DIY: Sedan Power Door Locks(& P/W)
wagodizzle
Council Member and EDM expert
ok, i have some time now and i might as well do a quick little DIY thread on power door locks.
first of all, parts list from a sedan (stay year specific!!)...
-4 PDL assemblies (one from each door)
-4 wire harnesses (one from each door. also they will include P/W, just ignore these... use them for the future if you wanna get P/W
)
-door lock control box (located in drivers door)
-plenty of extra wire
first things first, remove all four interior door panels, the lower plastic panel on the pillar between the doors, and two front seats to clear up space. once the interior door panels are gone, remove the plastic air-blocking wrapping, very carefully.
remove the original door lock assembly, and the original wire harnesses from the front doors. (rears wont have any at this point).
swap over the metal rods from the wagon DL to the sedan PDL units.
now, on the rear you will have to drill some pretty big damn holes in the door pillar to run the wire harness from the back doors to the interior. the rear doors have a hole pre-cut, just a grommet covering it. pop this out. install the wire harness, and run it out this hole.
for drilling, if you look from the inside of the car up on of the openings in the pillar, you will notice an area marked where the hole is supposed to be. dremel it out. (i took off my rear doors for this just for safety, to make sure i dont scratch my doors) then finish running the wire harness through this hole. you should only have two wires coming out from the PDL... one red/yellow and on red/white.
same from the two passenger side door locks. run these three wires and connect them into one wire each. run this into the drivers door and connect it to the red/yellow and red/white on the door lock control box.
next you need a power source wire. you can chose to run this however you want. there is a spot for it in the fuse box, but idk how to run it haha. i just ran mine directly from the battery for now... (not good, i know..)
um, not sure what else there is. its pretty tricky running the new really thick harness in the drivers door. just take your time and be careful.
i wish i had more pics, but nope
anyways, feel free to ask questions and good luck!
first of all, parts list from a sedan (stay year specific!!)...
-4 PDL assemblies (one from each door)
-4 wire harnesses (one from each door. also they will include P/W, just ignore these... use them for the future if you wanna get P/W
)-door lock control box (located in drivers door)
-plenty of extra wire
first things first, remove all four interior door panels, the lower plastic panel on the pillar between the doors, and two front seats to clear up space. once the interior door panels are gone, remove the plastic air-blocking wrapping, very carefully.
remove the original door lock assembly, and the original wire harnesses from the front doors. (rears wont have any at this point).
swap over the metal rods from the wagon DL to the sedan PDL units.
now, on the rear you will have to drill some pretty big damn holes in the door pillar to run the wire harness from the back doors to the interior. the rear doors have a hole pre-cut, just a grommet covering it. pop this out. install the wire harness, and run it out this hole.
for drilling, if you look from the inside of the car up on of the openings in the pillar, you will notice an area marked where the hole is supposed to be. dremel it out. (i took off my rear doors for this just for safety, to make sure i dont scratch my doors) then finish running the wire harness through this hole. you should only have two wires coming out from the PDL... one red/yellow and on red/white.
same from the two passenger side door locks. run these three wires and connect them into one wire each. run this into the drivers door and connect it to the red/yellow and red/white on the door lock control box.
next you need a power source wire. you can chose to run this however you want. there is a spot for it in the fuse box, but idk how to run it haha. i just ran mine directly from the battery for now... (not good, i know..)
um, not sure what else there is. its pretty tricky running the new really thick harness in the drivers door. just take your time and be careful.
i wish i had more pics, but nope
anyways, feel free to ask questions and good luck!
Comments
thanks for the writeup & info.
this seems much simpler than I imagined it would be. time consuming, of course, but even I could handle this mod. this is the kinda stuff I love doing.
here's what I made over the holiday:
it's a cigar box guitar out of issue #4 of MAKE: magazine. yes, those are nails for frets...
http://www.hondacivicwagon.com/board/vi ... .php?t=103
:arrow: There's also schematics for Heated Seats,Headlite warning systems,rear Foglite & Daytime Running Lites.
big thanks
wagon....................4ever...................
wagon ...............4ever...................
also, for mine I picked up the plugs from a Civic ex that runs from the inside compartment to the door (oem looking and leak proof). Just food for thought when doing this.
i did the same.
wont happen. sedans with power options got them all
Does anyone know what car models came with heated seats? was thinking bout swapping these in the same time i do the pw/pl if i can manage to find everything needed.