POWER WINDOW MOD

[WAYNEF]

I may not be pink/black.....maybe pink/gray. Anyway it is a large B+ wire at the proper distance for the fuse holder to reach.

[technobear]

take a voltmeter to it and see what it gets you... with what i saw underdash i wasnt confident i would get the right wire. Along with my general reluctance to tap into existing wiring. *unless its absolutely necessary*

[DAVEBRENDEL]

DO YOU USE THE REMOVED RELAY AT ALL??





[quote]quote:Originally posted by technobear





I just did it to my car. and cant be happier!!!


Folowing are the instructions that i typed up in another thread in this forum.

1. Get an Inline "Blade" Fuse Holder from Radio Shack (RadioShack=RS hereafter)(RS P/N:270-1234)
2. Open your fuse panel inside the car, you will see a colorful fuseblock.
3. At the top left side of the fuse block is the Power Window Relay. Pull It.(It is about 1.25" long and silver or aluminum colored)
4. Crimp one male Crimp On Quick Disconnect (RS P/N: 64-3137)on each end of the fuse holder.
5. On the other solderless connector cut a very small bit off of it ( to narrow the width)I only had to trim just less than 1/32".
6. Plug one into the RIGHT slot that you just created by removing the relay.
7. Look at the bottom of the fuseblock you will see a black box relay, this is for the headlights; next to that you will see where there could be another of these black box relays; as part of this area there is a HORIZONTAL opening ( for one of the tabs on a relay) that is right next to the headlight relay; plug the trimmed end of the fuse holder into that.

Side Note: If you have heated seats, or if you have a 2003 or newer vehicle that is less than a Limited Edition there will be no way to plug into that spot because there is no power going to it. So, you will need to tap into a 12v power supply.

12v power supply:
1. Go to the fuse block in the engine compartment. There should be several openings where cubes can be inserted.
2. Go to the one for power seats (spot 6 is what i used since I dont have power seats) and used the male tab and ran a wire from that (using a female Crimp On Quick Disconnect) through the firewall and to the "trimmed " end of the fuse holder that you have been working with.

Entry to the Inside from the outside:
1. Raise your steering wheel up all the way
2. Grab the panel under the steering wheel at the place closest to the steering wheel itself
3. Pull down, it swings away ( sweet!!!)
4. Look towards the firewall and to the left a little, you should see 2 cables leading out. one is a conduit of power and electrical crap that we will leave alone, the other is a small cable that i assume is for the hood latch.
5. Go to the engine compartment, and look just below and to the right of the master brake cylendar (spelling?) you should see where this thin cable pokes through the firewall and its rubber grommett
6. give this grommett a good shove and push it into the passenger compartment.
7. go back to the interior and pull that grommet to a place that is easier for you to reach
8. Now, take some wire ( I used 10 awg red wire from RS) and feed it along the black cable through the small hole ( i had to lubricate it a bit and it was a b**ch getting it through. BUT IT WILL FIT!)
9. When this is fed through push the grommett back into the firewall ( this wasnt near as difficult as getting that stupid wire to feed along the release cable!)
10. Once again: connect one endof this wire to the "modified" end of the fuse holder that you have been so carefully working towards getting to use, and the other end to one of the CONSTANT 12v MALE connections on the engine compartments fuse block.

Final touch:
Take the Silver metal relay thingy that you originally took from the interior fuse block and plug it into your newly wired fuse holder ( it snaps in tightly, it possibly might be nice to use some electrical grease). Give it a try! take out the keys from the ignition and enjoy your new power window feature.

Some explanation:
In the PTDIY instructions they want you to look under the dash and find a "pink wire with a thin black line" YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!! have you seen the number of wires under there!? Not to mention 1. I dont like separating stock wireing looms, and 2. I definetly don't want to direcctly tamper with existing wire.

[pd_cruzn]

the relay is placed in the blade fuse holder that was bought at radio shack. and i ran my wire thru the hood latch pull and connedted it to the + jump post using a nut to tighten it down. if you run it thru the hood latch to the engine compartment i suggest doing it right after you have stop running the car. it make the rubber a lot softer because of the heat and was much easier. I never removed the rubber from the hole just in the firewall just used a straighten coat hanger to feed the wire thru. I did this to my pt my wifes pt and mother in law pt