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Custom, manual towing mirror replaces the passenger's-side mirror on your vehicle. The mirror telescopes out to extend your line of sight. And the built-in spotter mirror reduces blind spots. No-drill installation.
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This telescoping towing mirror replaces your OEM side-view mirror and provides the extended view needed for safe towing. Now you can change lanes, merge, and pass other cars with confidence, even with a trailer in tow.
The mirror face on the custom mirror can be pulled out to give you an extended field of vision for towing. Simply push the mirror back for regular use.
The entire mirror housing conveniently folds toward your vehicle for easy parking or maneuvering in tight spaces.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Michael: Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're taking a look at the K-Source custom extendable towing mirror. This is going to be a great addition if you frequently tow, or if you only tell every once in a while, and you would still like the benefit of having a mirror that is going to extend your line of sight so you can more easily and safely pass other vehicles, change lanes, park, really anything that you're going to need to do when you're towing. This mirror is going to make it safer and easier because you're going to be able to see your trailer. So you know how much room you have to work with.This is going to be a custom fit for your 2004 through 2014 Ford F150 as well as your 2010 through 2014 Ford F150 Raptor.
It is going to replace your factory passenger side, side view mirror on your vehicle. One of the benefits of a mirror like this over some of your other towing mirror options that may snap on or strap onto your factory mirror. So this is going to be a permanent option. Those other mirrors you have to put them on when you're towing and then take them off when you're not towing. This being mounted onto your truck at all times is going to be one less thing that you have to worry about when you go to tow, hooking, everything up, you won't have to worry about fitting your mirror set.This mirror does have the telescoping feature so we can extend it out, up to three and a half inches farther away from our vehicle, which is going to give us an even better angle to see our trailer.
You can see on the bottom here, we also have that built-in spotter mirror, which is a convex lens. So it's going to help even further reduce risk of blind spots, not seeing other vehicles as they're approaching us, anything like that. So we're even safer, more confident while we're driving. When we're done towing, we can simply slide it back together like that. And it resumed its normal function.This mirror does have the hinge feature.
So if we're going into a parking garage or another small parking space like that, and we need to, we can easily fold the mirrors up against our F150 so that we are able to fit into that tighter space. The mirrors are manual adjustment, so you can simply push on the corners to get them to view whatever you're needing. It's going to make it very easy when you're towing, simply adjust your mirror so that you can see what you need to see. We've got a durable black plastic textured housing here. It's going to look really nice on our vehicle and it's going to hold up really well.And as far as the installation, it's going to be very simple, we've got the same footprint as the original factory mirror.
So once we have our old mirror removed, we can simply put this in its place. All the hardware is included. The hardest part of getting this installed is probably going to be, gaining access to your original factory mirrors hardware. You are going to have to remove some of your trim panels to get back to that. But once you have access, it's going to be very easy to get this one put on in its place. This is just the passenger side mirror. If you like, we also have the driver's side available here at etrailer.com or we also have a kit that includes both the driver and the passenger side if you need both.To give you a few dimensions here, this top mirror, it's going to be six and one quarter of an inch tall and eight inches wide. Our spotter mirror is also eight inches wide and it is three and one eighth of an inch tall. When we have our mirror extended out, it's going to be 22 and a half inches away from our vehicle when we have it retracted like it is now, our outside edge here is going to be 19 inches away from our vehicle. This mirror is FMVSS approved and it does come with the 90 day warranty from K-Source. That's going to complete our look at the K-Source custom extendable towing mirror..
Ratings & Reviews
I ordered towing mirrors separately but was contacted by Kathy at etrailer who said they didn't have the driver side in stock but they had a kit with both mirrors and could send me that instead. I agreed and they arrived in just 3 days. The driver mirror wasn't useable and I contacted etrailer about this. They had me send pictures and then sent a label for return shipping. They stayed in contact with me and let me know when the new mirror was shipped and it arrived in a timely manner. Great to work with and attentive!
Very good product! Customer service second to none. I wholeheartedly recomend to anyone to do all their shopping with etrailer.com
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They look great and make a huge difference by resolving the blind spots I had with the original mirrors
They look great and make a huge difference by resolving the blind spots I had with the original mirrors.
LOVE-UM. Great, Wonderful, these are by far a great value. I LOVE-UM
As advertised, these mirrors were an exact replacement for the Ford Econoline van mirrors. The hardest part of the whole replacement was the removal and reinstallation of the inner door panels. Fortunately, I had had the doors open once before to replace the speakers so it wasn't quite as painful as it could have been. The Ford door panels are held on with screws and hooks rather than the snap-in fasteners common to most vehicles. Only the small triangular cover at the top immediately inside the mirror mount is held on by a snap-in fastener. The lowest of the mirror mount bolts is behind the main door trim panel and thus the panel needs to be removed...
I'm looking forward to less hassle when towing my camper as far as the mirrors are concerned. Simply pull them out away from the door and I am legal again and can see better what traffic is behind and beside the trailer. Much better than the strap-on contraptions that are easy to break and lose straps from.
Heartily recommended!
I bought these mirrors for my 99 GMC 3500.
They did not fit the hole pattern in the 99 3500 as my truck is a classic style.
That means it is a left over 98.
I put these mirrors on my 02 Chevy 3500 and they fit fine.
Very easy to install on the 02.
The mirrors on the 99 are very hard to get off, as the bolts are in recessed areas.
Love these mirrors! Have had them on the truck now for a year and they work perfect and give you a lot more visibility than the standard short factory mirrors.
No need for aftermarket extensions with these. Plus they slide out if you need even more visibility but we never had to use that alternative yet cause they work great just the way they are.
We tow a tandem axel 7x14 cargo trailer and have plenty of visibility to see backing up and nicely down each side while driving. Much safer in heavy traffic.
Installation was very simple and the mirrors bolted right on with exacting fit.
I would totally recommend these if your needing better visibility over the small OEM mirrors for towing or just daily driving.
I got these mirrors to replace tripod mirrors damaged at a work site. They went on an '05 GMC Sierra 3500 HD with a reading wide truck box. They are plenty wide enough when extended for good visibility around the tool box. Quality seems good, mirrors hold their adjustment well when doors are opened and closed and the mounts are a perfect fit for the factory door mount locations. Two reasons for the four rating instead of five. First, the plastic trim over the mounts does not fit very tightly to the door, especially at the top... making them look like aftermarket mirrors. Second, the angle of the mirrors isn't quite right. Factory mirrors are straight up and down, while these angle in slightly at the top. Big, square mirrors like these should be perfectly vertical in my opinion... but they aren't angled enough to adversely affect their performance.
I would buy these again if they were damaged.
Etrailer's customer service on the other hand... was EXCELLENT. This is the second set of mirrors I purchased from them. These were out of stock, so I bought another slightly smaller pair that I didn't like at all. Etrailer took them back with no problems at all. I ordered these and etrailer kept me informed about the status of my order while I waited for the mirrors to be shipped from the manufacturer, and did not charge my card until they had shipped me my new mirrors. They will get my business in the future.
K source extendable towing mirrors were of quality equal to oem and installation was very simple.
I wish I put them on years ago great vision around my side tool boxes no more blind spots
great mirrors i can see much better now. they bolt right in to factory holes took me mabye ten min to put on. the only down side is the mirror comes out at a upward angle instead of being level which i think is because of the year of the truck not the product mabye make a line of mirrors special to that year but other then that great mirror
Excellent product!
From purchase to product installation And fit, this product and company is top notch. Great communication throughout and Customer Service is amazing as well.
Please note: you DO NOT have to remove door panels to install the manual mirror on the 2500 HD. Pull the top corners of the door panel and remove the small push screw in the upper trim cover on both sides. Pull the upper trim piece off and install the new mirror. Be sure to lip the trim as you go during reinstallation of the trim...then press into place and snap the top corners of the door panel in. This procedure will take about 15 minutes.
Thanks Etrailer!
I love my mirrors thanks etrailer they was simple to put in no hassle at all
The delivery was fast, the quality of these mirrors are great, and the installation was easy. Visibility is MUCH better when using our camper! This product is a no-brainer.
Parts came in one day early. Prefect match for my 2015 3500 HD Chevy.. I called my order in and the lady that placed my order was outstanding.. She was very customer friendly.
Thanks and I will be using etrailer again.
mirrors seem to be well made, easy installation,good price, fast shipping.
Very easy to install and they are larger than the original mirrors which provides better visibility.
I bought tow mirrors a year ago from etrailer.com and I couldn't ask for more they have held up very well and am pleased to recommend them.
These mirrors are great quality very close to OEM . The installation went very well. I did take the door panel off to make it easier to get to the two lower fasteners, just to make sure I didn't loose the nuts inside door. There was very little vibration in the mirrors, I was a little worried about that by reading previous reviews. The mirrors held their positions, folded nicely when parked in tight spots. Everything said this is a great quality product
Great customer service! Free and fast shipping. The glass on the mirrors shake when your on the highway. I don't know of it's all towing mirrors or just these. Easy to install an fit perfect. Overall I'm happy with the product. Thanks e trailer for the great customer service.
I ordered K-Source towing mirrors.. back ordered but eTrailer worked magic..
I did read one line in the instructions, (DON"T DROP A BOLT INSIDE THE DOOR PANEL)
Installation was 20 minutes start to finish with a 10mm deep socket/ratchet and screwdriver.
I did NOT remove door panels, you can bend them back far enough to reach all three bolts. Remove the triangle plug on top of the door that's behind the mounting bolts for the mirrors. Remove three 10mm nuts and swapped mirrors. It could go faster with another set of hands to hold the mirror as you install the bolts.
Note1. Be sure to use the foam piece that comes with the new mirrors, it's a gasket to help make the whole thing fit. I think that's photo number three.
End result, these mirrors do yield to pressure to make them swing back if you're in a tight spot. Road trip is next to see how much they may move.
I'm very impressed with the quality construction, they feel/look top notch. These are OEM factory quality indeed.
Thanks again Samantha G..
Good job
Great replacement, great fit easy insta llation
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