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Offline JCKustoms

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'82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« on: December 16, 2009, 05:06:10 PM »
Just wanted to share my newest project. I installed a set of 2009 silverado camper/towing mirrors.
The blinkers, heat, and power functions all work perfect. As you can see in the pics I retained the
1982 factory truck mirror mounts and modified (machined new tubes) the 2009 mirror mounts to fit.
It was a challange, but not too bad!  ;D

Offline levisjohnson

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2009, 07:44:09 PM »
WOW, that is awesome.  I have been thinking about what kind of mirrors to put on my 3+3.  I do not like the tripod mirrors but I think I might lose visibility with the standard mirrors.  You should think about making them for other members of the forum to buy.  I know I would be interested when I get to that point.

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 01:12:03 PM »
Those dont look bad at all! Very nice!

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2009, 10:33:35 PM »
Great work, thats awsome.
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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 06:19:56 PM »
if your not going to make them for us to buy i want to see how you adapted them! That is awesome! Ive been trying to figure out a way to do that for a while now. Very nice work!
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Offline JCKustoms

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 07:22:02 PM »
if your not going to make them for us to buy i want to see how you adapted them! That is awesome! Ive been trying to figure out a way to do that for a while now. Very nice work!

send me a pm with your email and I'll tell you how I did it!

Offline bdnj

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 07:45:44 PM »
wow! they look good,very nice work.
« Last Edit: January 19, 2010, 04:10:32 PM by Captkaos »

Offline team39763

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2010, 08:49:06 PM »
I like that look.

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2010, 04:24:21 PM »
Cool.

Those look alot better than the "west coast" mirrors that were the option "back in the day".
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Offline heavychevy91

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2010, 02:29:34 PM »
thats looks darn good

Offline 83K20

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2010, 10:29:22 AM »
I like them!

Offline Pullin81

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2010, 03:29:50 PM »
looks good man im trying to figure out a rig up like that for my dually i was going to go with 94-98 dodge fold out mirrors but that looks mean ... was it hard to machine the shaft to get them to work?
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Offline heavychevy91

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 11:44:18 AM »
can you still open your vent windows?

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2010, 08:19:03 PM »
Should do a writeup in the projects section on how to do the mod.

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Re: '82 K10 with '09 Towing mirrors
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2010, 04:48:15 PM »
This is the projects section :D  Just have to document it.