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Nov 4, 2014 | 01:10 PM

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Towing Mirrors?

Okay I have seen swing out style OEM mirrors that have the mirror head on a slide and you can extend it out for towing. Anyone know where I can find those?

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Nov 4, 2014 | 01:16 PM

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Junk yard or maybe lmc truck

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Nov 4, 2014 | 02:41 PM

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I found Extend A Mirror, which was what I was looking for but they are out of stock on select parts. I will have to call and see if they are still available.

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Nov 6, 2014 | 11:08 AM

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I found Extend A Mirror, which was what I was looking for but they are out of stock on select parts. I will have to call and see if they are still available.

Good luck. I tired 25 different places. They all said Obsolete and no stock

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Nov 6, 2014 | 11:31 AM

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This place - 2 Blocks for the Extend-A-Mirror - appears to have the blocks. If I'm not mistaken, the only remaining part is the arm itself, which appears to be just flat stock aluminum that one could probably fabricate.

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Nov 6, 2014 | 11:34 AM

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I think I can make my own, might not be as fancy but would still function the same. Probably just use bolts and have to manually remove bolts and position the mirrors when I know I will be towing. Not a problem for me because I only tow a travel trailer so not an everyday thing.

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Nov 6, 2014 | 11:56 AM

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I think I can make my own, might not be as fancy but would still function the same. Probably just use bolts and have to manually remove bolts and position the mirrors when I know I will be towing. Not a problem for me because I only tow a travel trailer so not an everyday thing.

I did that on my old truck. Worked fine. Just use a piece of flat aluminium

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Nov 6, 2014 | 02:19 PM

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This place - 2 Blocks for the Extend-A-Mirror - appears to have the blocks. If I'm not mistaken, the only remaining part is the arm itself, which appears to be just flat stock aluminum that one could probably fabricate.

Thanks!!> I just ordered 2. Apparently they are the ONLY ones that sells them. They had to go to extend a mirror and have them make 1000 sets

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Nov 6, 2014 | 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pwjackson42

I think I can make my own, might not be as fancy but would still function the same. Probably just use bolts and have to manually remove bolts and position the mirrors when I know I will be towing. Not a problem for me because I only tow a travel trailer so not an everyday thing.

Or you could just fix one big round mirror to each side and see all you want to see. I have the swing away style and drilled a hole on the arm to bolt the 4" mirror to. I pull a 34' travel trailer and a 4 horse on occasion. I can see for miles. It's about $4-7 for each mirror and 10 minutes of install time. Just my .02

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Nov 7, 2014 | 04:26 PM

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The problem is if the trailer is a 102" then the swing aways are not wide enough to see around it

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