mirrors

[Mike C]

i work with a 82 year old man that just bought his first dodge who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks. he bought a 04 crew cab short box with the mighty cummins. the problem is that he has the flip out tow mirrors and a tight garage to park in and has ahard time getting in there. he wants to know if he can change to a smaller mirror perhaps one off the 1500. he said he only has a couple of inches on each side when pulling in. he is a retired truck driver and has more miles in reverse then most of us total so i know he can drive. does anyone have any ideas what we can do for him i offerd to widen the garage door but he said he would sell truck first. thanks for any info and by the way he wont be doing any towing

 

[bighammer]

The non-towing mirrors are smaller. I'll swap mine with him and pay the postage each way.

 

[Mike C]

i will check with himon the swap tomorrow at work. are they also electric and heated,and could you give me a measurment from the door to outside edge of mirror thanks

 

[bighammer]

They are about 3" narrower in width than the tow mirrors so the truck would be about 6" narrower. They are also heated power mirrors

 

[MDietrich]

This might be a silly question to ask, is he folding the drivers side mirror flat against the truck when he pulls in the garage? That's how I do it with mine and just crowd the drivers side of the door. Leave the passenger side out.



MD

 

[opjohnny]

I have to fold in both mirrors. I need a new garage.

 

[GCrowell]

What's a garage

 

[Racechaser]

There is a set of non-tow pwr htd mirrors in the TDR classifieds for less than $200.

 

[Dean Upson]

Not sure, but I doubt that there is much difference between the non-towing and the towing mirrors folded in. Of course an inch can make a big difference.



Dean

 

[Mike C]

thanks guys for the info and bighammer thanks for the offer but he is going to keep the old ones and already order the new ones