early vs late model front doors

[Jean]

Ok, so I picked up a clean late model door of the same color today. Will confirm in the next few days on if/how the swap goes etc...

[Jean]

Alright so.... I picked up a late model door with power glass/door lock. Removed the power regulator and glass, removed the wiring harness from inside the door. The early chassis/doors harness do not have a plug in the door jam, so what I did is fished the harness/wiring out of my door and then pulled it the late model door. The hole for the wiring is the same size and everything, and the door had all the holes needed for the manual crank windows and nothing had to be drilled at all.

I removed the door from my car off it's hinges (4 13mm nuts) and placed the replacement late model door on the old hinges, no issues.

What I had to modify was the glass guides inside the late model door, as they were much longer than the early door with manual glass.

All done

[Jean]

Late model door :


late model door hinges:


My early / manual glass door


Late model door with power glass/actuator removed


Cutting down the late model door inner window guides


Early style door hinges


I was thinking about driving it this way, but it was starting to rain lol


Late model door harness, removed


Early chassis door harness, not removable from the chassis like it is on the late models...just re-wrapped it before fishing it inside the late model door


All done

[prisonerofdoom83]

So I have a window on an early model sedan front that needs the window replaced . I have a late model glass motor and track regulator . Can I switch over all the stuff from the late model into the early model door?