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99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« on: July 16, 2015, 01:51:38 PM »
I know this has been covered a multitude of times on other sites, but since we don't have a write up yet I thought I would include some pictures.

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New OE style mirrors were purchased on Amazon for $160, power and heated but no turn signals, came with the right plug already installed!








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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2015, 01:52:47 PM »




With wiring disconnected, old mirror can be removed with 10mm deep socket.


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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2015, 01:54:16 PM »
The new mirror!












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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2015, 01:55:52 PM »
Much better!






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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2015, 01:56:17 PM »
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2015, 02:31:30 PM »
Those look great man! Nice work
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2015, 02:38:34 PM »
Nice job! Pics are all good too.i didn't realize the mirrors could be interchanged like that,but thinking about it now makes perfect sense. I was not a fan of these ones at first but couldn't be without them now.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2015, 06:54:10 PM »
Thanks for the write-up
I think this is going to be useful to lots of people.

Wonder if Bob would like it down in the trailer/towing section??
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2015, 07:49:49 PM »
did those come already leveled or did you use the washer trick to level them?
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2015, 11:51:15 PM »
Good job. They do look pretty level for that style. Like Nate asked, were they made that way?
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2015, 02:23:02 PM »
The pictures make them look fairly level and I will probably just leave them, but in reality they are not perfectly level.  The passenger one is a little worse, but both are tipped up slightly (like they would have been from the factory I assume).

After driving with them for a week or so, I have to say I love the lower convex mirrors.  When set properly you can see everything including your blind spot.  Those are all I really use when driving empty.  I will have to try them with the enclosed trailer, I bet I can actually see around it now.

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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2015, 03:31:26 AM »
Looks like the dog approves of your work.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2015, 10:20:54 AM »
If you do decide you want to level out the mirrors a little bit, I've got a couple tips from when I did it over in my build thread.

Your truck looks great man!
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2015, 10:49:04 AM »
I've seen some around town that weren't even close to level. Must be a bit of difference between models or brands of mirrors.
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2015, 02:01:29 PM »
Looks like the dog approves of your work.

He likes to stand around and block my normal walking path just to make sure I wasn't thinking of leaving without him.  :)

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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2015, 09:42:21 PM »
What ya doing with the take offs

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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2015, 01:24:49 AM »
He likes to stand around and block my normal walking path just to make sure I wasn't thinking of leaving without him.  :)

Bear does that, or he'll stand or lay on my shoes.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
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Re: 99-06 Chevy / GMC truck side mirror replacement
« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2015, 12:43:16 PM »
What ya doing with the take offs

I threw them in a box on my shelf, I guess for when I sell the truck.  The OEM ones were in pretty bad shape, the chrome was peeling off and the passenger one had been sitting in the Arizona / Utah sun for so many years that it had turned the glass mirror white and was very hard to see anything with.

 

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