3rd gen mirrors on a 2nd gen

I wanted to see if this would work. No one would let me rip off there 3rd gen mirrors, so I ordered some off ebay. It is not a direct bolt on. I had to finesse them a little with a dremel and drill new holes. I still need to make the wire connection for the blinker and heated mirrors. I wanted to see what people would think about it. There is a small gap at the front side corner. Any Ideas on how to fill?

 

looks good from this side. i would like to swap out my painted mirrors for flat black ones

 

@36tacundra
That's such a sick idea. It looks good too. I want to do this now

Might need a few more pictures to help see the gap you need help filling.
Black rtv/silicon?

 

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fill the gap!

 

I would think just some simple calking material should do the trick.

 

I mounted the drivers side mirror today.
I will be wiring the blinkers and defrost later. The power mirrors are working as normal.

 

Looks really good, nice job.

 

They look pretty squared up. Good dremel work!

 

How much work to go from 2nd gen to 3rd gen? I want the pro efx tow mirrors and they are taking forever to develop.

 

I did each mirror separate. I took my time. Maybe 2 hours each. I did not like drilling the door for the new mirrors.

I depinned the plugs on both mirrors. I used the 3rd gen mirror seal to locate new mounting holes. Making sure to be at the high end of the top corner. Drilled holes, put 3rd gen mirror on and marked approximate material to remove.

remove material, and repeat fitment many times until happy.

I then cut out 2nd gen mirror seal to fit 3rd gen mirror. The bottom two mirror mounts on the door had to be slightly hammered to the out side slightly for threading nut and washer. The inside mounting got ugly. I could have easily went with the 2015 mirrors witch are simple. I put the 2nd gen plug on the 3rd gen. It has provisions in the plug for the blinker but not the defrost. I will work that out later.

 

That is rad....next mode. Great work

 

It actually looks better with 3rd gen mirrors on the 2nd gen

 

I’m sure you checked but what did the hinge mechanism look like between the mounting base and the housing itself?

Any chance you could install the 3rd gen onto the 2nd gen base?

 

this ^
did you check to see if bases could be swapped?

 

That looks awesome @36tacundra .

Looking forward to seeing if you checked out the base swap as asked above.

Not to sabotage but here’s a thread on using 4Runner mirrors on the second gen base.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2010-4runner-mirrors-worked.92331/

I think yours look better FWIW..

 

If the bases can be swapped, this would be an awesome mod. I’m subbed to find out!

 

How did you go about depinning the plugs?

 

I got a depin tool kit from ebay. I have been messing with wires and plugs for a while now. Most of the time there is a keeper that needs to be removed then the depin tool can depress the wire lock removing the wire from the plug. this is the original plug. notice the first two black wires are for the mirror defrost.

Now this is the 05 plug and you can see that it does not have space for the mirror defrost.

 

Has anyone found out if the bases can be swapped?