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Old 09-09-2008, 10:11 AM
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Swapping side mirrors???

well i have a 95 2wd toyota and am doing some paint and body work to it. i wanted to change over to the window mounted side mirrors and was wondering how they are mounted on the other trucks? i know mine are screwed in but i can fill the holes and stuff. i think it looks cleaner with the tacoma style mirrors but i havce seen them on the older trucks. like a 91 my uncle has. he doesnt have teh mirrors i have. hopefully you guys can help me.
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Old 09-09-2008, 11:01 AM
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Are you talking about the door mounted mirrors? Or the corner mounted mirrors?
Old 09-09-2008, 12:51 PM
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I thought the door mounted mirrors were only on trucks with the little
smoker's windows...

Meaning that you couldn't mount the other style mirrors.

I could be wrong I guess..
Old 09-09-2008, 01:06 PM
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got any pics ?
Old 09-09-2008, 01:31 PM
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Toyota never made a wing window truck with corner mount mirror. the wing window frame took up the spot where the mirror mounted, and the frame would block the view of the mirror anyways.
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IIRC, the 'base' trucks had the flag type mirrors that bolted to the door about 10-12" from the front of the door and the mirrors that mount in the front corner were an option on the base, but standard on higher level models.

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Old 09-09-2008, 02:09 PM
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"...little smoker's windows..." politically incorrect? 'Round here, flippin' a butt can result in road rage! Oh, it's for the smoke, not the butts.

Here's how the "spoon" mirrors mount:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ota/mirror.png
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yeah mine mount to the door like below the window line. the other mount like jay351's and i want to put mirrors like jay351's my truck uses these ones

http://www.carsearchinc.com/used-car...ickup-1995.jpg

exact same kinda and i wanna put the other ones

like these

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Qb1ZI-8lizU/RY...M/DSCN0757.JPG

so can it be done??
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I think you might be on to something! It certainly LOOKS like the cool mirrors would fit on the doors with vents, OOPS, I mean smoker's windows!
Vents:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ta/blue1-1.jpg
No Vents:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...yota/white.jpg
Old 09-10-2008, 08:00 AM
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yeah hopefully but the sad thing is my truck dont have the smokers window thats why i was like WTF!?!?! so im just gunna buy'em and have the dude doing the shaving on the third light to put them on. thanks though should ouldnt be too hard. 3 holes each side...some rtv and bam cool mirrors!
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