Ok, this isn't something I did on my TJ, but it was too much fun to not share somewhere. My main helper has a 99 XJ with power windows. He takes the doors off, which required us to cut the harness and wire in several connectors, which is a real pain. Plus (by his own admission) he did a crappy job and it breaks frequently. But he doesn't care about the locks, power mirrors, window lock, or speakers, so most of that wiring is unnecessary.....so I set off to wire up a center console power window module.
But that's not what I'm here to tell you. Since we still had 2 wires into each door to control the window motor, we wanted a durable yet "XJ-appropriate" wiring solution. So we bought four 10' orange extension cords from Harbor Freight, and cut them in half, more or less. we ran one end of the now-loose wire to the center console for the switches and left the female end on the floorboard. The male end was run up into the door and the loose wire end was spliced into the window motor.
So now when it's time to go doors off he just unplugs the 4 extension cords. It's silly, but it's fun, and honestly running extension cord was quite a bit easier than routing individual wires (especially the 14ga I like to use), and ended up being cheaper for the amount of wire we actually needed. Plus the orange jacket made wire loom less necessary.
Switches yet to be mounted, testing some connections. It looks like a mess, but it's actually really clean wiring. All non-insulated crimps, solder in a lot of places, power & ground daisy chained across all 4 DPDTs. My buddy told me it was too clean for his XJ, could I make it more of a mess. I told him don't worry, nobody will see it.
But that's not what I'm here to tell you. Since we still had 2 wires into each door to control the window motor, we wanted a durable yet "XJ-appropriate" wiring solution. So we bought four 10' orange extension cords from Harbor Freight, and cut them in half, more or less. we ran one end of the now-loose wire to the center console for the switches and left the female end on the floorboard. The male end was run up into the door and the loose wire end was spliced into the window motor.
So now when it's time to go doors off he just unplugs the 4 extension cords. It's silly, but it's fun, and honestly running extension cord was quite a bit easier than routing individual wires (especially the 14ga I like to use), and ended up being cheaper for the amount of wire we actually needed. Plus the orange jacket made wire loom less necessary.
Switches yet to be mounted, testing some connections. It looks like a mess, but it's actually really clean wiring. All non-insulated crimps, solder in a lot of places, power & ground daisy chained across all 4 DPDTs. My buddy told me it was too clean for his XJ, could I make it more of a mess. I told him don't worry, nobody will see it.
