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Old 12-13-2015, 12:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cheap, universal fit heated mirrors

After last Ice storm and not being able to use the mirrors hardly at all, on and off for 3 days I thought it might be time to find a heated mirror.

After some searching around and not finding anything I found an post that got bumped on dieselplace referencing this: (I think these guys nailed it)
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/...mirrors.15958/

Only problem I see is heated hand grips can get really hot, might bust the glass. Trimming the voltage might be a good idea.

The heated hand grips I have had on ATV and snow mobiles when I lived in maine would only need about 8 seconds to melt some ice.

With my big mirrors just cram 2 of them in there and wire in series or one heat pad with resistor.

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