Cascade Crew

1987_sportcoupe · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:41 am Post subject: power window question

Ow difficult is it to install power windows in a car that originally didn't have them?

Al Hasse · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:12 am Post subject:

If you get the harness with the switches, relays and whatnot, it shouldn't be too difficult. You do need to change the regulators, that would be the hard part because of the spring in them - power and manual regulators are different.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:57 am Post subject:

If you're going to paint the car it's easier to swap the doors than to fish around inside the door.

Harness is divorced from the main harness, but it runs behind the dash, so you have to disassemble a lot to get it out.

Alphius · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:11 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject:

I would actually route it different than stock. GM ran it through a hard conduit that attaches to the inside of the firewall under the windshield. If you were retrofitting I would think a lower routing would be much easier.