ken, hope you don't mind me stealing your idea and tech!!

 

Looks good - did you cover the gap with metal, bondo or something else?

 

I used some thin steel I had laying around the garage. I did cut the plastic on the mirrors down and cut into the door to sink it in as far as possible.

 

any more pics of the build/install. really want to pop some of these on my truck before she get some paint.

 

not at all..

here are pics of the mirrors mounted on my new 1st gen

 

So, I am curious, why not mount the mirrors to the door in the factory mounting location rather than over the vent window? I am have looked at all the pictures and sat in my truck trying to visualize it. I think that the passenger side mirror would be high enough to be visible still. You'd still need to box in the mounting to cover the gap, but I think it could be made to look a little more factory that way. Thoughts?

 

when i held mine up it did not look like i would get the visibility I wanted.

 

I mounted mine up in/near the vent window also. If mounted in the stock location you'd probably only see 1/2 of the mirror

 

Ya know i really like the look of those. I've been thinkin about doin this for a while now. Maybe i'll do it before i get new paint. I hate lookin at mine and having everything blurry behind me cuz they move and vibrate so much.

any pictures of them from the front with them both flipped out?

 

I figured it had to do with the visibility, thanks for the replies.

 

looks awesome

 

Has anyone thought about doing this with the Ford Super Duty mirrors?

 

Why put Ford stuff on your truck?

 

because superduty mirrors are amazing to tow/drive with lol

 

As much as I like the 5.9, I liked my 05 f250 mirrors much more than the flip ups that were on my 2500. Is there room in the door for a full window that goes out to the mirror? As I remember, vent windows(and AC) were options 20 years ago on my 89 isuzu. I think a 1 piece window would look good.