how to fit electric windows

[robo]

on 325 mk1 sport will all wires be present in doors nd centre tunnel from wire loom ie switchs nd moters .... if not wot do i need to do to fit electric
windows

[Brianmoooore]

If the car never had electric front windows, then I doudt if any of the wiring is there.
Motor assemblies are a straight swap for the manual gear in the doors. (Fit tweeter pods where the winder holes are).
Feed two wires from each motor back through the door connectors, through the hole in the door pillar plug and socket and back to the console.
I suggest you get the door light switches, relay under the glovebox, window switches, cutout and loom around the switches and glovebox from a scrapper, work out which are the wires that go to the motors, and splice them to your newly installed wires in the car.

[andy325]

you will have the wiring in the doors for the elecy window motors.
you will not have any wiring in the car for the switches.
you will need to rob all the parts from a car thats being broken.

if you need any help - just ask

i fitted electric windows to my mk1 sport this afternoon - its about 3hrs work.

andy

[smithy318i]

And if your interested, I have the whole lot for sale for Ԛ£50
this includes both motors/regulators, switches, relay and the main wire to the center console.

[andy325]

you might need to change the door glass aswell, depends which type of regulators you have in your doors.

i had to replace the door glass on mine

[Brianmoooore]

you might need to change the door glass aswell, depends which type of regulators you have in your doors.

i had to replace the door glass on mine

Yes, come to think of it, when I fitted an '87 door to an '88 car a while back (accident repair), I did have to change the glass, as well as the electric for (cable type) manual winder.

[robo]

thanks Brian nd Andy...mines a 1988 sport ! so wot you are saying lads is...i need to get windows from car with electric windows cos mine wont fit

[Brianmoooore]

If your existing manual windows are operated by an S shaped spiral cable in a tube arrangement, then you need the glass. If by a more conventional scissors and toothed quadrant arrangement, then your existing glass will fit.

[robo]

thanks again Brian... ile take the door panel off today and let u know wot

type of fittings are in there mate....

[andy325]

my regulators were the "S" cable type

this is why i changed mine

my car is the early (1986) type

[robo]

thanks everyone for yr help... i checked wot fittings in my doors nd its the scissors nd toothed type... thanks again