manual windows and locks
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Actually there is a weight difference. About the weight of the motor. The regulators are pretty much the same except the one does not have the motor. If you take out the wiring that adds up to. I did this over the winter. So whatever a motor weighs is about what you will lose.
I bought my windows from a guy of this site. He was parting out a V6 camaro. That is where you will find most of them. They also came in 1LE cars and you will find a few people that put electric windows in them. I bought both regulators, all associated hardware, and even the window tracks, all for $65
I bought my windows from a guy of this site. He was parting out a V6 camaro. That is where you will find most of them. They also came in 1LE cars and you will find a few people that put electric windows in them. I bought both regulators, all associated hardware, and even the window tracks, all for $65
Originally Posted by smoknta
Actually there is a weight difference. About the weight of the motor. The regulators are pretty much the same except the one does not have the motor. If you take out the wiring that adds up to. I did this over the winter. So whatever a motor weighs is about what you will lose.
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If you had a race car I would do it just to be able to do aluminum door panels and not have to worry about the wiring switches. But I will admit when you beat a car with lexan non-rolldown windows and you roll the power windows down to give him a wave its pretty cool 
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Thats is basically what I did. My motors were going out and I wanted manual windows. So I took out all the door wiring and converted to manual regualtors. They are quit a bit lighter. I wish I would have weighed them, but I know they are lighter. The doors are very light without the wiring, motors, and door panels. Havn't had a chance to finish the aluminum door panels yet.
Originally Posted by slolt1
has any one converted to save weight if so where did you get the door panels and window regulater and stuff what year cars did tose come in and wich ones
Parts list, including the covers for where the switches used to be (not needed if removing the door panels). Those are gmpartsdirect prices.
10193360 SPACER-FR $2.21 2 $4.42
22656167 HDLE/WDO $10.38 2 $20.76
10288765 COVER $7.84
10288766 COVER $7.84
10157547 RIVET-FRT 5 $1.08 2 $10.80
16625870 REGULATOR $103.10
16625871 REGULATOR $103.10
thanks for all the help i belive i am working a trade with jshiver on all the stuff i belive i can loose some weight i will weight everything and post the savings when done thanks again for the help
