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Old 02-27-2010, 10:05 PM   #8
BLE 'BURBAN
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Re: '89-91 power mirror upgrade....coming soon to this thread.

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Originally Posted by JEM View Post
It's a fair bit of a job, I just did the conversion on my '91 Sub a few months ago.

Might be easiest to grab the entire front doors off a donor if you're planning some paint work, otherwise you've got to drill new mounting holes, patch the old ones, swap the reinforcing plates from a power-mirror truck, etc.

Swapping the door wiring is also a pain, you need to pull the rubber boots out and GM somehow contrived to rivet those things in, so you're in there with a grinder in a flex-head Dremel tool grinding off the rivets.

Then there's swapping the dash wiring harness to get the mirror wiring...
As I said in my original posting, I've already done the upgrade to power mirrors a few years ago but am getting ready to upgrade yet again from the standard power mirrors to something better without losing the look of the factory power mirror option. It's gonna be hot and you will know which way to turn too.
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