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Hey Guys (and possibly girls)
I've decided that i'll keep my VT for another two years before i upgrade and one thing that has always bugged the living **** out of me was the manual windows.
I have been sifting through the various posts on here about conversion, problems, fixes, and the like for about 2-3 days.
I have gathered as much info prior to posting this about my car as i thought i would need, so here it goes.
I essentially want to have all doors with power windows, so the parts needed (Correct me if i'm wrong)
- 1x Main Power Window Wiring Loom (Mine does not have the wire pre-fitted)
- 4x Electric Window Regulators
- 4x VT Series 1 Door Looms
- 1x Centre Switch
- 2x Rear Switches
- 4x New Door Trim for power windows (So it doesn't look dodgy)
Also i am aware that as i have a LOW BCM i will have to bypass it to get the drivers side to function and thus losing the auto functionality, this doesn't bother me as long as it works.
The main issue i keep running into is the main wiring loom for the switch block (Under the current change holder) as it is not there. So my question to you guys is can i buy a wrecked loom and if so how do i go about separating the Power Window part of it?
I called a local Auto Sparky this morning and his initial reaction when i asked can he do it, hinted that it was going to be an expensive job. He gave me a rough quote of around $800-$1000 for all parts and labour, but then followed to say if i got ALL the parts myself (From a Wrecked or New) the labour would be around $400-$500 alone.
Now those prices seem pretty high, so i'd rather take the time get the info from you guys, sort the parts out and do it myself as i am fairly confident i would be able to do it, if i could only figure out the Main wiring.....
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
I've decided that i'll keep my VT for another two years before i upgrade and one thing that has always bugged the living **** out of me was the manual windows.
I have been sifting through the various posts on here about conversion, problems, fixes, and the like for about 2-3 days.
I have gathered as much info prior to posting this about my car as i thought i would need, so here it goes.
I essentially want to have all doors with power windows, so the parts needed (Correct me if i'm wrong)
- 1x Main Power Window Wiring Loom (Mine does not have the wire pre-fitted)
- 4x Electric Window Regulators
- 4x VT Series 1 Door Looms
- 1x Centre Switch
- 2x Rear Switches
- 4x New Door Trim for power windows (So it doesn't look dodgy)
Also i am aware that as i have a LOW BCM i will have to bypass it to get the drivers side to function and thus losing the auto functionality, this doesn't bother me as long as it works.
The main issue i keep running into is the main wiring loom for the switch block (Under the current change holder) as it is not there. So my question to you guys is can i buy a wrecked loom and if so how do i go about separating the Power Window part of it?
I called a local Auto Sparky this morning and his initial reaction when i asked can he do it, hinted that it was going to be an expensive job. He gave me a rough quote of around $800-$1000 for all parts and labour, but then followed to say if i got ALL the parts myself (From a Wrecked or New) the labour would be around $400-$500 alone.
Now those prices seem pretty high, so i'd rather take the time get the info from you guys, sort the parts out and do it myself as i am fairly confident i would be able to do it, if i could only figure out the Main wiring.....
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
