2023 Ford Everest build: MSA 4x4 towing mirrors

After having a set of MSA 4x4’s excellent touring mirrors fitted to our previous three vehicles, we really missed them on our latest Ranger.

Development of the mirrors for the new Fords took a bit longer than the team at MSA would have liked, and it wasn’t until April 2024 when they were finally released. Perfect timing for our Everest!

Like the other MSA mirrors we’ve loved using in the past, these are bigger than the OEM Ford units and can pivot and extend outwards for rearward visibility when towing or to view around a large service body. The large rectangular mirror sits vertically in its regular position, but rotating it 90° moves it to a horizontal position for a better rearward view.

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This would have been a great feature on our Ranger as the Trig Point service body did poke out a bit at the sides, and wider mirrors would have helped with vision. The real clever part of this is that when you rotate the mirror, the electric adjustment still operates the same way when you want to tilt it up, down, inwards or out. Nifty!

Most aftermarket towing mirrors are ugly and ungainly when stuck on the side of your car, but the MSA mirrors have an OEM look to them when they are in their standard position. If and when you need a wider view for towing, they can be extended outwards on a slide mechanism to a second position further out from the door to give a wider frame of view.

If you’re driving with the mirrors extended all the time and you want to keep that OEM look to the arms, you can also get an infill panel that clips on over the extension slide to cover it up. Again, in this position, all the power adjustments operate as normal. All other features of the mirror operate as they are supposed to as well. This includes heated glass, blinkers, blind spot monitoring, and power fold when fitted to the original car.

Something the MSA mirrors don’t retain is the cameras mounted in the Ford mirrors for the 360° views. At the time of writing, MSA was still working on this and it should be available soon, if not already. Not that it worries us with our Everest Ambiente, which has no such fancy camera feature.

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We are just happy to have a better view from the bigger mirrors for everyday driving or when we might need to extend them for towing. The image is not only bigger but crystal clear from the quality glass mirror. We’d fit a set of these to every 4x4 we own, if we could!

Pricing (RRP)

• MSA 4x4 towing mirrors: $1600.01 (+ fitment)