Yea you're right. I was reading your post wrong. Now I just need to find the power (color) for the parking lights on my light switch. As well as finding a damn hanger bolt to fix the stripped one.

 

You are correct, it was an X thing. The X was treated different than its truck brother as far as accessory releases. The X got things before the truck did. Most of the upgrades/updates seemed to come with the new diesel engine in 2003 instead of the model year release.

 

My Lariat didn't even get power mirrors in 1999, so I guess I would have to figure it all out. Could be a real pain.

 

Y2 posted some good info earlier in the thread. Here is his post, quoted below:

My 2000 Ex has heated mirrors and so does my old 2002 F250 Lariat.

Stewart

 

I tried to be very careful not to include the word "Excursion" in my earlier post regarding heat in mirrors. I said 99-00 Super Duty trucks did not have heat. They also didn't swing both ways.

The Excursion was different. The Excursion was a passenger vehicle, that got upgrades in niceties that very quickly migrated over to the trucks. When you think about it, previous generation trucks didn't even have power adjustment on the mirrors. It was either west coasters or trucker style mirrors for towing. So the twin bar plastic aero towing mirrors Ford introduced in 1998 for the 99 up truck were already mind blowing at the time, without the heat (and despite the fact that the convex glass arrangement and separation bar was poorly configured).

Anyway, beginning in 2001, the Super Duty truck began benefiting from Excursion parts, including more insulation under the hood and in the fenders, and under the floor pan. Passenger side adjustable power seats. Heated seats. Heated mirrors. Power adjustable pedals... these were all Excursion car like comforts that migrated into the Super Duty truck line, but that were not present or available in 99-00 model years, prior to the Excursion.

So yes, it stands to reason that a 2003 Super Duty may have come from the factory with heated mirrors. That doesn't mean that heated mirrors were available in a 1999 or 2000 model year truck. Hope that makes it clearer.

Like I said, the OEM towing mirrors on my 00 Lariat did not have heat. I gave those mirrors away to a friend who needed towing mirrors to tow a trailer one time, and never asked for them back. I now have mirrors from an early build 2002 model year Excursion that was manufactured in 2001. These mirrors have heat. Back in 2003, I bought a brand new set of 2004 model year mirrors with the signals and running lights. I have yet to install them, 14 years later, because I wanted to modify the separation line between the moveable mirror and the convex glass. I never got around to that project, and then the 2008 and up mirrors came out.

But I'm stubborn. I will eventually get around to modifying my 2004 mirrors that are still brand new in the box from Ford (over $600 at the time). While the other old goats are playing cards in the dining room of my rest home, I'll be in my wheel chair sitting in the corner fumbling with a screwdriver and one of those mirrors in my lap, tinkering away.

 

Good to know. My '03 does not have heat. It is amazing the amount of package options Ford offered, especially during this era.

When I was looking for my truck I came across a 2000 Lariat 4x4. Loaded inside but only had an AM/FM/cassette head unit.

 

https://www.boltdepot.com/Hanger_bol...in_finish.aspx
https://www.lowes.com/pl/Hanger-bolt...are/4294710926

 

That right there is just FUNNY! I can see you doing it, too!

Thanks to you and others for clarifying the heated mirror thing. I had not read Y2K's initial post in detail, or I would have just left my post out altogether because Y2K's had already addressed the issue.

To the OP, I'm interested in your "fix" because the set of 2012 takeoff mirrors in my garage have a bent mounting bolt on one of them. I'm thinking that I really don't want to try to bend it back straight for fear of breaking it off. I guess I just need to get them out and mount them up to see if anything is even necessary to compensate for the bent bolt. If I could back it out some way and replace it with a straight bolts, that would be ideal. If they are really riveted in, though, that's just not an option.

 

No worries! You're not alone! My eyes glaze over when I read skim my posts too.

 

Yes, I thought your post was clear (how you are able to refrain from using ambiguous and general terms like "this badboy" I'll never understand... ) and is the very reason why I quoted it, showing the comparison with my 2000 Ex mirrors.

Pete beat me to it, but this tickled me too. My minds eye painted a very funny picture with your words.

Stewart

 

This soon to be old goat bought his heated/power mirrors for my e99 when the pass side mirror fell off while looking at it changing lanes crossing the Tappan Zee bridge some five years ago. I bolted them on, but never ran wiring. I did hook everything up with the wire running across the seats to make sure everything was working right, but then never finalized the install. The way my wife spends on her grandson, the e99 wlil be my rest home...

 

So I was able to find a hanger bolt that was a tad larger than the one they provided. I also grabbed a nut that fit the fine threaded side. Screwed it into the plastic and bolted it all up. Of course I have to sand down some of the bolt posts that weren't allowing the mirror to sit flush. That was pretty easy. It's not 100% flush but you can't tell unless you get up close to it and stare at it. I also added some more foam strip just for extra on both sides. I did route ground and power for the daytime running bulbs, but have yet to wire them into my light switch. Since I don't think I will be hooking up the turn signals I may just join both lights together inside the mirror and run those to both come on for both mirrors.

 

If it's not too late, I'd like to see some pictures of how you repaired your mounting bolt with the hanger bolt. Like I said above, I may have to do the same thing with one of mine.

 

It is already bolted up, but I pretty much did what I mentioned above. Went to Lowes. I brought in the whole side mirror. Went through several hanger bolts till I found one that was very close in length and thread. After that I knew the nuts that came with the mirror would not fit the new hanger bolt thread. So I found a matching nut. IIRC it was a 1/4-20 or 20-1/4 size hanger bolt. When I tried screwing the hanger bolt into the plastic it was a bit tough (by hand), but I knew it would go in and be a snug fit which was good. When I got back home I used the nut to screw the hanger bolt in and then removed the nut. This set the hanger bolt nice and deep into the mirror. I also bought a 1/4" washer to replicate the others.

Actually I did have a picture. In this one I did not put the washer on yet.

 

That picture is helpful. Thanks.