Manual to Power Windows/Locks Conversion, REALLY CLOSE NOW! Need help, see pg 5 Options

[GriffGirl]

I will be undertaking my manual to power windows and locks conversion soon! yay! So in preparation for it, if anyone has a wild hair and is willing to take some pictures of their power setup for me, I would very much appreciate it. Here's what I need:

- pix of behind the door panel so I can see where the rail, motor and lock actuator bolt on
- pix of how the wiring harness is run along that same inside part of the door, up to where the rubber thingie goes into the panel by the door hinge
- pix or description of where the harness comes out after run into the above mentioned panel
- if possible, pix of where the other end of the wiring harness connects to. (back of fuse box under kickpanel?) If pix are too difficult, a description of where this thing goes would be great!
- pix of the door lock relay. I know it's somewhere under the dash, down by the gas pedal. That's all I know. Same goes - if pix are too difficult, a description of what this plugs into.

I'm visually oriented, so please use "landmarks" in any descriptions, and colors, i.e. "next to the gas pedal, above the hump and near the white connector" or whatever.

Thanks so much! I'll follow up with a how-to w/photos when I do the conversion.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Feb 26, 2010 - 2:28 AM

[GriffGirl]

I've got it under control, but thank you for the offer!

The project has been slightly on hold for the last 10 days or so while I gathered the remaining parts I needed. I scored the dash harness from the original donor car, and yes, it's going to present some issues w/HVAC etc. so I'm going a much different route that involves hard-wiring the switches and motors with a Fun For All combination of relays, fuses and a DEI 530T window control module. I have all my parts now, and actually am going to leave work early today so I can see just how fun it is to work on a car outside in 90 degree heat.

Speaking of heat, I'm leaving tomorrow to drive down to Las Vegas, so my conversion WILL be done tonight. It turned out the hardest part was figuring out where/how everything bolted in. I've only got the driver's side bolted in right now (so I'd have at least 1 window that would open until I could get the remaining parts I needed) but I expect the passenger side to bolt in in no time at all. I'm guessing I've got about 2 hours of work ahead of me until I have power windows and door locks. Pretty exciting business!

Oh - and for anyone else who might stumble across this thread in the distant future who is considering doing this conversion: don't do it. It's a giant PITA and while the learning experience has made it well worth while to me, I don't know that the payoff is worth the amount of effort.

Pix/how-to will come some time in the next couple of weeks.