How easy is the e36 window switch mod?

[smithy318i]

sent to neil

[nadz325i]

here you go lads, have fun

http://www.strictlyeta.net/technical/e36switches.html

this mod is fantastic, much better than those standard ones.


call breakers up, visit breakers,

early model e36 switches non one touch WHITE base, there 2 different colour looms on some models, dosent matter as long as the switch is white base non one touch. also get switch base with 3 -4 inches or the loom intact.

cut the e30 base off, and wire them up accordingly.

****please please test the circuit/wire connections, dont want to hear about e30 caught on fire or anybody hurt!! if your not clued up with electrics i wouldnt recommend this.

we used that article do to my converison, but we only used the wiring connections as a guide, we opened up the switches and found out how they worked (up,down) and wired them accordingly to the e30 loom..

all in all a very good conversion

would post up pictures of the wiring connections but i havent got my e30 at the moment, if i get it by the weekend i post some pictures.

[Dan318-is]

Trouble was, most of the motors from the scrappy were the same or soon would be, and a new one was approx 180 quid, utter crap.

thing is mate its not the motors you change
its the just the switches
and it will be a reversible mod
so you will be able to go back to original if you wanted/needed

So bye just changing the switch i can have one touch window switches?

[Chaos]

would post up pictures of the wiring connections but i havent got my e30 at the moment, if i get it by the weekend i post some pictures.

cheers for the article link, and also the wiring connections wud be very useful - ta.

[Demlotcrew]

They dont look that bad but i dont think its something i will be doing.

Andrew

[t11mfn]

does this mod give you the one push up and down that modern cars have?

[dazleeds]

does this mod give you the one push up and down that modern cars have?

no its simply a button swap

im sure you can also add the 1 touch relay from an e36 set up but this would mean some additional wiring

sorry dnt have a guide with the 1 touch

[stevetigger]

Im going to do this seeing as I have a convertible with four electric windows and a bloody hood thats electric! Would make putting the roof down ten times easier.