Manual to power windows!, Workthread, step by step etc Options

[AnaXyd]

Hey there!

Got a ST without power windows, and yeah, its really lame at these days. Its really embarassing to manually slide the windows down, so I have always been thinking of a conversion!

So this is the time, finally. I got my hands on some really nice JDM 93/94 celica doors, with everything. Power windows, power locks, power folding mirrors etc. So I'll got everything I need now, so its basicly to just swap the old ones into these!

But I'll got a European ST, which is LHD. The doors came from a RHD JDM. So its some tweaking with wires.

Basicly I have to do this:

1. Unplug the harnesses from the JDM doors
2. Swith harnesses from side to side (left side goes to right side, and vice versa)
3. Switch panels the same way
4. Switch locks from the original car
5. Unhatch the original doors
6. Mount the new doors
7. Plug in the harness to the car

And this is without ANY problems or trouble. I dont expect it to be as easy as the list, though.

Great resource for JDM Power folding mirrors: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=17207
and another one for the power windows: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=59251

And another one for wiring diagrams: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=75461



This post has been edited by AnaXyd: Aug 21, 2010 - 1:31 AM

[AnaXyd]

Update! - Checking JDM harness vs original harness
Since updates with pictures is a lot more interesting, I have taken some this time! Its not too great, and not alot of taking pictures of..


The right side harness unhooked from the door. This will be placed in the left door after testing.



Closer shot on the power mirror control.



Here is my workspace. Since the doors needs to be handled carefully, I use my restroom as a workplace now



The other door.



More pictures.



A shot of the inside of the door



Where I am pointing, is a typical place for rust. The inside of the door, at the bottom is a really exposed place. It is sort of a fabrication failure, since everyone got rust here after some 100.000 km. So this must be fixed.



The power window control.



The plastic panel



And a really used speaker. Look at the membrane!



The mirror control relays, which make the power mirrors work. I didnt get the plug which fits here, so I did a fast custom work here.



It works, until I get the right plug.



Overview.



So, got outside and testet the doors with my car. Plugged in the JDM harness, and one of the plugs were 100% identical.



And yes, the power windows worked 100%!



This another plug, needs a bit of modification, though. This is mostly the mirrors, and maybe a bit of the central locking. Havent figured everything out yet.


Problems: Tried the mirror control too, and it worked 100%. Even at the other side! So some wires must be right at the plug at the last picture. But I noticed a bit of distortion or buzzing in my tweeters when I controlled the mirror at the other side. And the fuel gauge in my gauge cluster were resetted after I tried the harness?



So, yesterday I delivered the doors to reperation and painting, so it will be 100% when I put them on my car!


So I need to figure out the central locking. I'll got a central locking aftermarket kit, so its just plug and play basicly, but I need to know what each of the wires to the central locking do. Looked at the wiring diagram, but I dont understand them 100%, since Im not a electrician.

I also need to swap the mirror control wires. Since I swap the harnesses the R on the mirror control will be L. Its not a big deal, but I want it to be 100%.