05 tow mirrors on a 01?

alpine1jds · 07-23-2008, 08:05 PM

i bought some of the power extending tow mirrors off of a 2005 2500 and i want to put them on my 2001 3500, what is needed to get the power extend to work? my 2001 came with the regular power heated mirrors. thanks

**BigRedChevy** · 07-23-2008, 09:20 PM

I think you will have to go to the dealer and have your BCM flashed to make it work. Mine you have to have the mirror select switch in the middle/neutral, and then push the mirror adjustment button to the left to extend and the right to retract.

alpine1jds · 07-23-2008, 10:16 PM

what about the wiring required to make it work?

**BigRedChevy** · 07-23-2008, 10:19 PM

I don't know about that, i know the 07classics will work on the 05s. I am not sure about the 01s though. IIRC all of the wiring and plugs are the same from the 01-07 classics.

Johnasara · 07-24-2008, 04:27 AM

I do not know on yours but I put the extendable towing mirrors on my work rig and was dissapointed when I did not find a plug for the LED blinkers in the mirror. Yours may have a similar problem with the buttons not being capeable of extending the mirrors. I would look to see how much a whole new switch assembly for the door would be.

John-Boy 331 · 07-26-2008, 08:07 AM

you need the entire door control, you may also need to add a hot for the turn signals and power out feature.

**Tow Master** · 07-26-2008, 09:53 PM

Ya it might be alot of work. Im not a wiring expert but you might be better off wiring the extended mirrors seperatly and have them work off a switch.