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Trusted Quality: Trail Ridge Truck Accessories are developed and built with a promise to provide high quality, durable parts for your truck; backed by the best warranty in the automotive industry. Manufactured from the highest quality materials and constructed to meet or exceed OEM standards. Every Trail Ridge part is rigorously tested ensuring superior fit, function, and durability. Quality, trusted value, and hassle-free installation backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Install Tip: Use caution when installing, pinching the wires can result in shorting.
Exact fit - To obtain proper fit and function confirm your vehicle has the exact mirror options listed.
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Trail Ridge Tow Mirror vs Generic Tow Mirror
Created on: 2017-03-08
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Hi. I'm Tony, with 1A Auto, here to talk to you today about the advantages of buying a quality, name-brand part for your vehicle, like this tow-mirror upgrade from Trail Ridge Truck Accessories.
Now, at first glance, this part may look nearly identical to a comparable, generic mirror that we brought to show you, but upon further inspection, the difference is clear between the fit and finish, the quality of the parts, and the attention to detail that really makes this mirror from Trail Ridge Truck Accessories a quality part that lasts.
The generic mirror already has a large scratch going across the face of the mirror, and there's pitting around the edges where the reflective material is already starting to fail. This mirror from Trail Ridge uses a very high-quality reflective material, as well as being a defrosting upper and panoramic mirror, where this one only has a defrosting upper mirror.
The Trail Ridge mirror has a much finer, more uniform finish. Another great benefit to these mirrors is the caps are interchangeable, so you have all this selection, on top of being a quality fit and finish on the largest section of your mirror, which is what the majority of people looking at your truck are going to see.
There’s nice clean metal on the hinge for this mirror. The generic part is already rusting out on the hinge. It's brand new. It's never been exposed to the elements. It's rusting out already.
We have the same color sockets on the generic mirror. The ends have waterproofing in them. Somebody did this very quickly. They also have steel contacts on them. On the Trail Ridge Truck mirrors, the sockets are color coded. We know which one goes where. We have a brass contact that's not going to corrode, and it's going to conduct electricity much more smoothly.
The wiring on the Trail Ridge mirror uses the OEM color coding, so all of these colors and pin-outs are going to match up for the factory wiring colors, as well as the pin locations. This generic mirror used whatever color wiring they had around. The wires in the Trail Ridge mirror are also a much heavier gauge. It also comes with an adapter harness for the earlier model trucks, that weren't as feature packed as the newer ones, which while still using the same bolt-on application, will have a different wire harness connector.
The Trail Ridge truck mirror still has that cool tinted look without being so dark that you're not going to be able to see your turn signals and side markers. The motor on the generic mirror is very loose. I can move this very easily by hand. The Trail Ridge truck mirror has nice smooth movement. It actually takes a little bit of force. These are zero-clearance motors, which means they're a lot more accurate. If you're using your mirror switch and you adjust it, when you let off, that's where it's staying.
We have a higher quality steel here. The ends are nice and secure, where you can see these are all bent up and banged up already.
On top of the physical differences that you've seen here in this comparison, these Trail Ridge truck mirrors also come backed with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, as well as the support of a toll-free call center, and online instructional videos and tips to help you make the best out of every upgrade. So if you want a set of these for your work truck or toy hauler, be sure to check them out. Available exclusively from 1AAuto.com.
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Hi. I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this helps, the video helps you out. The next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace one of the side view mirrors. We do the driver side, passenger side is basically the same procedure. This truck has the standard power heated mirrors. We actually put a set of power heated towing mirrors on it just for a nice little upgrade, helps you see the trailers better. Tools you'll need are a T20 Torx driver, a small flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver and a 10mm wrench or a socket with a ratchet.
Start out with a little screwdriver or I got a little pick. Just carefully you don't want to scratch the door panel or anything. There's a little slot here in the back of it where it's vertical. You're going to pry this panel right out. Now, there's a Phillips screw here, remove that. Once you have that out, this panel here, small screwdriver, just pops off and opens up like that. This panel up here, just grab it with your fingers and pull firmly. It comes off. Then, there are screws.
There's a series of, there's actually six T20 little plugs. Actually, try and kind of go counterclockwise. Sometimes, they don't even come out. Better to stick my fingernail back behind and pull on a little bit, pull them out. The centers just comes out. There's six of them, remove those.
I'm just going to speed up. Again, there's six little clips. They just have a Torx head kind of screw locking pin in the middle of them. Turn it counterclockwise, pull back on the Torx head and you should pull that pin out. Once you get those out, then you just start to, right here, just pull lightly, get those clips to pop. The other part, there's clips just kind of staying behind. It'll pop right out. You just want to pull it out enough for those to pop out. Collect them all.
I'm going to move the panel up and off, and you can reach under and push up on your master switch here. That pops up and out. I'm just going to push this back in place. Pull up on the switch. There's a tab here, disconnect that and disconnect the small one and then we pull the panel right off.
The mirror or what's left of it plugs in right here. Just a little tab on the front side. Just a note, if you have a truck that has more accessories such as a puddle light or signals in the mirrors, then you'll need to probably disconnect two or more connections at this point.
Push that off and then there's a little clip up here. Three 10mm nuts hold the mirror in up here. 10mm socket and ratchet to remove them. Once you have them off there is a clip at the top. You just hold on to the mirror or again, what's left of it. That clip comes off and pull your old mirror out.
A new mirror from 1A Auto. For this truck, this is an upgrade. It's a towing style mirror. It flips up for a wider angle. It's designed to go in just like the original. Carefully lower it, put the harnesses through, feed them through. You put it in place. It has a clip as well, you have to hold on to it.
Top nuts are the most important. This bottom one, it's kind of underneath the weather strip, so actually kind of pull it up like this. Just put the nut up in place. The weather strip actually holds it on for you and then tighten this up nice and firm. I'm just going to fast forward here as I tighten those up and you want to tighten up nice and firm. The mirror plugs in just like the original. Black plug goes on top, right in. I'm just pushing on the back side of the pick. Use a small screwdriver. Reinstall the door panel pretty easy. Make sure your harness goes right up through. The lock button in place. Now, line up the panel, make sure it's pressed against the door and the front and the back, and then it slides right down in place. Again, make sure those wire are there.
Take our door handle bezel here, put it in. There's two pins that slide in there in the back. That goes right into place. Our screw goes in. Our little bezel, kind of put those long legs in first. This panel goes up here, slide right in place. The switch, put everything in. Down on.
Little pins, just put the outside and the first pin in first. Then, this little kind of screws just goes right in and locks it.
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