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**mr48chev** · 07-31-2014, 12:00 PM

[QUOTE=hotrod1;6782689]I noticed that a lot of these hot trucks do not have any side view mirrors. What up? How do they drive these? Cameras?[/QUOTE

It's one of those "style" choices that a lot of guys make but in this state you have to have two rear view mirrors on your car or truck or face a ticket. My daughter got out of a ticket on her old beater with no inside mirror because it had two outside mirrors. She pointed it out to the Stater who had puller her over "1 on this side, one on that side equals two with two required".

As far as the style of mirrors you run, they have to fit in with the whole build plan for the truck and blend in with the rest of the truck as part of the package. I'm not a big fan of the mirrors Highsider showed but on his panel they blend right in and become part of the whole truck. You see the whole nice looking panel all at one time and then start checking out each and every detail one at a time with not a one screaming "look at me first". That is the way any and all rigs should be built. If you don't see the whole package and instead one thing hits you right in the face it's done wrong.

07-31-2014, 12:00 PM	#4
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,838	Re: Side view mirrors _ not stock [QUOTE=hotrod1;6782689]I noticed that a lot of these hot trucks do not have any side view mirrors. What up? How do they drive these? Cameras?[/QUOTE It's one of those "style" choices that a lot of guys make but in this state you have to have two rear view mirrors on your car or truck or face a ticket. My daughter got out of a ticket on her old beater with no inside mirror because it had two outside mirrors. She pointed it out to the Stater who had puller her over "1 on this side, one on that side equals two with two required". As far as the style of mirrors you run, they have to fit in with the whole build plan for the truck and blend in with the rest of the truck as part of the package. I'm not a big fan of the mirrors Highsider showed but on his panel they blend right in and become part of the whole truck. You see the whole nice looking panel all at one time and then start checking out each and every detail one at a time with not a one screaming "look at me first". That is the way any and all rigs should be built. If you don't see the whole package and instead one thing hits you right in the face it's done wrong. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.