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Old 03-30-2015, 12:37 PM
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For people with OEM dodge towing mirrors, do you get a little vibration in the mirrors when driving with the mirrors in the towing position (flipped up)? Just when hit pot holes and bumps? or are they solid and don't shake at all?


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The passenger side on mine vibrates driving down the road. The mirror glass base seems to be a little loose allowing vibration
 
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My 04 and 12 both. Agree mounts
 
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thanks for the info. I bought some aftermarket
road towing mirrors. They seems like pretty good quality, when they are down the are fine. But flipped up, I get some shaking going on, but not bad. Trying to weight if the OEM mirrors that are $150 more will give me less vibrations.
 
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Mine have almost no noticeable shake, up or down.
 
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My son wanted some tow mirrors, for looks mostly, and I read here about people buying the "knock-offs" and having issues with vibrating so bad they couldn't see out of them. So, I spent the extra money to get the OEM ones. After they were installed a few weeks, he was complaining that the passenger side one was vibrating so bad he couldn't see and it was making a noise when driving down the highway. When I took a closer look, I found that one of the mounting studs had broken off so it was only being held on by two. Took one of the studs off the old mirrors and fixed it and now both seem fine, flipped up or down.
 



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