I have a question on electric windows.

Old Feb 17, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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Default I have a question on electric windows.

This might sound dumb but i dont know much about cars but im trying to learn. My camaro has manual windows right now, and i was wondering if it was possible to buy some used doors that had electric window and be able to hook them up to my car?
 
Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:38 PM
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If you are learning about cars I would not recomend doing this. It is challenging enough for those who are experienced in vehicle wiring.
Can it be done? Yes. You will need the cross car harness that links the 2 doors and also power window regulators, switches. It would not hurt to have some schematics and a diagram of where the wires are routed.

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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Definitely doable. But as Massey mentioned, it is a fair amount of work. You can do it all with some basic tools, but you definitely need to know what you are doing with the electrical wiring.

True story, my younger brother thought that adding power windows to his Mustang would be easy. He did all of the work and wiring over the course of one weekend. He had never attempted anything like this before, and was pretty proud of his work. Let's jump to the end.....He did not fuse any of the wiring he ran and powered everything direct from the battery. He now has a completely burned out shell of a '94 Mustang in his yard and doesn't know what he did wrong......

Just saying, if you don't know vehicle wiring, it probably would be best to leave this project alone.
 
Old Feb 18, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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yupp pretty easy. If you look into your car most of everything is already in there. Is easy to manufacture the car if they dint take most of it out. The thing is that our cars dont come with the best power windows. I just converted using a spal clone kit. Spal kits are pretty use to install. They work much better than all the fatorys camaros ive seen.
 
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