and an insert with retainer screw. They vibrate slightly, but I have added more adhesive felt to mine to protect painted mirrors and make them tighter. Check out Cabelas as well, lots of great reviews on there.

 

 

I use to have them on my 1996 Suburban...they are great for around turns to see behind your trailer. They are a little hard to adj. but overall they are a good deal. They do not provide the same vision as the set for $600 but for $50 they do the job.

 

I never had a problem with them on the highway or anything.

 

if you have any questions...I will be happy to get into more details, just e mail me

 

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[tbonin70503]

They're pretty stable - they have a few strips of felt inside and an insert with retainer screw. They vibrate slightly, but I have added more adhesive felt to mine to protect painted mirrors and make them tighter. Check out Cabelas as well, lots of great reviews on there.

 

 

Thanks again.

[Outbacker]

I used the CIPA mirrors for a couple of years, and they were alright. I found that the passenger mirror always wobbled a bit. When I changed trucks, I paid the money and had towing mirrors installed on the truck, replacing the stock mirrors. I do like them a lot more, but for the price, the CIPA were not bad at all. More then once I would start towing only to realise that the damn tow mirrors were still in the shed as I had forgotten to put them on .

[Ranger]

My truck came with power heated mirrors with no turn signals stock (DL8 option) and the towing mirrors (DPN) bolted up and worked perfect with no reprogramming necessary, even the turn signals work.

[huero626]

If had to have tow mirrors I would go with the stock towing mirrors, but I don't really tow that often so my normal mirrors are good enough for me.

[Pbaker003136]

I use the CIPA mirrors also, for the cost and the look when they are not on, excellent choice!

[frogbiscuit]

You can buy replacement telescoping manual mirrors for as little as $80.

[medic323]

My truck came with power heated mirrors with no turn signals stock (DL8 option) and the towing mirrors (DPN) bolted up and worked perfect with no reprogramming necessary, even the turn signals work.

 

 

Thats exactly what i wanna do with mine!! Were they hard to change out??

[Ranger]

Nope, the only hard parts were trying to do it while it was raining (got impatient) and fishing the harness through the door (probably easier if you take the panel off but I didn't want to go that far). Bolting up was the easy part, 3 bolts off, slide old mirror off, slide new mirror in, 3 bolts on, thread wire through, close up, and you're done. No reprogram needed, and the switch assembly works perfect.