Been trying to find the answer on here but no luck.

Will the power window regulators from an 89-95 Toyota 4Runner fit my '89 Toyota Pickup Reg cab doors? Do the '89 Reg Cab door windows bolt up to an 89-95 4Runner window regulator? What do I need from the 4Runner to have a "plug and play power window conversion?'

Thanks!

 

The glass is different. The door is too. Its shorter length-wise. Id think the regulator may be the same but Im unsure. I only know because I bought a door thinking it would fit, but nope.

 

Yeah.. I know for sure the doors wont fit. I have a co-worker that totaled his 4Runner and said I can have whatever I want in it. . It rolled over twice and landed back on all four. I would have have to tear, rip and cut things out of the way in order to get the regulators and wiring. Don't wanna waste my time doing so if they wont bolt up.

Anybody else?

 

They will work. You may need to drill a couple new holes. I just put them in my truck. I got an aftermarket wire harness (johnny law.com) and they work great. Your regular glass will work in the
4runner regulators as well.

 

here is the switches I used.

Power Window Wiring Harness w 3 Switches Great for Street Rods 12V Streetrod | eBay

 

Alright.. Cool.. The wiring harness is a great idea! I might have to do the same thing. . How hard is it to wire up?

Do you know exactly what wires are needed from the 4runner to run the power windows if I decide to use the stock 4Runner wiring?

Does anybody know?

 

Does anybody know if the late model regulator will work in a 74-78 door? Obviously with my glass. It seems like the easiest way to get power windows. I don't mind drilling holes. Just wondering if the fitment works.

 

What I did was I took the harness out of the door (plugs for windows and switches) and was going to try and use factory switches. I looked at the wire harness diagram for a while and wasnt sure what relays to use or whatnot. So when I found that kit I picked it up. I kept the factory plugs (both ends of the regulator) and attached the switch harness to the wires. Once I figured out what went where and controlled what It went in pretty quickly. Had my drill not kept running out of battery or completely taken my doors apart to primer it probably took a couple of hours. If you use the flat factory panels you will need to space the switches out or the window reg will hit the switches.

 

If you could post some photos that would be great.

 

Wiring it in to work like factory is a PITA! The 4Runner regulators will not be a direct bolt in, but most of the bolts will be and you will just have to make new holes in the correct spot for one or two. I used 4Runner regulators in my 79 Datsun, so anything is possible.

As for the 4Runner, grab the regulators, door harness, switches, and as much wire on the other side of the door harness plugs as possible. In fact, You should just pull the kick panel fuse box as well. You're going to need the power door control relay which is located behind the driver side kick panel.

After you have all that there are several wires that you are going to have to patch into your harness, and run several wires thru the dash from the driver to passenger side. I found it was easiest to just pull the dash.

I did it and it works as original (doors will not lock when open and key in ignition, windows work for 30 seconds after truck is turned off - or door opens, both doors unlock with key, red courtesy lights work as well) No that I look back, it was well worth it, but while in the process I was definitely thinking NEVER AGAIN! hahaha

 

Wow! I think i'll wire up my own switchs. Lol. Seems like a lot of ish to do. But thanks for the reply!

 

u need to get some sr5 doors then pretty much plug and play...

 

Sure. It will be a couple of days, I need to pull the panel off. Figure I should have some pics since I keep commenting on these threads.

 

Here is a picture of how the power regulator mounted in my manual doors. The yellow circles bolted in no problem. The red circles are where I had to "adjust" the holes.

 

In this picture the yellow circle is the after market wire connector. The red circle Is where the switch connects to the factory regulator. The blue hole is where I tried to run the switch through, but the wires and switch his the gears of the reg as it moved, so I made a spacer block and added it to the panel.

 

Here circled is the only part of the door harness I used. I spliced together the aftermarket harness and the toyota plug together.

 

here is the factory connections I used. Both from the harness and from the regulator

 

Here is the inside of the door. When I removed the power reg I carefully removed the clip from the door so the factory clip (that attaches the plug to the door) could be used in my door and hold the wires to the door skin.

 

And finally here is how I did the panels. I went to lowes and crown moulding trim pieces and wrapped them in tweed and screwed them to the door. I had to enlarge the window crank holes so the wires would pass through. The I then ran the wires between the door and the panel (It made it easy to put the panel on and kept the wires away from the reg). So far the work great and the most time consuming part was the covering the panels and making the switch spacers.

 

Wonderful! Thank you sir! That helps a lot for me. Since I will be putting them into 78 doors. I can inspect and compare before I ever start or search a junk yard. Whole project looks good. Really clean panels.