I just bought a 2003 CTD. It has the regular mirrors, how hard is it to change to the towing mirrors?

 

Remove door panel,a couple of screws and lift up on it.Behind the panel are two nuts that hold on mirror(wiring if you have power).The door panels are much easier to mess with than the old style with the push in clips . You have to negotiate the door handle through the panel with a little twisting. All and all is isn't bad.

 

Any ideas on where to get them?

 

I got mine from the dealer, but you can find them on ebay and such.

 

ok thanks... Does that also mean the truck is not an HO?

 

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Nope. My truck was a 3500 with a towing package, and they came with the little mirrors too.

I ordered them from a friend of mine that worked for a dealer a few years ago...

 

its cake like they said, i've done this many times actaully. you'll need a 10mm socket, 3" extension, 3/8" ratchet and a phillips screw driver. just use the screw driver to remove the screws at the bottom of the door panel. then the socket to remove the door handle. then its just a matter of popping up the door panel to get access to disconnect the wiring for the switches. then you'll just disconnect the wiring going to the mirror (if its power) then unbolt the 3 bolts holding the mirror on and it should come off. it make take a little messing w/ the plug on the mirror side to slide back out of the door to get it off but its simple.

 

The hardest part will be paying the cash... These bad boys are expensive!!

The old towing mirrors (I have one old and one new on mine) had a plastic base and I had one start to shiver at idle. The dealer replaced it with a mirror with an aluminum base where it pivots.

You could get the older ones cheaper maybe.

 

I had to replace the left mirror a week ago. It was cheaper to buy the kit with both power/heated towing mirrors than to buy 1 mirror. The kit PN is 82207298

 

Very easy indeed... I'd +2 the ebay search! I wasn't aware at the time and bought mine from a dealer for nearly $500... Later I ran across them on ebay for half that.

Good Luck!

 

My '03 also has the regular mirrors with the heat/power option. How does the 'tow' feature work with towing mirrors? Are the flipped up manually or electrically?

 

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You have to manually flip the mirrors up, but that would be a cool option.