2007 Level II and I wish it had heated mirrors. Did any rangers come with that option? If not, Ford really dropped the ball cause I think my '95 exploder had heated mirrors. Has anyone had any luck with making it happen in a Ranger?

It's something I've kind of been thinking about for a while, that I haven't had time to research on how they work.

 

I've never seen a Ranger with them. Is it a huge task for you clearing ice off them?

 

driving across the state in freezing rain right now...it re-accumulates every couple miles...I live in washington state and with the 3 or 4 storms we've had in a row...something ive been thinking about

 

Take the mirrors off an aviator or a navigator (i forget which one is the same size) and wire em' up. Now you have heated and signals.

 

looks like sport trac and explorer mirrors from certain years are also the same style...i might be doing this soon. no one else has had a problem with ice buildup ever?

 

I haven't had ice build up while driving but fogging and anytime the truck sits the mirrors will be the first place to ice up and it's a pain to scrape them without messing up the adjustment.

I didn't find anything that would be a bolt on replacement so I was looking at the muth mirror replacement of glass + h-mod switch timer
http://www.muthco.com/products/vehic...&submit=Search
http://www.muthco.com/products/upgrade-modules/

 

They would come in handy. I want some.

 

Many times I've been driving and the mirrors had either fogged or frozen with snow and rain and wished I had them. What sort of regulator is involved with them, if any. If all it would take is wiring them into a switch and relay then it wouldn't be to bad of an idea.

 

I looked at the muth website, from what i saw all they offer is the previous body style mirrors(up to '05). I've found a couple of recent posts by other people on some other ranger forums... there is a demand for them, so if anyone wants to do the work and market a solution, be my guest:)

ive also read that the explorer side mirrors dont attach/match up to the ranger... i dont yet know if there is any truth to this, but something i am going to "explore" haha.

 

Muth shows on their site in the link I posted first two products are for 2006-2010 mirror style

http://www.muthco.com/products/vehic...&submit=Search

HEATED KIT - 220-0309-H
2006-2010 - Ford Ranger

Very interesting when you look at the instructions for that style mirror they also show 2006-2010 Explorer and Mountaineer. Pretty sure the mirror from them doesn't fit but if the glass is the same it could make for a cheaper junkyard upgrade all be it delicate to swap the glass only.
http://www.muthco.com/epapers/21001450.pdf

 

ahhh i didnt see that! thanks dan!

 

No prob and posting that might have given an option I didn't see before. Would be very cool if the merc/explorer glass matches because they have heated/signal from factory so could make for a cheap upgrade.... here's hoping