I have replaced my stock mirrors with the 1A towing mirrors. The adjustment works, but when you flip up the mirrors, you have to adjust your thinking by 90 degrees.

The only thing that I miss about my regular mirrors is the auto-dimming feature. I never even knew that I liked that. But now that I don't have it, I miss it.

Also, my new ones don't have power fold. I didn't even know that was available until like a week ago. I would have gotten those instead. But I don't use that very often, so it's not that big of a deal.

If at all possible with my next truck, I will have the correct mirrors from the factory.

 

Thanks Ziggy. I wonder what it would take to make the orientation switch for the controls when you flip the mirrors up. Did you keep your stock control switch with the power fold button or swap it out for one without the extra button?

 

The stock tow mirrors do not power fold. So you LOSE that capability.

 

I had the dealer put the Ram tow mirrors on when I bought my 16. Wont fold but work great.

 

I pulled the trigger on the 1A power folding tow mirrors. I'm hoping the quality is good. It seems like people have been mostly happy with them. Went with these: 2013-16 Ram Mirror Pair - 1AMRP01751 at 1A Auto.com

 

Thank you for your order
Tony

 

A whole lot of miss-information going on here.

1, if you have the factory non towing mirrors with the power fold feature all you need to do is buy the power fold tow mirrors for the 2500 or 3500 Ram. You will still need to flip the mirrors up though. The 2018 trucks are getting mirrors like Ford and GM use . I have towed with a the GM mirrors and they are no where near as good as the Ram tow mirrors.

2, Only the cheap after market mirrors have the orientation issues not the factory tow mirrors. The OEM mirrors know when the mirror is flipped up and the buttons work just like they do folded down.

3, As for the "hoping the quality is good" I sent the ones I ordered for my 2004 Ram right back to 1AAuto do to the poor quality. The mirror section was not glass but plastic and distorted anytime you adjusted them. Now if I quickly hit the mirror button in the opposite direction they would flatten back out.

Bottom line, you get exactly what you pay for. Want a quality mirror then stay away from the cheep Chinese or Korean junk! Will say 1AAuto gave me a full refund including shipping to return the mirrors! They get a A+ for customer service, just wish they offered a "quality" North American mirror option.

 

Just wanted to reach out and to say thank you for your initial order. We have worked with the manufacturer over the past year to improve the quality of our Ram tow mirrors. We use a really good manufacture for our tow mirrors, that puts a lot of R&D into them. We're slowly re-releasing and rolling out the power fold tow mirrors for these trucks. I'm wondering if you just got a bad set somehow, we never hear of any glass issues with them. We strive to iron-out any wrinkles with newer product releases to make an even better product if there's ever an issue.

Tony

 

What year mirrors of the 2500/3500 do I have to get to replace the ones on my Ram 1500 2014

 

While I agree with most of what Perrysburg Dodgeboy said, I think the 1A mirrors for our generation Ram are probably better quality. Mine seem pretty good so far and I think you'd have a hard time telling them apart from factory ones.

If you want to go OEM, you'll want 2014-2016 2500/3500 power fold tow mirrors. They need to have the temp sensor built-in to the drivers side mirror. They will be spendy.

Edit: The driver's side is part number 68285865AB (Goes for about $380). The passenger side is part number 68142670AF (Goes for about $230). I'm guessing the driver's side is more because of the temp sensor. Price isn't as bad as I thought it might be.

 

Unless they changed vendors and from what I have see on their site it does not look like it, I stand by my comments. The issue I had was not with the plastic portion of the mirror as much as it was the fact the "mirror glass" was not glass but plastic!!!! Take your thumb and push on the upper section of the mirror and see if it flexes. If it does it is plastic and not glass.

The other issue was the area it mounted to the truck. The black plastic at the pointed area was about 1/4" away from the door skin. Not that much of an issue as I could have heated it with a heat gun and bent the ABS plastic down so it was flat with the door.

The price I paid was almost the same as they show for the new trucks and in fact was their "upgrade" tow mirror with turn signal. https://www.1aauto.com/dodge-mirror-pair/i/1amrp00913?f=575465&y=2004

As was noted above you need the mirrors off a 2014 or up with the fold out option. You should be able to find them in a junk yard.

 

The manufacturer has adjusted and trimmed down the foam or rubber piece on the base so that this isn't an issue on some of the trucks anymore.

 

Has anyone tried installing the 2500 power folding tow mirrors yet on a truck with the normal power folding small mirrors? Did you run into any trouble? Was it just plug and play and everything worked for you?

 

As long as you match all of your factory smaller mirror features to the tow mirror features, they should be a direct plug and play replacement for you. You can even use the factory switches. We have upgraded the motors in the power fold function so that they are a stronger more powerful motor.