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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 10:42 AM
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Tow Mirror Cap Replacement

I'm replacing the standard rough black caps on my tow mirrors with chrome caps. Looks like I will need to pop off the mirror glass from behind, remove about 6 screws from inside, and pop some tabs and the mirror will fall apart. Anybody done this and have pointers?
 
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 11:25 AM
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Good discussion here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rror-caps.html
 
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 01:01 PM
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THANK YOU!
 
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Old Jun 8, 2018 | 03:52 PM
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Well, the chrome caps came in. Rushed home to put them on. Pulled the passenger cap off in 5 minutes. Broke bottom tab because I couldn't find a way in to release it. Went to put the chrome cap on.... nope. The cap is 1/2" longer than the black cap. I'm betting they don't make chrome caps for the basic tow mirrors. The only thing I can figure otherwise is they ordered non-tow mirror caps? Can't figure the tow mirrors would have different bodies. Ugh.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2018 | 09:39 AM
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Check Putco for the caps, and give them a call.
 
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