Anyone Know How I Could mount up some Mirrors While I have the Doors off This Summer?

Thanks In Advance

Dax

 

my opinion is that you don't need mirrors, I would just leave the mirrors off...but if you think they are absolutely necessary then you can buy some generic mirrors and mount them to the fender, it will just look nasty IMO.

Like I said I don't think they are neceassy and they aren't required by Colorado State Law so you won't get in any trouble for it.

 

In Idaho one is required. I too have pondered where to put them, but nothing comes to mind.

 

Get something like this from www.quadratec.com or www.4wd.com.

 

Maybe a motorcycle mirror would work. They usually have a mount that will attach to a tube (e.g. handlebar). If you're using tube style doors then this might work very well.

Something like this:

http://www.acerbis.com/p148_bikeacc/160541.html

I don't know if there's a size requirement on the mirror to be legal. I know that the Acerbis mirror works in CA for motorcycles.

There are other manufacturers and other designs.

 

you could take the stock mirror, fab up a bracket, then bolt it onto the fender under the hood....sort of a z shaped bracket.....then bolt the mirror to that?

Either that or find a cheap lightweight mirror, and glue a strong magnet to it, and attach it to your cowel/fender that way. I know a guy who has been doing that for years, but alas I have no pics of that.

 

I am getting used to Driving the Truck Without Mirrors. Took me awhile But, I am Getting it! I Got The Truck Stuck in a Creek the other Night While I was Supposed to be Running a errand For the Wife. She Calls and i had to Tell her where I had Been for the last 3 hours.... I was Trying to Get the Truck out of the Creek! GD Did I get my ass Ripped when I Got Home and her 4Runner Smells Like Crap Inside I now have to figure out a Way to Clean the Muddy water up??? Before I get Bit45ed out for that!

 

make a bracket that sits on the hinge.. that'll work.

 

I just saw this on Marlin's site



It looks like they attached the mirror to the upper hinge.

 

how easy is it to take the door off? i mean i have a 2nd gen runner with power windows and locks... it there some way to disconnect the wires?

 

Open your door and look for something like a corrugated rubber hose that runs from the leading edge of the door to the front of the door frame in the area of the brace that keeps the door from swinging open too far. The wires are inside that. They connect inside the door to all the stuff like locks, lights and power windows and behind the quarter panel to the harness. At least they do in my truck. It should be similar in yours.

 

cool! then its just those 4 bolts on the hinges? or is there something else?

 

Hmmm, must be one of those optical illusions, I dont even see a truck, let alone mirrors.

 

2nd Gen 4Runners are a royal PITA!! Those electrical wires go up high into the door hinge pillar.

 

This is one reason I was kinda excited to go from a 95 runner to a 92 P/U DLX...doors can come of w/out an electrial engineering degree....

 

some thing on both my 1st gen runners. No electrical crap means only a check strap pin and 4 bolts! w00t

 

No doors are Fun! Couple of Columbus Cops were Checking me Out on the Way into UDF This Morning! I did'nt Worry Because the Donuts and Coffee was Inside the Store! I can't Refuse Coffee and Donuts ! How Could Cops?

 

Looks Like Marlin has Gnarlier Stuff to Play With then Toyota's!

 

 

Get a magnetic antenna, remove antenna, bolt on a cheap mirror. Mount it on roof and go 80's ricer style.
Or you could get teh clip on trailer hauling mirrors that stick out 12 inches. Fender mounted type used on rv toating trucks...
Hey, what do the RV toyotas use?