I have a 98 1500 and want to put the new style mirrors, the ones that flip out, on my truck. I was wondering if anyone on here has either done this or thought about doing it. I think I should be able to find a set of decent mirrors at a junkyard or something. I hope to get some good info.

 

good luck, i have been looking (not very hard) for a few years now. i can't find a used set for a 2nd gen anywhere, and the new ones are like $300 a peice.

 

Do the ones that are for the 03-up trucks fit our second gens.?

 

i dont think so, the only reason i say that is if you go to LMCtruck, they sell those mirrors for the 03 and up but dont list anything for the 2nd gen, i used to think they were the same, but now i think the angles are different.

 

That's exactly what I saw when comparing the two. I saw a gas company truck yesterday that was a second gen with the flip out towing mirrors on it. Can you get them for a second gen?

 

some 2nd gens came from the factory with them, im not sure which ones. my truck is the last year for this body style and it is an HD with the towing package and i still didnt get the mirrors, maybe only diesels..

 

I had them. I think they will fit. Did they change the body style a lot in the 3rd gen?

 

I believe the only change between the 2nd and 3rd Gen towing mirrors are the mounting stud locations. If you can get around that, the mirrors are otherwise identical. There is a 2001 1500 Ram I always see near my work that has them, and I see a red Chevy 2500 ('03-'07 body style) that has them always going past my house in the morning, so if you can fab up a way to mount them, you're good to go. Also, they were a stand-alone option (they didn't come with any package or anything), just a $100 option on their own. You could get them on a V6 Ram, and you could get a diesel 3500 with standard mirrors.

 

Where u work at?

 

All you guys are wrong....03-up mirrors will not fit. If you saw them side by side, you would immediatly tell they are way different.

Now, they do make the flip-up mirrors for our 2nd gens, in both manual and power+heat. They are about $330 a SET, not piece.
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