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Old 05-19-09, 05:32 PM
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non power to power doors

not sure how hard it is to swap this. i picked up a nice set of white 86 gxl doors the other day. the only issue i have is that my 87 does not have power doors. now i did notice that when i took my door panels off that i noticed that there was wires already ran, not sure if they are for the p/w or not, im pretty sure they are. but would this be a simple swap? like almost a plug and play? it would be sweet to have the power windows set up easily. the only down side i can think of for this would be havint 2 white doors on my red 7 lmao./♦
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Yep, plug and play. Bolt in the powered stuff and plug it in.
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yeah man, the cables are all there. they wired it for power regardless if it was a car with the power option.
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nice. but i actually was going to bolt on the whole doors not just the power ones. well this is really cool to know
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never seen power doors before. how do they work? u have a remote where u push a button and the door opens?
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power doors= power windows/locks
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so call them what they are. power locks, power windows. but i agree, it would probably easier to just swap out the entire door to get the power options.
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never seen power doors before. how do they work? u have a remote where u push a button and the door opens?
Shaved handles and door poppers. Autoloc (and others) make them.
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ok started this switch today but came into a road bump. when looking inside the car to try and figure out where the p/w plug was hidden i became stumped. couldnt find it anywhere. i tried lookin everywhere.
here is the 2 plugs on my new door.

i can only find where the one on the left goes since its already plugged in. where can i find the bigger one on the right inside the car so i can make my windows work?
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come on. somebodys gotta be able to help me
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It's up in the kick panel behind the knock box (if present).
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if presesnt? is there a chance that its not there?
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TIIs have it, NAs don't.
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so the only way for me to add the power doors would mean i would need to wire it in?
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Most of the time the harness is already in the doors. I have seen a few where it isn't. All you need to do is install the harness if it is not there, or plug the stuff into it if it is.




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