Mirror Upgrade

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Stock mirrors on my lifted van give way too big of a blind spot on tHe freeway and too little field of view when reversing on mountain trails. Been bumming me out for years.

Then I noticed 97Cargocrawlers van with dual arm Chevy truck mirrors: Of courrrrrrrrrrse... #-o


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Awesome, Tom. :supz: Brand name? Part number? I may have to look into those.
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Power mirrors? (Compatible with out plugs?)

I'm running a junkyard manual mirror on one side right now after my original just decided to drop the glass portion going down the road. This'd be a good "fix". ;-)
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Herbie, the same thing happened to me with my 92 Safari. I got a replacement glass at Manny, Moe, & Jack's for just $11.00 (of course, that was a century ago). Much cheaper than the stealership's $54 price tag.

But what really helped (and continues to help) is the LaneChanger II mirror for the inside. Sorry, but I can't seem to find a link for it.
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The mirrors are huge. I like them, my buddy thinks they look way to big.

You could go with the largest chevy non dual arm mirror and it may work nicely, too, but I really wanted the two piece glass system. Either way, none of them seem to fit.

Skip, it appears none of the chevy dual arm truck mirrors fit, so I found the best deal I could on ebay and went for it. Made them fit.

Mike, the side to side glass adjustment power is easy enough to wire up. The heat, I didn't bother with, but may end up wiring to my defroster.

I did the reindexed torsion keys and ball joint relocation too. :D After 6 years, it feels like a new van again. (My hands aren't working very well any more-I can hardly drink a cup of coffee- so my awesome brother in law did the vast majority of the work.)

Leaving for Owyhee again tomorrow, pics to follow.
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Thanks, Tom. I think they look great.
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Awesome!

I don't think you can have 'too big' of a mirror. After buying my F-250 Super Duty, which at the time was the first pickup to offer REAL mirrors, I fell in love with them. It takes a little time to get used to the dual glass, but once you do, it inspires confidence because there is no place for anyone to hide.
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Looks great! I love the towing mirrors on my Tundra! Can you take a pic from a distance back looking straight on?
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Nice work T.Low, great for towing duty too. Good idea about wiring heater to defrost as well.

Keep on truckin' man! :cheers:
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How about Sprinter or Freightshaker mirrors?
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Hi Everyone,

The electric remote mirrors for 98 to 2005 Astro are now available from the TYC brand that also makes composite headlamp module replacements.
Just put a new passenger side mirror on my 2003 AWD. The complete unit with glass and motors and gasket and nuts was $45. I used to get mirrors at Pic your part but wow the entire thing for $45.

The Astro mirrors are great since then do fold in for tight clearance situations.

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