So my driver's side doors have rusted a bit. I found a 2000 Pathfinder at the local Pick n Pull. Mine is a 2004.
I know the window switches are different. Are the harnesses different too?
The 2000 Pathy is an SE I believe. The mirrors and door handles are not painted, mine are. How difficult is it to switch the mirror, door handles, and the lock with my own? Also would the 2000 have the central locking mechanism?
Is it possible to install the front door without removing the front fender? that seems unnecessarily difficult.
Removal and installation of doors on a 2004 Pathy
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Re: Removal and installation of doors on a 2004 Pathy
I believe you have to remove the front fenders to access the door hinges for removal. Really annoying for me too since my driver door hinges have some slack so the door sags a little and is misaligned, and I never feel like replacing the hinges because it necessitates fender removal.
Window switches look somewhat different, you're right. I believe the harnesses are different too, but that can be verified quickly by looking at the pinouts of the switches EL section of the respective FSMs.
The door handles are relatively easy to swap out (2 10mm nuts, accessible with the door panel removed, one has a black plastic plug in front of the access hole, then it's a matter of wiggling the door handle in/out and the lock rods will be the most difficult part), I'd imagine more so with the doors removed. I'd guess the mirror is simple too, but I'm not sure about the lock cylinder. If it's anything like the lock in the rear door, it isn't too difficult although with the more limited space in the door shell it can still be a tough job.
My driver door also has some rust in the corner of the door, but the driver door was in an accident before and I believe repainted. I'm not worried about it, but it's growing slowly. The body shop did a terrible job at the painting - I'm actually not sure if they repainted the door after dent removal, or swapped the door with another one of the same color. I had a dent near the driver door switch which caused the switch to die after enough door slams. Some Bondo fixed that. But I digress at this point.
Window switches look somewhat different, you're right. I believe the harnesses are different too, but that can be verified quickly by looking at the pinouts of the switches EL section of the respective FSMs.
The door handles are relatively easy to swap out (2 10mm nuts, accessible with the door panel removed, one has a black plastic plug in front of the access hole, then it's a matter of wiggling the door handle in/out and the lock rods will be the most difficult part), I'd imagine more so with the doors removed. I'd guess the mirror is simple too, but I'm not sure about the lock cylinder. If it's anything like the lock in the rear door, it isn't too difficult although with the more limited space in the door shell it can still be a tough job.
My driver door also has some rust in the corner of the door, but the driver door was in an accident before and I believe repainted. I'm not worried about it, but it's growing slowly. The body shop did a terrible job at the painting - I'm actually not sure if they repainted the door after dent removal, or swapped the door with another one of the same color. I had a dent near the driver door switch which caused the switch to die after enough door slams. Some Bondo fixed that. But I digress at this point.