06' Dodge Ram Towing Mirrors on a KJ

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:41 pm

Didn't think this is really a fabrication more like a modification. Since I bought an 05' Zeppelin Travel Trailer that my jeep tows around these days, I've been having a problem with extended towing mirrors. The RV is 8' wide and noone makes a good enough towing mirror to put on the KJ. When suddenly it hits me, just as an 06' Ram pick up rolls next to me in Dunkin Donuts.

Those mirrors are big, maybe they'd look stupid big on the Jeep. But... I'll roll the dice and taked my chances after I sized them up. Long story short I bought a pair of 06' power and heated mirrors brand new off Ebay.

Took me about three days to fab up the drivers side mirror. Lots of cutting and grinding with the dremel on the mirror base that is not the jeep. Templates made, a few new hole drilled and tapped. Bingo it bolted right on. Wiring wasn't too bad since I had the power and heat option already. Had to steal the harness out of the KJ mirror to make it plug-n-play. Some silicone and minor modification to the vent visors. It was done. Now for the passenger mirror that took about a day and a half.

Well personally they don't look as bad as I thought they would. Meaning size wise. Yeah they're big so I put it to the friend test. Looks like it came out a winner.

Had one minor problem with the wiring. Apparently the motor in the Ram mirrors has 4 wires in it and our jeep mirror motor only has 3. Even though the Ram mirror only has 3 wires coming out. When using the factory mirror control on the Jeep door the up and down motion on the mirror works perfectly. But the left and right motion is reversed. No matter which way I jumped the wires around I couldn't make it work properly. The way It's wired now is the only way it worked the best. So left makes it go right and right makes it go left.

Flipped those babies out, hooked up the trailer and off I went. These things work great. In their normal position the mirrors measure 7' 7" end to end, Flipped out they measure 8' 5" wide mirror end to mirror end. Nice having the heat work especially on the built in spot mirrors. Towing the trailer isn't a chore to see any more.

I'm going to take a few pics on Thankgiving day but I have no way of downloading them here on friday. Anyone up to the task of having me email them to you so you can post them here... That is if anyone is interested in seeing how they look.

crash87 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:04 pm

sounds interesting, make a cardomain acount and post them there.
Craig

brpn#1 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:29 am

send them to me.. i will post them for you.. or you can just upload them to www.tinypic.com for free hosting

Myke · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:37 pm

I want pics!

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:36 am

So, any pics yet? I'm interested to see the Dumbo KJ

Myke · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:43 am

Me too!

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:03 pm

The pics were taken. Waiting for my camera person to dowload them to me. Trying to get them soon, will need to send to someone here so they can post em' for me... Joe

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:14 am

rock on dude

auggy · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:51 am

you can send them to me if you want .. just pm me

brpn#1 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:30 pm

any pics yet?

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:59 pm

I finally got the pics. There are about 6 in total. So if anyone is interested in seeing The Big Dodge Ram Towing Mirrors on our KJ. I'll email them to someone who can post them on here... Let me know. I beleive someone called it the dumbo KJ, now that was funny... LOL. See and judge it for yourself.
All joking aside for a second. Not only do they function great flipped out as a towing mirror but folded down it's a world of differance seeing behind you with these babies. Joe

Taz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:16 am

I have been looking for a set of towing or replacement mirrors. Lets see some pics.

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:35 am

I sent out 8 pics to someone that is going to post them there. Keep any eye out.

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:16 am

OK, maybe not. They were sent, don't know why it's not posted. Any other takers out there ? Send me email address and I'll forward the pics if you'll post... Joe

shak · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:43 pm

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:29 pm

Finally, Thank You and enjoy. So dumbo or what...

auggy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:07 pm

Surprisingly, it doesn't look that bad

Taz · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:22 pm

Very Neat mirrors. I thnik that they look alright on your jeep with all the accesories they look like they belong on it. Any of the other Jeep Mirrors better than the liberty's. A different Jeep mirror may not require so much customizing. Just a thought, I do have to say the Liberty mirrors are very small and almost useless.

n3qik · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:19 pm

They look great, I agree that the stock mirrors are small and suck. How do the handle at highway speeds, any vibration/noise???

AmericanMetal · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:17 pm

I'm not noticing any noise from the mirror. There is a very slight vibration which I expected due to their size but nothing annoying or eye boggling. Even flipped out in towing mode they are very well mannered. There's a whole new world back there that I wasn't seeing with the stock mirrors.

06' Dodge Ram Towing Mirrors on a KJ

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