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Has anyone one attempted to add power locks to their GTS?
Why couldn’t you just use stock parts?
The stock actuator is located at the very bottom/back side of the door, inside the door. I am willing to bet it was one of the first things installed in the door prior to the door being installed. With the window out and in a flat surface I bet you could slap that puppy in pretty quick. With the window tracks, the window, door latch and the cable going to it in the way trying to put it in through a little hole with limited visability and ability to just get two hands in it at the same time I would go aftermarket.Agreed. I don’t see why it would take that long. It would definitely look nicer. Back then, Ford prewired a bunch of stuff. Probably just needs the two door lock bezels, the buttons, and the wiring harness from the door.
Does the GTS have power windows?
The stock actuator is located at the very bottom/back side of the door, inside the door. I am willing to bet it was one of the first things installed in the door prior to the door being installed.
With the window out and in a flat surface I bet you could slap that puppy in pretty quick. With the window tracks, the window, door latch and the cable going to it in the way trying to put it in through a little hole with limited visability and ability to just get two hands in it at the same time I would go aftermarket.
Your welcome to try yourself with your itty bitty hands if you do not believe us. Would you like to put a link on where to get a new factory actuator mechanism then as well? Or are we going through all this to install a replacement from a 25 yr old used car?1:44
The door is installed first, then the glass, then a giant machine installed every other insane thing. I’m assuming that’s where all the magic happened. The full video doesn’t really show the door panels, or doorwiring, but at least it shows the rolls of sheets of steel being pressed into absolutely everything and how they get welded.
I have little women hands, so that helps, but I’ve also had to remove and replace a window regulator. I know it’s extra work with drilling and reinstalling pop rivets, but that sounds like it’s worth the extra hassle.
But evilcw311 said that you and him used to install these for a living, so maybe you guys know better than I about it, but factory will simply look better in this situation IMO. Only reason I’d use aftermarket is if I wanted the novelty of power locks, but still wanted to display the classicness of an actual car with no power locks. Also, being a GTS, despite it being a cheaper stripped-of every-option GT, wanting to keep the car original as it is a rare lesser known mustang variant, then I totally understand and respect that... ...just so long as you’re goal is to hide the buttons elsewhere.