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Dumb question: Are side mirrors foldable on 2005 Tacoma?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by bevo2000, Dec 1, 2023.

  1. Dec 1, 2023 at 4:16 PM
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    bevo2000

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    I tried folding the side mirrors but they aren’t moving easily and didn’t want to brake them. So are they manually foldable?

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    Should. Mine fold both ways
     
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    Sorry, don't know for sure.
     
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    At the bottom of the pivot area are a couple fasteners. I wanna say one is 10mm socket and one is torx, I don’t remember the size. I had to tighten mine because they folded too easily and started moving around.

    I think the torx is the pivot. You could try loosening it a bit to see if it folds easier.
     
  6. Dec 1, 2023 at 4:25 PM
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    Waasheem

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    BTW, there are no dumb questions here, unless you wanna count asking what kind of motor oil.
     
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    As far as I’ve seen most do, unless you have some obscure super base model we don’t know about. Ask to learn if someone else has messed up already good stuff. Stay teachable.
     
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    Thanks guys. Really appreciate you all. Let me go check it out b
     
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    Thanks all. I got them to fold by loosening to torx screws slightly.
     
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  10. Dec 1, 2023 at 4:51 PM
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    I didn’t even know this. I have a 2007 and they always looked like they should fold but I tried once and was taking more effort than I thought they should. Never tried after that. But also never really needed to.
     
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  12. Dec 2, 2023 at 9:08 PM
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    Figuring it out…
    Yeah mine do fold in. Have any of you put on extenders? For when you pull a trailer.
     
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