Box Town Car mirrors?

[87gtVIC]

Are box Town car side mirrors heated?

And are the dimensions the same on where they mount as compared to a Box Crown Vic?

[CheeseSteakJim]

Hell yes they are!


Don't know if the dimensions are the same but they look similar. I have a Vic mirror and a Town Car mirror floating around here somewhere.

[87gtVIC]

ooo exciting!! I may have a little job in store for me

You'll take some quick measurements for me when ya get a chance?

[Bowman85merc]

Yea, ive been wondering the same thing.

I've always wanted to put the one with the thermometer in it on mine, ive always thought those were cool.

[LTDMan83]

I've thought about doing the same thing before. I think it would look a little out of place on a CV/GM though.

[1990LTD]

I really want Lincoln mirrors with the floating thermometer in 'em.

[87gtVIC]

Yea, ive been wondering the same thing.

I've always wanted to put the one with the thermometer in it on mine, ive always thought those were cool.

Yea the thermometer would just be a plus for me because in teh winter my mirrors ice over so much so having heated mirrors would be great for me.

I've thought about doing the same thing before. I think it would look a little out of place on a CV/GM though.

Yea that is the only little draw back but the average person will never realize so i ain't losing sleep over it.

I really want Lincoln mirrors with the floating thermometer in 'em.

Yea they are pretty cool!


Well if the screw holes line up and i can actually get a set off a box townie (i say IF because every set i encounter has the screw rusted to all hell in the bracket so i stripped the heads ) Maybe someone will have a drill ay SF09 i can borrow?

[zoomie]

mines heated and has the thermomitor how they fit on a vic ...no clue

[87gtVIC]

I want'em!

[87gtVIC]

hey i just noticed that Town Car mirrors have studs embedded withing the mirror and a nut that you access from the inside! Which means it will be easy for CheeseSteakJim to see if Town Car and Crown Vic mirrors are the same size and that also means that they are super clean looking on the body! !!!!

[gadget73]

I think the studs are probably set closer together than the holes on a Vic, but as long as the mirror covers the stock holes, drilling new ones isn't really a big deal.

[87gtVIC]

True true. Well i must make sure to bring a tape measure then to check that out before i begin ripping door panels apart.

[87gtVIC]

Ok New question.

Is the mirror glass the same dimension that there may be a possibility to just swap in the heated glass and run a w/e wires necessary up to the glass?

[CheeseSteakJim]

I pulled out one of my old Vic mirrors. I gotta find one of my extra Town Car mirrors but with that photo refreshing my memory I'm going to guess that the Town Car mounts are vastly smaller... something like half the length, which means holes will need to be filled in and painted over.

A Town Car mirror swap would be fairly straightforward on a Vic though. Town Cars have power vent windows and the required shit for that inside the door makes removal and installation of one of the two mirror bolts a task suited for a contortionist with a lot of patience. It took me probably 20 seconds to take one bolt off with a 1/4" ratchet and an extension... the other I had to do with a combination wrench and it took me probably around 15-20 minutes per side.


I think I have my extra mirrors in my car's trunk, but it's up on jackstands without a battery so while getting the trunk open isn't difficult, getting it fully closed requires a battery because I have a luggage cruncher. If tomorrow isn't rainy and shitty, and provided I remember, I'll dig through all the parts in my trunk and see if I can find one to compare mounting sizes and mirror glass sizes to.


EDIT: oh, if it matters the Vic mirror I have is a power unit off of my old '90.

[1990LTD]

EDIT: oh, if it matters the Vic mirror I have is a power unit off of my old '90.

Excellent. I look forward to these results.