Mirror Swap Question: Are Side Mirrors Plug and Play on an 07 Tahoe?

[lilsalmon]

It's a pretty big pain in the dick to swap out the mirrors. I had to replace my passenger side mirror and was not impressed by the lack of forethought by GM on their design.

Whats the major stumbling bloick with the swap if you dont mind me asking? I will steer clear if its really that much of a pain the rear.

-Lil'

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I believe 4-5 hundred if you buy all of it.

wow... didn't think it was going to be that pricey. I gues I love woodgrain again

Now if only I could find a nice used roofrack.

 

[zach2011]

If you buy it, yes, but some members here offer their aluminum as long as you mention you're willing to trade. Personally I wouldn't drive around with no switches and stuff lol but if you find someone close enough you might could swap in person.

The mirrors are a lengthy process, somewhat. You need to take the door panel off, 3 bolts off the mirror, and then a plastic pin that holds it in place. I believe you use a flathead screwdriver to get that pin to release.

Roof racks are about the same price as the switches, I think. Somewhere around $500-$700 with all parts.

 

[Mr. B]

If you don't care that the mirrors power fold, I'm pretty sure the wiring is there for the blinkers and puddle lights to work. But I'm not 100% positive. If you want them to power fold, you will have to buy new switches.

I didn't think it was too much of a pain to change them. Maybe took 20 minutes per door.

 

[zach2011]

Same here, it wasn't that bad, but the little plastic clip thing stumped me until my dad helped me with it.

 

[lilsalmon]

For the mirrors, I was really only concerned with the turn signals and puddle lights. I can do without the power fold. If I ignore the power fold can I still manually fold them without damage.

And you guys are all pretty positive that wiring is there, even though i have nothing power on the mirror currently?

 

[zach2011]

Yes, the switch panel will have openings for the harnesses that allow puddle lights/turn signals/possibly power fold.

 

[Mr. B]

Your mirrors aren't power adjust right now?

 

[lilsalmon]

Good point. They are power adjustable they have no turn signals, puddle lights or power fold.

As far as te swap is concerned, I really just wanted the puddle lights and turn signals. If the power fold option ends up being cost prohibited and or a royal pain in the rear I would be happy with just signals and lights.

The follow up question I have is two fold.

Are their mirrors that have signals and puddle lights and no power fold or are their only two units... the ones i have and ones with signals, puddles and power fold?

If I can get away with just swapping out the mirrors without swapping oput my switches but still getting the signals and puddles that would be my ideal situation right now.

My concern is, if they are made with the power fold can you still manually fold them if I dont hook up the power fold.

Thanks guys for everything its been real informative.

-Lil'

 

[zach2011]

I think you can still manually fold the power-fold mirrors. I've never tried it but the car wash seems to do it easily on the right side haha. I don't think there are ones with turn signal and puddle lamps but no power fold, but I may be wrong. The ones with everything are known as DL3 mirrors.

 

[2 E L O]

My biggest peeve was the crappy, flimsy, plastic door panel clips that GM used. Obviously, they never thought about someone actually taking these things off when they were designing them. For a one-time install they're great, but they would not hold up to multiple on/off installations. The door panels on my '69 Mustang have cheap metal clips, but they're connected to the panel well and don't snap apart and/or break like the flimsy plastic clips.

It was a straight-forward and "easy" process...I just thought it was ridiculous that I had to take off the entire door panel in the first place. And then it ticked me off when the door panel clips were such pieces of crap...