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]

One door 95% finished!
So, time to do some more work on this project. My doors have been to repaint, and I had to wait till yesterday to pick them up.


Here is one of the newly painted doors. Repainted surfaces is sexy!


The things I had to do with one door were:

1. Mount old door handles
2. Mount plastic trims
3. Make my own harness to power folding mirrors
4. Tweak the harness
5. Pull cables to the passenger side
6. Mount the door
7. Mount everything

And this is about 12 hours of work. The work is mainly to figure out the electricial work. The door remount is really easy. 4 bolts, and some cables that need to be pulled away.

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The power folding mirror work

This harness work have to be done in the car. Its so much easier to plug in the harness, and work out the problems from there, since it works a bit unmodified.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvBQwsEBxt8
Testing the power folding



Cables makes a real mess in the car.


So the thing we need to do, is to get these parts:
- WHITE boxed relay to power folding mirrors. The text "Mirror Control" are printed on it.
- The plug that fits to this relay
- And of course the harness and mirrors.

If you want do use a harness without power folding mirrors on it, you should check for cables of these colors:
- red/yellow
- green/yellow
- blue/red
- blue/white

This is for the left side harness (JDM) - I am using this harness on my left side. It is different colors on the other side harness.

I cut the cables mentioned above in the list from the plug, and made my own harness from there. My stock car harness (sits under the dash etc) didnt have enough cables in, so this is why I had to do this.

Then we need to extend the harness:



So we start out with some fresh unused cables. This are speaker cables, and will be great.




First we need to solder the unused cables to the door harness.



>>>REALLY<<< imporant to be carefully here, and use shrink tubes. You dont want loose positive cables around in the door.



Flame on!



Some cables done



The harness almost done. The plug at the bottom is the plug which fits in the power folding mirror relay. To be informative, I am soldering the relay plug onto the door harness.



More pictures. Blue/yellow cable is positive, which should be connected to a dome fuse or something. And there is a White/black cable there too, which is ground. Pink is the signal from the power folding button, and all the others are the power to the folding mirror motor.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaYPZJIHp80
Testing my new harness



Almost done



So, I used a plastic tube to protect the harness.



Push the cables inside



99% finished. This is from the relay. The cables at the left side are positive and negative, and the black taped cables at the right are to the passenger side. We want both of the mirrors work, right?


So mainly, it was quite easy work, but time consuming. The cables are color labeled, and I soldered f.ex green/yellow from the door harness to green/yellow at the plug. The things that you need to figure out, is that the blue/yellow cable at the plug are from a positive source, like dome. I mentioned this above, but make sure to make that right.





Other door work

The JDM door mounted and confirmed fitting. Perfect!



The old door.



New door at inside. Need to buy some insulating to this door too!



Testing the power windows



Mounting the power mirrors











Still a mess, but getting closer!



The new plastic piece waiting.



Solder to the dome light. I want som additional lights, so this is perfect to use!



The door almost finished. The door panel are the last step.



This was the additional lights. Nice in the dark, and works when you open the door without the key in!



The door finished.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXluUdGrCfo
95% final product


(How do I make youtube videos show in my post?)




One door closer to... satisfaction?
So, that was one door. Now I know exactly what to do to the other door, so that will be simple. Some problems will always show up, but they will be figured out.

STILL, I havent figured out the central locking. Its impossible for me to just try the cables, because its like 7 cables that goes only to the central locking module in the door. So please, if someone can help me out here! I need to know what each of the cables do:

1. WHITE/BLACK - This is ground
2. WHITE/BLACK - This is also ground
3. BLUE/BLACK
4. BLUE
5. GREEN
6. BLUE/RED
7. BLUE/WHITE