The only time I ever tuck my mirrors away is in the car wash, other than that I don't mess with them for the simple fact of not wanting to spend the money for replacements one day.
I took them apart to clean up the rust and crud after reading the thread on here about it but unfortunately the previous owner had moved them by hand too many times and the gears were toast.
The pass side mirror gave out about 6 months ago and wouldnt move at all up/down left/right.
Now the drivers side is acting up and I decided to start looking for replacements.
I like the idea of getting the power fold option for when parking in tight parking lots but i havent been able to find any aftermarket ones that have the P/F option. I just wanted to ask here if anyone had found any before I give GM $1300 for theirs.
It's annoying that they don't do what their trained to do, but thank goodness I don''t really need the fold option, and the up/down is out on the drivers side so I can manually adjust.
Right now it's just an annoyance, but I am curious if the only option is to replace with costly factory stuff.
The local gm parts gave me a deal on a pair of oem mirrors for $835
they may have to have the wiring spliced to work properly, but do not accept the old ones at all.
also, you can find new-ish mirrors on ebay for $300 ish.
i am having issues with my mirrors, and have been wondering if mirrors from a tahoe/escalade would work? or maybe gutting the motors and rebuilding my old mirrors with them.
i havent taken the morror to inspect the gear motors, but i have also wondered if the parts that are worn down can be fabbed up with more durable parts...
Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Display Modes
Posting Rules