MrVince

Does anyone have experience with changing out the side mirrors on a Platinum series truck? I recently bought a 2016 F150 Platinum. It is my personal everyday vehicle but I also will use it to tow a 36 foot travel trailer. The truck came with the factory installed power folding yada, yada, yada side mirrors. I would like to change those out for the power extendable towing mirrors. When I inquired about changing them the dealer told me it's prohibitively expensive, the electronics wont match, mounting plates would be needed etc... It didn't quite make sense to me because if I had been able to order the mirrors during the build the only prerequisite was the tow package which the truck is already equipped with. I understand I might lose some of the electronic functionalities of the original mirrors but my question is; can I change out the original factory installed Platinum series side mirrors with a pair of Ford power extendable towing mirrors?

manwithtruck

There's a thread on it in the 2015+ section - https://www.f150forum.com/f118/retro...rs-xlt-309210/
Thats retrofitting them on an xlt but it will probably cover your case as well

Kingofwylietx

Oh man, wish I had seen this on Thursday! I passed on my first truck choice because it had the big Super Duty mirrors that you want. The dealer said it would cost approx $2k to change to normal mirrors.....so i passed on the deal. I would have met up with you and swapped mirrors (and interior buttons so you'd get the extension buttons) with you if I'd seen this. Ugh.

WPriest

Not to hijack the thread --but do the factory tow mirrors have the BLIS built into them? Just got a 2017 F 150 Lariat on Thursday--tried to find a unit with tow mirrors for over a month--was told the special financing would not work with a factory order. Have the regular power folding mirrors --like the BLIS system and wouldn't want to shell out the 2K and loose it
Thanks
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