Need some F150 tow mirrors

Terryallan wrote:

DSteiner51 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Start calling wrecking yards for 250 or 350 towing mirrors.

I am pretty sure that you will not be able to retrofit F250/350 mirrors onto a F150 door WITHOUT MAJOR MODIFICATIONS and even then look pretty darn rednecky.

The doors between F150 and F250/350 ARE different so it isn't going to be a simple swap and done project..

I would suggest perhaps looking around for some aftermarket F150 towing mirrors which would be a direct fit.

Like THIS



Found HERE at $250 for the pair.

Yeah, I get it, $250 IS a lot, but I can tell you this, I HAD a pair of CIPA slide on mirrors and they ARE JUNK.

Pretty much any slide on mirror WILL vibrate, quite a bit.

They ARE a pain in the behind to put on and take off

They ARE a pain in the rear for folding in as in you CAN'T FOLD THE MIRROR IN WITH THE CIPAS ON.

Because the prevent your mirror from folding in you are risking breaking off the mirror if you hit an object or an object hits your mirror.

You can also get the mirrors I linked above with turn signal, puddle light and heated if you want an upgrade for $440 HERE

Why waste your time and money with trying to find used F250/350 mirrors then have to butcher up your door and mirrors to force something that was never designed for into working when there are already after market mirrors available that should be a direct fit?

Every con listed is false on my ‘12 F150. I wanted factory towing mirrors until I found Cipa mirrors. No way I’d go factory tow now.

No vibration, takes seconds to install/remove. Mirrors fold just like without.

Me as well. Just seconds to attach, and take off. no vibration. And you then have 2 mirrors on each side. Which is GREAT. You can aim the inside one down more toward the road, and know exactly where the TT is riding on the pavement. Aim the outside one down the side of the TT, and easily see when a vehicle pulls out or is close beside you. They are a win win.

Maybe he didn't tighten the set screw.

Nope.

Tightened the screw properly, but maybe you are immune to the vibration.

The CIPA I had was for a 97 Light Duty F250 which was based on the F150 chassis that year.

The standard factory mirror on the truck never twitched but the view from the CIPA mirrors was constantly shaking..

The CIPA design in order to slide over the factory mirror required a two piece clamp which was a royal pain to take off and put back on.. Basically had to slide the mirror on, then slide in the plastic clamping bar, then thread the big nut into the bar..

I think the shaking came from the fact that the entire add on mirror was held in place by on single plastic bar that wedged it on.. Not a good design and took 10-15 minutes per side screwing around with it to take on or put on..

Maybe they have "improved" the design IDK, but after dealing with a clamp on piece of junk, and then comparing to my 2003, 2006 and 2013 F250s which all had factory tow mirrors I would hands down vote for the real deal towing mirrors.. There simply is no comparison to the super sized view I get plus absolutely no vibration what so ever..

I never got all that good of view out of the CIPA add ons, compared to the real deal towing mirrors. My factory towing mirrors pull out nearly 8" on each side and that allows the full sized part of the mirror to get much more view than the small add on CIPA..

Tow once with REAL towing mirrors and you will say that there is no way you would ever want to go back to those slide on mirrors.

I have been there and done that.

OP HAS options, there ARE GOOD aftermarket towing mirrors which you simply pull off the original mirrors and put the aftermarket ones on.. Expensive, yes, but the view IS worth it.

By the way, could not even give away those CIPAs, no one wanted them, they ended up the trash after I traded that truck in..