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toledo240 · 05-02-2007, 03:55 PM

is it easy as it sound?? can i go to the junkyard and pull all the parts and waaalaaa.. lol.. yeah right
anyone done it on a s13??

J-Style · 05-02-2007, 04:03 PM

I have heard of this being done and I believe that you just need to find a junk-yard 240sx with power-windows. I am planing on doing this soon!

benefitx · 05-02-2007, 05:18 PM

the answer is yes

Z U L8R · 05-02-2007, 06:22 PM

ya but even if you take a whole entire auto door.....where's the door's harness going to plug into to get it's power? if you want plug and play then you're gonna have to swap the main harness etc etc etc. if you swap regulators, door panels and all, you're still gonna have to wire in the door's harness to the appropriate power sources. i could do it for you if you supplied the parts and just payed for labor, but anywho, g/l =] @@

it can be done no doubt at all, you could easily half ass it, but to do it right gonna take some time.

"if there's never enough time to do it right, you're only creating enough time to do it twice"

xkamikazestormx · 05-02-2007, 06:59 PM

i did it. its not as easy as 1-2-3.

you need to take off the dash and get the whole main harness with the power harness and everything. i didnt feel like taking off the dash so what i did was used a relay. works perfect, looks stock

toledo240 · 05-02-2007, 09:14 PM

please give me more detail on how you ran it off a relay?

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Originally Posted by xkamikazestormx

i did it. its not as easy as 1-2-3.

you need to take off the dash and get the whole main harness with the power harness and everything. i didnt feel like taking off the dash so what i did was used a relay. works perfect, looks stock

s13gold · 05-02-2007, 09:21 PM

get the door panels...i have some for sale...hehehe...

pm me.

xkamikazestormx · 05-02-2007, 09:23 PM

umm ...

i got all the power door skin, switches, harness, etc.

you need to extend 2 wires from the passenger side to the driver side.

there is IIRC white/black wire that usually goes to ignition.

what i did was get a 4 pin relay and connect it as following.

30-battery 12v
87-white/black wire
86-ground
85-ign on

i had to double check on the wiring tho dont remember

toledo240 · 05-03-2007, 10:28 AM

it sounds that easy lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by xkamikazestormx

umm ...

i got all the power door skin, switches, harness, etc.

you need to extend 2 wires from the passenger side to the driver side.

there is IIRC white/black wire that usually goes to ignition.

what i did was get a 4 pin relay and connect it as following.

30-battery 12v
87-white/black wire
86-ground
85-ign on

i had to double check on the wiring tho dont remember

xkamikazestormx · 05-03-2007, 10:53 AM

it sounds easy but its hard

rocksteady_racer · 05-09-2007, 11:54 PM

I did it on my 93 hatch. Don't listen to all these crazy people. I just put the auto windows in and wires my own switches in and ran the windows off the battery. It's pretty simple, just get one of those dual throw switches from radio shack, if you put power into the wires one way they go up and power the other way they go down it's not too complicated. Plus this way you could have a third switch that moves both

. I just ran the wiring to the stereo and put the switches up in front of my center console. But if you want to waste all the extra money on those fancy switches go for it. Or you can just pay 55$ and 5$ for 2 switches and find some cheap wiring.

toledo240 · 05-10-2007, 11:58 PM

thats awesome... i see kinda get how you have your setup, wiring to the stereo??? is this how you got power from the battery?... pics would be awesome

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocksteady_racer

I did it on my 93 hatch. Don't listen to all these crazy people. I just put the auto windows in and wires my own switches in and ran the windows off the battery. It's pretty simple, just get one of those dual throw switches from radio shack, if you put power into the wires one way they go up and power the other way they go down it's not too complicated. Plus this way you could have a third switch that moves both

. I just ran the wiring to the stereo and put the switches up in front of my center console. But if you want to waste all the extra money on those fancy switches go for it. Or you can just pay 55$ and 5$ for 2 switches and find some cheap wiring.

rocksteady_racer · 05-11-2007, 03:36 AM

That car is in the junkyard. However I kept all the switches and will be installing it in my new 1990 240. I'll try to describe it in more detail.
I ran 2 wires from each power window motor to the center of the car then ran them back in to the center console. Then I ran a ground from the stereo and power from the stereo to the switch. The type of switch I had was pretty simple, I got it from radio shack. When I threw it one way power went through to the one window wire and ground to the other which caused it to go up for example. Then the other way I set ground to the other wire on the window and power on the other. I'll show you more in detail when I get back in the states but I had 3 switches running, one for one side, one for the other and a third for both at the same time.

toledo240 · 05-26-2007, 09:27 PM

were you also able to use the same windows when you switch manual to auto

projectRDM · 05-27-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by toledo240

were you also able to use the same windows when you switch manual to auto

Wow. That's a question I thought I'd never see. Yes, they're the same.

05-02-2007, 03:55 PM	#1
toledo240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: toledo Age: 39 Posts: 281 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	converting manual to auto windows.. whos done it? is it easy as it sound?? can i go to the junkyard and pull all the parts and waaalaaa.. lol.. yeah right anyone done it on a s13??

05-09-2007, 11:54 PM	#11
rocksteady_racer Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Phila Age: 39 Posts: 544 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yea I did it on my 93 hatch. Don't listen to all these crazy people. I just put the auto windows in and wires my own switches in and ran the windows off the battery. It's pretty simple, just get one of those dual throw switches from radio shack, if you put power into the wires one way they go up and power the other way they go down it's not too complicated. Plus this way you could have a third switch that moves both . I just ran the wiring to the stereo and put the switches up in front of my center console. But if you want to waste all the extra money on those fancy switches go for it. Or you can just pay 55$ and 5$ for 2 switches and find some cheap wiring.

05-11-2007, 03:36 AM	#13
rocksteady_racer Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Phila Age: 39 Posts: 544 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Slight Problem... That car is in the junkyard. However I kept all the switches and will be installing it in my new 1990 240. I'll try to describe it in more detail. I ran 2 wires from each power window motor to the center of the car then ran them back in to the center console. Then I ran a ground from the stereo and power from the stereo to the switch. The type of switch I had was pretty simple, I got it from radio shack. When I threw it one way power went through to the one window wire and ground to the other which caused it to go up for example. Then the other way I set ground to the other wire on the window and power on the other. I'll show you more in detail when I get back in the states but I had 3 switches running, one for one side, one for the other and a third for both at the same time.

05-02-2007, 04:03 PM	#2
J-Style Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Helena, CA (707) Age: 35 Posts: 609 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have heard of this being done and I believe that you just need to find a junk-yard 240sx with power-windows. I am planing on doing this soon!

05-02-2007, 05:18 PM	#3
benefitx Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: suwanee ga Posts: 670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the answer is yes

05-02-2007, 06:22 PM	#4
Z U L8R Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia Age: 43 Posts: 1,194 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ya but even if you take a whole entire auto door.....where's the door's harness going to plug into to get it's power? if you want plug and play then you're gonna have to swap the main harness etc etc etc. if you swap regulators, door panels and all, you're still gonna have to wire in the door's harness to the appropriate power sources. i could do it for you if you supplied the parts and just payed for labor, but anywho, g/l =] @@ it can be done no doubt at all, you could easily half ass it, but to do it right gonna take some time. "if there's never enough time to do it right, you're only creating enough time to do it twice"

05-02-2007, 06:59 PM	#5
xkamikazestormx Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 2,786 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	i did it. its not as easy as 1-2-3. you need to take off the dash and get the whole main harness with the power harness and everything. i didnt feel like taking off the dash so what i did was used a relay. works perfect, looks stock

05-02-2007, 09:21 PM	#7
s13gold Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CARSON Posts: 4,240 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	get the door panels...i have some for sale...hehehe... pm me.

05-02-2007, 09:23 PM	#8
xkamikazestormx Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 2,786 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	umm ... i got all the power door skin, switches, harness, etc. you need to extend 2 wires from the passenger side to the driver side. there is IIRC white/black wire that usually goes to ignition. what i did was get a 4 pin relay and connect it as following. 30-battery 12v 87-white/black wire 86-ground 85-ign on i had to double check on the wiring tho dont remember

05-03-2007, 10:53 AM	#10
xkamikazestormx Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 2,786 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	it sounds easy but its hard

05-26-2007, 09:27 PM	#14
toledo240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: toledo Age: 39 Posts: 281 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	were you also able to use the same windows when you switch manual to auto