Good to know, I'd like the puddles to work and was worried I'd have to wire something up. Still not sure if I can live without the auto dim though.

 

Good Deal BrassMonkey

Thanks for the help.. I will be getn a set in a week or so might just goto Junk yard lol probably cheaper too but Its all about looking around.

 

Yeah I really miss auto dim. But everything else about the tow mirrors makes up for it.

 

With window tinting you really don't need auto dim...otherwise it can get too dark at night.

BTW you must be a Beasty Boys fan

 

Yeah, tint might help. I don't have tinted front windows though, maybe one day. As for the beastie boys, I don't mind them, but that's not where my user name came from, it's honestly just something I've used for the past 10ish years on different forums etc... Not sure of the origin, probably something I thought was cool in high school.

 

Well I bit the bullet and bought the mirrors in the first post, they were shipped fast and packaged well. Watched a few youtubes on how to remove the stupid door panel. Dumbest thing is Ford made 3 of the 4 screws different sizes in the door panel. The two access panels are easiest removed with a curved or L shaped pick and the mirror plug can be a bit of a PITA because there isn't much cord to work with.

All in all what I thought would be a few hours before I watched or read anything turned into just over half an hour for both of them. Real easy if you have the aforementioned picks an you'll need 6,7,8 and 11mm sockets I used a cordless impact to R&R. Bottom two screws are 6mm, door cup is 7mm and door handle is 8mm, mirrors are 11mm IIRC.

I think the puddle lamps are maybe the best thing about them, nice to see where you are stepping in the dark. I'll miss the auto dim but for just over $250 it was a good upgrade. The PO of my truck must have smacked the D. side mirror because it was always a bit loose and I had to put some velcro in the swing part to try and keep it still so that alone is nice to have fixed. My CVPI spit a spark plug last week so I'll probably haul it in with the F150 and see how I like the mirrors in a towing situation.

And yes the plug must be wired for everything as I didn't have puddles before and they work like a charm with the new ones. Would make sense it would be easier and cheaper to just run the same loom and plug to every mirror and have them work according to their own options.

 

I looked into these mirrors for my '13 FX4. I was told I would not have the power fold feature on the Tow mirrors, unless I ran wiring to it. My FX4 does indeed have the power fold feature though for my regular mirrors. Is this true?


I don't need the switched telescoping feature, but folding is a must for me.

 

This is true.

you might look at http://www.1aauto.com/2007-13-ford-f...=869960&y=2013

 

Ordered them as an anniversary present. The little lady drove my F-150 this week because I working on the Excursion and was all for it. I quote, "Yes... I hate those mirrors. I like the ones on my truck [the Excursion] much better."

 

Just wanted to give props for 1AAuto.com also- I have gotten some hard to find stuff from them like a filler tube for my 2000 Explorer- much less expensive than through Ford or even Rock Auto. Great stuff, great staff.

I usually dealt with Tony, but it's been a while, not sure if he is still there or not. I did notice that they are still adding to their How-To videos. Very cool.

I'm looking to go backward on mirrors, have towing now on our 2010, want to go back to stock smallies. Will have to see if they have them at A1.

 

Thank you.

 

Hopefully we can get a long term test report on the Rock Auto Towing mirrors. The pictures look nice.

 

Mirrors are in and installed. I can not believe I waited this long.





Old Lariat mirrors





New towing mirrors.

 

They look nice. Be careful in the drive troughs.

 

Nice work.