Finally! GMT800 style towing mirrors on GMT400.

[AbramF_496]

is that before or after i posted about the corner wire setup lol

 

[gbodyfan]

Does anybody have a pic of were the mirror glass mounts in the mirror? I want to do some looking to see if i can find a whole aftermarket led lense for mine? I'm hoping an aftermarket mirror lense has the same mount as the mirrors for our trucks

Also what brand are the mirrors, kool view, tyc?

 

[BigV]

My first post.

I just ordered these mirrors for my 99 Suburban. Found this thread when looking to see how people connected the heat up. After reading through I feel I can offer some of you a suggestion for an easier install of the signal lights.

Do a search for "3-wire to 2-wire tail light converter". It is a little black box used to convert cars with amber turn signals to wire up standard trailer lights. I believe there is a connection in the convenience center for connecting clearance lights, if not under the dash you will have a brown wire that is the 12v supply for marker and parking lights. Connect that wire to the "Brake" input of the converter. Connect the turn signal inputs as marked. Light blue to left input, dark blue to right input. Connect the ground wire of the mirror lights to ground. The outputs will go to the mirror + connectors. You will now have running lights with turn signals.

This is a much cleaner install than hacking up the harness and can be done with regular wire taps.

 

[bluex]

Brilliantly simple idea there. I will hopefully remember that when I get my mirrors

 

[the big blue bus]

any idea on what to use to glue the lens back together to the backing? i finnaly orderd and got led strips to fix the one i mesd up and dont want it to fall apart

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[kamokevin]

any idea on what to use to glue the lens back together to the backing? i finnaly orderd and got led strips to fix the one i mesd up and dont want it to fall apart

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I would say any cyanoacrylate would work. We only use loctite for the most part.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I would say any cyanoacrylate would work. We only use loctite for the most part.

for those of you running to google.... he said superglue.

 

[the big blue bus]

foundon a thread on glueing the nnbs headlights backtogether guy used clear silicone glue by ge. may go pick some up tomorrow after work

 

[88GMCtruck]

My first post.

I just ordered these mirrors for my 99 Suburban. Found this thread when looking to see how people connected the heat up. After reading through I feel I can offer some of you a suggestion for an easier install of the signal lights.

Do a search for "3-wire to 2-wire tail light converter". It is a little black box used to convert cars with amber turn signals to wire up standard trailer lights. I believe there is a connection in the convenience center for connecting clearance lights, if not under the dash you will have a brown wire that is the 12v supply for marker and parking lights. Connect that wire to the "Brake" input of the converter. Connect the turn signal inputs as marked. Light blue to left input, dark blue to right input. Connect the ground wire of the mirror lights to ground. The outputs will go to the mirror + connectors. You will now have running lights with turn signals.

This is a much cleaner install than hacking up the harness and can be done with regular wire taps.

That is an option for sure. It's the same concept as what I did (they are just big diode boxes) but I assure you my install isn't "hacked" although I can't say that about other people's install methods.

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[BigV]

Sorry if that sounded off. By Hacking I meant cut up. I'm not a big fan of cutting factory wires. Not a big fan of the taps either but sometimes you have to choose the lesser evil.

Another cheap trick to try. I just did a mod for our safety truck. I ordered in these diode packs and connected up one of these LED strobe controllers to all the turn signals. All the turn signals had been replaced with LED's. Using the diode packs keeps the signal from backfeeding. Makes the truck stand out much more than just the 4-way flashers.