3 Doors Down - What to do with it?

[100ovrlndcrzr]

Not sure if that title is as funny as I see it, nonetheless a little while ago I got my hands on a set of 4 doors from a donor vehicle with roughly 80k km on it. The doors are in much better shape than the ones on my truck at the moment. Now, back from a trip through west africa I want to install them. But before I just do that, I thought I ask around and see, what you all would recommend to do before install.

Aaaaand then there is the fact that the donor car was a RHD drive, while mine is LHD. So, I am about to find out if the wiring looms are the same or if I have to switch them between old/new doors. What do you think will be the case?

Besides some thourough cleaning, I have some sound deadining material and 3M automotive thinsulate left, that I plan to put into the doors. What else would make sense to do while I can easily work on them?

Any ideas?

 

[Bisho]

The front doors will have different looms and armrest trim for the window master switch.

 

[100ovrlndcrzr]

Thanks, I was hoping Toyota would only manufacture one style door loom and I could just drop in the window master switch. But I guess not.

Will prepare myself for that.

 

[Foehammer]

That's a funny title made me chuckle bro

 

[100ovrlndcrzr]

Yeah, so much for the hopes that the cable looms will be somewhat similar. This is the wiring loom from a LHD '01 LC (red) and a RHD LC (blue). Besides the obvious differences of the window master switch I have noticed other changes as well. The plug for the window motor is different, as well a the mirrors. According to my research, the 2 pin plug points toward earlier models, while mine from 2001 has the 5 pin connector.

Looks like I will have to change the motors too. At least it will give me the chance to grease it properly.

My side mirrors are electrically adjustable and heated. Are there any other functions in later models for the side mirrors?

 

[100ovrlndcrzr]

With a lot of patience I managed to fiddle in the 5-pin motor from my original truck. The motors from the donor car are different, but the hole pattern is the same.
After watching several YT videos on how to rebuild the motors I opened the 5-pin model motor just to stay away from further exploration as I haven't seen this style of motor been rebuild on YT anywhere. At least I have the less used window regulator which also got some additional grease.

At the same time I have added around 4 pieces of alubutyl to the door. (roughly 900g or 2lbs)

Last but not least I have cleaned the window tracks and applied some PTFE spray to them which has helped in the past to lighten the load of the motor by reducing friction.

 

[100ovrlndcrzr]

With the wiring harness back in, it was now time to upgrade the speakers. I decided to go with Kenwood KFC-E170P (6.5"). As usual the wiring will be the most problematic.
The speakers fit very well and quite easy, at least with my model year. I cut out the paper speakers with a knife and then used a side cutter for the plastic to remove it completely. Based on the small plug for the mini speaker, I figured the positive/red wire is the lighter pink of the two wires (who the hell came up with the idea to use 2 pinkish color wires together???). Only thing I couldnt figure out was how the top and bottom speaker are wired from Toyota. To my surprise the wiring diagram and wires that came with the Kenwood speakers are quite simple and doesnt require any modifications to the original Toyota wiring loom. Only thing I had to do, was to run the wire back out and towards the small top speaker. The Kenwood loom comes pretty much as a plug and play kit including the crimps.

And here is the before and after for now.

Next is the mini speaker at the top. Followed by refurbishing the window controls and detailing the door panels. Please, let me know if you have any questions!

 

[100ovrlndcrzr]

Of course, when I was almost done, mounting the driver side door I noticed that the key didnt work anymore. D'oh! To be honest I feel stupid I havent thought about that earlier. Nevermind, how hard can it be to switch the lock itself, right. And of course, within the different model years Toyota decided to change the style of locks and how they work. Here are the differences. It is not that difficult to make it work, it just takes a little more effort. Basicall its just a small lever that needs to be switched as well.

This sums up the technical side of things as the door is in and everything works. Yes I will have to post a few more pictures on the other steps, but thats it for now as I got finish this. Only thing left to do is detailing/cleaning the door trim panel and add the 3M Automotive Thinsulate to it.