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    Default west cost mirrors???

    does anyone know if it will be hard to install west cost mirrors??iv allways wanted them on my GMC 20 but i didnt know how hard it would be to install them if it is possable..
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    does anyone know if its possable?????
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    I'm not sure what you're looking for? Have a photo of it?

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    are you talking about these?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrailLeadr View Post
    are you talking about these?

    Oh for the love of GAWD! Is that off a school bus? J/K



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    haha well yeah same thing..jsut not liek that..ones that look better atleast haha ones that will look good..but yeah same thing how it connects over the window and under the window with the two bars leading to the mirror
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    I'm thinking it would take some fab work to get the bracket to work. They usually go on doors with a square frame, like a van door. Your truck door is going to have an angle on the front so you'd have to have something that still brackets into the existing mirror mounting location.

    It could be done, but I'm not sure how it would look. If you wanted it bad enough you could probably make it work, and make it look pretty good too.

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    yeah it will take alot of work lol i know it allready...so what should i do about the mirrors in the first place..go to a junk yard and get a set that came off a 1990 chevy/gmc??and look at how they were fabricated??
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    it really seams like you should be able to buy a set that will bolt on to your truck just have to be carful drilling any holes in the lower door not to get any thing else like window frame lock bar or handle bar so any way good luck post a pic when you get them on I would like to see
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    lol yeah im kinda retarted...sooo im gonna fabricate the mirrors and mounts and have someone who knows what they are doing do the drilling and installing haha but i will post a pic when they are done
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