F150 Power Fold Tow Mirrors are in the works
10-11-2014, 11:13 AM
#442
Junior Member
So I received my power fold mirrors from 1A Auto yesterday, and Im reading thru the wiring instructions ( mine has the wiring kit and switch ) and they mention instructional videos on YouTube and all I need to do is enter my trucks make, model, power fold, upgrade into the search and the videos should come up, I found no videos. Anyone find these videos ?
10-12-2014, 06:32 PM
#446
You have to unplug the brown wire with bullet crimp (at the mirror plug). You then need to run a parking light wire from the passenger kick-panel to the brown wire at each mirror. In another post you will see a picture of the plug in the kick that has the blue/yellow parking light wire to tap in to.
Last edited by Waldo_2001; 10-12-2014 at 06:34 PM.
10-13-2014, 08:41 AM
#447
This is what i did.... when you get in and start your truck if you notice that both of your doors.. the switches for windows and lock are always illuminated.... i simply spliced into the wire powering the illumination for those switches and the ties it in to the wire that would power you "puddle lights". Now this will more so make it a DRL vs a running/parking light but i kinda like the idea of that.
10-13-2014, 11:13 AM
#448
This is what i did.... when you get in and start your truck if you notice that both of your doors.. the switches for windows and lock are always illuminated.... i simply spliced into the wire powering the illumination for those switches and the ties it in to the wire that would power you "puddle lights". Now this will more so make it a DRL vs a running/parking light but i kinda like the idea of that.
Also, I now have a lot of outside noise above 40mph. Are any of you experiencing this? Occasionally i would get it with my original mirrors but only if the wind was just right and only about 55mph or so but it was tolerable. I am getting the same noise but now it is constant and more audible starting at 40mph and can hear it from both sides of the cab. Maybe some of the film stuck inside the door panel didn't stick so well or is this just how its going to be? i have ridden in f150s, 250s and 350s with tow mirrors and haven't heard any noise.
- i have read that it could be the way the mirrors are mounted to the A-frame. Adjusting the bolts may help. I guess i can mess around with them but to me, tight is tight and it should seat correctly
Last edited by Seapickle; 10-13-2014 at 12:06 PM.
10-13-2014, 12:39 PM
#449
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This is what i did.... when you get in and start your truck if you notice that both of your doors.. the switches for windows and lock are always illuminated.... i simply spliced into the wire powering the illumination for those switches and the ties it in to the wire that would power you "puddle lights". Now this will more so make it a DRL vs a running/parking light but i kinda like the idea of that.
10-13-2014, 01:27 PM
#450
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I've been thinking about tapping that wire for my mirror running light as well. The only difference is that if you turn your lights on during the day, the door switch lamps don't turn on.
So it's only going to work at night.
Do you remember the wire color?
So it's only going to work at night.
Do you remember the wire color?
