Something I just noticed about GMs new truck mirrors.

[MARK_VANDERBENT]

Those new mirrors are mounted in a way that creates more visibility next to the pillar. If you compare with other trucks you will see how open it is for the driver to see through. I think the New heavy dutys will really have even m ore visibility. No big shroud in the way where you could loose a small car in on a left . This is just my opinion, but would love hear if anyone agrees??

[gmcsmoke]

proxim2020 wrote:



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you mean to tell me the rear quarter fenders are not aluminum? WTF GM? the rear quarters are the first thing to rot out. Ford makes nearly the whole body out of aluminum
https://www.toolsofthetrade.net/trucks-equipment/is-the-aluminum-body-pickup-really-new-or-unique_o

yet GM does next to nothing. this company is a joke

[Community Alumni]

mooky stinks wrote:


Could be because they might still have the optional camper mirrors that would still mount there?

Looks like the mounting holes are missing in the new body. Looks like there's only slots for the blanking panel. There's no towing mirror for the 1500s. Only a trailer camera system that gives you a towing mirror view. The mirror on the 2500 in the previously posted picture is a towing mirror. If you wanted to switch to the old style, you'd have a pretty big hole to fill in the door.


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[trail-explorer]

Iraqvet05 wrote:
... And those Ram trucks with the dumbo ear mirrors can be seen regularly too. ..

Actually those mirrors are "moose antlers"

[mooky_stinks]

proxim2020 wrote:
It's weird that they didn't do something with the old mounting location beyond sticking a black blanking panel there. Seems like it would've been easy enough just to extend the glass into that area and give you a little more visibility out of the window. They would probably have to rework the top corners of the dash in order to make it useable.

Could be because they might still have the optional camper mirrors that would still mount there?

[Community Alumni]

It's weird that they didn't do something with the old mounting location beyond sticking a black blanking panel there. Seems like it would've been easy enough just to extend the glass into that area and give you a little more visibility out of the window. They would probably have to rework the top corners of the dash in order to make it useable.

[ACZL]

FWIW, I drive a semi and I drove one of our newest Freightliner's and the pass mirror placement DOES create a HUGE blindspot right next to the door and A pillar. My '15 Freightliner doesn't have it. Only real diff between the 2 is the '15 has non opening "vent" window and the new one doesn't. So perhaps GM did do the same.

[gmcsmoke]

N-Trouble wrote:
There is a Youtube video with a GM guy explaining why they moved the mirrors on the new trucks down to the side of the door. It was to improve aerodynamics and reduce cab wind noise. As air passes around the truck it accelerates around the old pilar location point. You have a high concentration of air moving at a very fast rate in that old mount location.

wow someone at the truck dept should have just talked to people at the SUV dept. they've had a quiet cabin for near 2 years.

did you happen to notice the push button start wonder if the 2025 redesign trucks will have they feature??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7sMzugMIFQ

[FishOnOne]

The video I saw from the .5 ton chief engineer claimed the new mirror design was to improve visibility.

Bottom line for me is after seeing the new .5 ton Chevy trucks in the wild I don't care for the looks both the exterior and interior. As for the new Chevy HD truck I don't like what I see in the pictures, but will reserve final judgment until I can see one.

[mich800]

MARK VANDERBENT wrote:
Never thought about the new placement for aerodynamics. That does make sense. Will have to see how mpg are compared to the others.

You would be hard pressed to attribute any mpg differences between the various trucks based on the mirror profile.

[SidecarFlip]

I find all the new 4 door short bed pickup trucks to look strange. Long body, no cargo box.

[MARK_VANDERBENT]

Never thought about the new placement for aerodynamics. That does make sense. Will have to see how mpg are compared to the others.

[Grit_dog]

That's a good reason for sure.....but let's just keep with the rvnet bickering that they forgot mirrors and had to add them later!
No one on here wants to hear about common sense and engineering, it's not controversial enough to make for good old man bitsching!

[N-Trouble]

There is a Youtube video with a GM guy explaining why they moved the mirrors on the new trucks down to the side of the door. It was to improve aerodynamics and reduce cab wind noise. As air passes around the truck it accelerates around the old pilar location point. You have a high concentration of air moving at a very fast rate in that old mount location.

[N-Trouble]

Iraqvet05 wrote:
Do people really pass over a truck based on how the fender wells are shaped? From 83 to 93 the Ford Ranger had the same wheel well design and they sold large numbers of those trucks. And those Ram trucks with the dumbo ear mirrors can be seen regularly too. Most consumers overlook those controversial design decisions.

Its not just the looks. Squared off GM fenders have always been the hardest of the big 3 to get a larger tire underneath the truck without rubbing.