Fox body doors

Febreezeit50

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Did a quick search found alot of conflicting info.

Hardtop foxbodys are all the doors the same? 79-93?

The previous owner was a d-bag and swapped a Manual door on the passengers side. When the drivers is Power.

 

foxbodymike87

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87-93 i garantee are the same..but im not sure on older models.

 

79'293stang

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Older models differ somewhat. 79-80 have door handles at the bottom and forward, Very inconvenient. The others I cannot say for sure.

 

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Good enough!. Found a couple people on the local craigslst with 87+ doors.

 

txstang84

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79'293stang said:

Older models differ somewhat. 79-80 have door handles at the bottom and forward, Very inconvenient. The others I cannot say for sure.

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I'm pretty sure that was only on the Ghia models...?

Nevermind...I guess you already found what you needed...

 

Mintsick

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Any reason you can't just convert the manual passenger door to power, or are you asking about the door panels and not the entire door setup?

 

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I could, but I figure it would be easier to just get a new door. I found a guy selling both power doors for only 75. Then what I don't use i can resell

 

ID89GT

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If it were me I would rather convert the door.. Have you ever tried to take those door hinge pins off. PITA if you ask me.. but then again if he has already swapped the door it might not be nearly as bad..

 

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Hmm i'll have to check it out if you think it would be easier. Definitly going for the easier route here.

 

foxbodymike87

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ID89GT said:

If it were me I would rather convert the door.. Have you ever tried to take those door hinge pins off. PITA if you ask me.. but then again if he has already swapped the door it might not be nearly as bad..

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What are door pins? ive put 2 sets of doors on my car and don't recall pins?

 

trbkrb

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Swapping out manual regulators for power is not too bad, I've done it on my car. If the manual door is in better shape, IMO it would be worth it. I had to add the regulator, power lock, wiring, and the rubber boot for the wires. One thing to be careful though, the arm on the power regulator is spring loaded, so if you drill out the rivets to remove it from the door, it can snap and pinch you. Ask me how I know!

And the door pins are the pivot points on the hinges. Most people unbolt the whole hinges from the body to swap out doors.

 

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I've been scouring the local craigslist and the doors get gobbled up so fast, and the local junk yards here are stripped of everything worth while on a fox.

I'm not in the biggest rush so really its whatever deal comes along first. The only problem I have with swapping to power in my current door is needing a new door handle. (I was planning on buying new door panels anyways).

 

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1979 handles. are on the floor (by your ankles), not just on Ghias. The pins are in the middle of the hinge and are in bronze bushings that wear out instead of the hinge, if you replace them in time.