Power mirror control interferes with towing mirror mount

[Chris N5CWM]

I installed my Dodge towing mirrors today, starting with the passenger side. Pretty straightforward, took about 15 minutes.



The drivers side went smooth too but I ran into a snag which will make it difficult to switch to 3rd Gen power mirrors later on.



The new mirror kit comes with a back plate to reinforce the mount and the mirror has longer studs in it. When the mirror is installed, the top stud makes contact with the switch behind the door panel that controls the mirrors. I'm hoping that there is a shorter switch or I will have to make some modifications to get it to clear.



Here are some pictures for details.



I ended up removing the mirror control switch and putting the hole plug in for now but eventually I plan on purchasing a set of 3rd gen towing mirrors to regain the power adjustability and heat.



-Chris

 

[Rob Thomas]

Chris, that link didn't work for me, however I know what your talking about. Mine was close, but I don't remember the stud hitting the switch when I installed it. Maybe a sawsall is in order.



Later, Rob

 

[tgbol]

How about if you cut some off of the stud? You could even use a Jam nut that is about 1/2 the height of a regular nut.

 

[jrobinson2]

The bestop towing mirrors I installed on my '99 used similar plates but had a bolt in that position instead of a stud, maybe you could remove the stud and replace it with a bolt and blue locktite. If the stud is not removable I would grind the stud down and use a standard nut as recommended above. The bolt head on mine also interfered with the switch, looking in the clear sealer on the switch it appeared to me the wire connections were fairly deep so I used a dremel tool to grind a clearance cut on the end of the switch.

Jared