Installed Towing Mirrors On 08 Sierra

700 sportsman · February 2, 2011

Hey guys, so I've been on the hunt for a set of power/heated/signal mirrors for my dad's 08 Sierra. I was watching ebay and the cheapest I saw was about $390 shipped for OEM mirrors. So I called Brent from Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet down in Texas. I got a GMPP intake and exhaust from him for a great price, so I figured I might as well give him a call. I'm glad I did it just so happened he had a set that he had taken off his personal truck that he said were just sittin in storage, so he said $225 shipped, and I about crapped.

I didn't take any pictures during the process, but to remove the door panel you'll need to pop the little plastic piece off of the door lock rod, remove the 5 10mm screws from the door panel and pop it off along with the triangle plate by the mirror. Then unplug the connection which is plugged into the door switches which can be a bit of a pita to get plugged in and unplugged because you can't see. Then remove the 3 10 mm nuts holding the mirror on. Note: it does have a a retaining pin that requires quite a bit of force to pull out.

Then install the new mirror and reconnect/install everything

Now for some pics, sorry their not that great, and the truck is filthy:

Mirrors:

Inside view:

Inside view signal on:

Done:

and a pic of the new Centerline Grizzlies and Cooper zeon ltz's (275/70/18) before we mounted them up:

O and just and FYI the signals worked fine, and with no programming coming from just power heated mirrors, I believe the programming only comes into play with the power folding mirrors.

MS3DALE · February 2, 2011

Tyler,I just sold a set of new take-off camper mirrors for $200 shipped! I wish I knew you still needed a set.

Those were the same wheels I was going to go with if ARE didn't take care of me on my warranty issue with my Cannon's,I still can't believe your running them in the snow/salt though There going to get ruined!

temmert1 · February 2, 2011

Tyler,I just sold a set of new take-off camper mirrors for $200 shipped! I wish I knew you still needed a set.
Those were the same wheels I was going to go with if ARE didn't take care of me on my warranty issue with my Cannon's,I still can't believe your running them in the snow/salt though There going to get ruined!

Hey Im looking for a set of towing mirrors for my 2010 sierra, My current mirrors do not have the signals in them. If I bought a set with signals would they plug right in for are they different?

snarkee · February 2, 2011

Tyler,I just sold a set of new take-off camper mirrors for $200 shipped! I wish I knew you still needed a set.
Those were the same wheels I was going to go with if ARE didn't take care of me on my warranty issue with my Cannon's,I still can't believe your running them in the snow/salt though There going to get ruined!

who bought them?

csester · February 3, 2011

Tyler,

Those look great & SWEET DEAL!!!! I ordered mine & will be installing this wknd. Thanks to all who have posted the good info that I have been searching on here. The "how to's" saved me alot of money from having the stealership do it for me. I wish I could say that I got a sweet price on my OEM's, but NO . Still I wanted them & with the how to's on here can do my own install & save money for gas, so I can show them off!!

Chuck

blackout07 · February 3, 2011

The mirrors look great, although they take some getting used to.

Hey Im looking for a set of towing mirrors for my 2010 sierra, My current mirrors do not have the signals in them. If I bought a set with signals would they plug right in for are they different?

Plug-n-play brother.

700 sportsman · February 3, 2011

As I mentioned at the bottom of my original post, they will work just fine. Thanks for asking Rich

We took the wheels, and waxed them up real good, then sprayed them up with Pam. Thats what a guy we talked to at the local truck store does to his and he says it works great, so I guess we'll see.

Tyler,I just sold a set of new take-off camper mirrors for $200 shipped! I wish I knew you still needed a set.
Those were the same wheels I was going to go with if ARE didn't take care of me on my warranty issue with my Cannon's,I still can't believe your running them in the snow/salt though There going to get ruined!

Hey Im looking for a set of towing mirrors for my 2010 sierra, My current mirrors do not have the signals in them. If I bought a set with signals would they plug right in for are they different?

utilityart · March 31, 2011

Did the truck have a DL3 or DL8 RPO code? I've been looking at mirrors to do the same swap but I have the DL3 and it seems like the memory and curb assist functions don't work on most I have seen. I don't use those all the time but sometimes they come in real handy.

If anybody else has some take-offs let me know