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Jerod, do your tow mirrors "power fold" or are they manual? I use the power fold feature on mine so much (anytime I park the truck outside and especially when I pull it into my garage, since the clearance is tight) that I would really miss that feature.
I have the "slip on" tow mirrors from CIPA that are designed to fit around the Ford mirrors and I've found they work great for me any time I tow our trailer. But still, it would be nice to have "real" tow mirrors! - Jack
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Jack, no they are not power fold or power extend. That option isn't offered for our year model trucks. I'm not even sure they are offering that option on the 09's. My buddy just ordered a new 09 with the tow mirrors and he didn't mention anything about it. Could be wrong about the 09's but I'm positive about the 04s-08s. If you pull into a garage every day then you might not want these. You would DEFINATELY have to get out every day and fold them in. Power fold is a nice option and I think you would miss it dearly. I didn't have the power fold to begin with so the upgrade was easy for me.
Jerod
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04 Screw Lariat--Magnaflow SI/SO-- PHP Gryphon--AS 2"--BFG ATs 285/65/18-- Silverstar Heads and Fogs |
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i thought that only the 250 up series trucks had the option with power folding mirrors. i did the same thing, bought 08 mirror for my 06 truck
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Thanks, Jerod. I suspected as much and, you're right - I use the power fold option so much I don't really see how I'd be able to stand having mirrors without it. The manual extend for tow would not be a problem though.
As I said, the CIPA mirrors are easy enough to install, they're secure, don't cause any damage, and they do a very good job letting me see down the sides of my trailer. I've found I can adjust the regular mirrors way out to the sides so that I see the lanes on either side of me (almost up even with my B-pillar and then I simply have to "lean" a little bit (toward the mirror) to see farther back. One thing I DID do though, was to replace the puddle lamp bulbs with LEDs. You have to cut the bulb housing apart to do it, which is kind of scary, but the results were worth it. There's a thread on this here: http://www.f150online.com/forums/kin...amps-leds.html The guy who got brave enough to be the real pioneer posted some excellent before/after comparisons. - Jack |
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well my mod list is pretty small so far. the Gryphon was super easy to install and rates 5/5. my HID's are great in both the heads and fogs. having some trouble with the drivers head with it not turning on when starting, but will light up if i pull the flash to pass stalk, then start the truck.....gremlin in there somewhere...just started doing it recently when it dropped to -40. Have a leveling kit that i'm too lazy to install yet
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the mirrors sound great I'm going to look into them b/c I pull a boat quite a bit. So far I've done Magnaflow (love the sound
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- Jack In a fit of crazyness, Bill and Corey made me a "moderator". And then, Corey noticed I hijacked this thread and "challenged" me to move my post to a new thread. Well, I cannot resist a challenge, so I moved mine to a new one called "List ALL Your Mods". Then came the fun part. I tried to move johnnyd's response to the same new thread. Well, the first thing that happened was I created a duplicate thread with the same name. Then, I DID manage to move his post to the new thread I started. At this point, I think I'd better quit while I'm ahead (sort of). Probably, Corey, I should have let you "talk me through it"! This is what happens when you know just enough to be dangerous! Fortunately, this forum seems to require NO moderation at all. I'm happy to be part of it! Humbly, - Jack Last edited by Jackpine; Fri, January 2nd, 2009 at 09:33 PM. Reason: Reasons for moving posts |
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