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Creature Comfort,
Part V:
Power Window Installation
No
need to reach over, just push a button! ◆◆◇◇
Medium
Introduction
 When was the last time you rolled down the passenger side
window when the guy next to you was asking for a direction or because it was
nice outside as you were driving? Well,
I am 5’
10”
and I do have to reach over to crank the passenger window down.
  Bored with
the jeep, I found that there is
automatic window kit for the Jeep TJs.
So I decided to look into it.
Just like any other mod that I purchase, I started searching for good
price, and found out a1electic.com with the following URL had the best price
with the free shipping. It arrived after
4 days after the order has been placed.
  The box that came was about 2’ by 3’ and as shown it contained the driver and
passenger window regulators, wirings, relays, switches, brackets, screws,
connectors and wire T-taps. The
connectors that go between the switch and the regulator did not come
assembled. For some reason, I had to
reverse the connection on my install but I didn’t do anything wrong when I was wiring things
up. I will cover this later in detail.
 The overall installation was pretty straight forward except
that I had to do some cutting and drilling and get right sized bolt/screw to
make the operation of the window crank mechanism to work smooth. I also
needed a special tool to remove the window crank handle.
While I was at it I decided to repaint the plastic door trim
pieces and the door handles that had the peeling paint. I will include them in different write ups.
Tools
& Parts Needed
Power Window Kit from A1electric.com @ $239.00 (Part # JE12-KSW)
2 of 10-24 x 1” Machine Pin Head Screws
2 of 10-24 Hex Machine Nuts
(These are available through Homedepot or Lowes)
Window Crank Handle Removal Tool (Harborfreight.com @ about
$5.00)
Torx
Screw Drivers
Socket & Wrench Set
Wire Striper
Knife
Job
Hours
2
hour
Procedure
  1. First, the window crank handle has to be removed. Use the special tool to remove the handle,
remove the handle. Additional pictures
are provided to show how this tool works.
  2. Once the handle is removed, you can remove the door
panel. Unscrew all the bolts you see on
the door panel; the location is shown in the picture. I remember it was pretty hard to remove the
panel for the first time. You will need
a flat head screw driver to pry the door panel out. Look at the picture that shows the backside
of the door panel. It shows the location
of the pins that holds the door panel to the door. Pry these locations and the door panel should
come off relatively easy.
  3. Roll the window all the way down. We need to remove the weather strip around
the window frame as shown.
  4. Once done, remove the plastic trim. Remove the two screws then pull away from the
side it is attached to the door. Now is
a good time to get it painted if you wish (write up coming soon!).
 5. Crank the window about 1/4 way up. You should be able to access the two screws
holding the glass to the regulator arm.
Remove these two screws and don’t lose them!
 6. You should be able to remove the glass from the door.
Lift the glass in the direction of the arrow shown and pull
towards rear of the vehicle.
 7. Remove the three bolts shown
with RED
arrows.
8.
Loosen the other three shown but do not completely
remove, shown with Yellow
arrows.
  9. You should be able to maneuver the regulator assembly out
of the door.
 10. Here is the comparison shot.
  11. Now install the new regulator assembly. Just reverse, step 9-8-7 using the new
regulator. Before this step, I installed
sound insulation mat on the door.
  12. To install the glass, you will have to cut the
protrusion out of the one of the plastic piece that is closer to the front of
the vehicle on both driver and passenger side of the door window glass.
   13. Install the glass using the screw and nut combo
(mentioned in the “Tools & Parts Needed” section of the write up) on the trimmed
plastic and reuse the old screw on the other. I used the blue lock tite on the screw and the nut as I
didn’t
want to deal with it again. ;)
 *Note: If you use the old screw, it will catch the regulator
when window is cranked to the top.
 14. Install the plastic door trim and reattach the weather
strip. Make sure you screw down the door trim.
 15. Remove the glove compartment. Remove the fuse panel by removing 2 screws
at the top.
  16. Find a pink wire as shown and attach Red/Blue wire of
the harness provided.
  17. You also have to wire a constant hot (this is always
on). I forgot what color wire this is on
the harness. It is the fat red wire
shown. The installation manual should
tell ya, I lost this! Doh! Run the rest
of the wiring harness towards the driver side behind the dash. I used electrical tape to wrap the wiring
harness so I don’t have to deal with them when I am debugging some other electrical
problems in the future.
  18. We need to mount the switch to the door panel. This requires drilling
on the door panel. I used drill bit just big enough to fit
through the switch cover bezel.
 Test fit
the metal frame 5 times and drilled twice. You only get one chance.
  19. Position the switch and run the wire through the hole.
Place the bezel on top of the switch and screw the cover in place.
 20. You will have to complete the connector assembly. The wires were blue and black but I had to
mis-match the wires to have to switch operate right for some reason.
21. Install the door panel and ground the ground wire on the
body panel on the driver side by the clutch.
There should be a bolt holding a ground wire already.
22. Repeat the regulator installation procedure on the
passenger side.
 23. Test for the proper operation! You are done!
Here
is a video of the power window in operation! (~3.1Mb)
If
you have any questions or recommendations, please let me know!!
Disclaimer
I
tried my best to document as much as possible along
with pictures. I hope you find them useful. However,
do use the information provided here "as-is".
DailyDrivenTJ.com or
the author does not warrant or assume any legal liability
or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information,
or process disclosed. Use the information at your own risk.
Written
by Michael
on 7.13.2006.
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