Need help asap!!!!! 1-30-2012

[Hondacivic19]

Hi, my name is Jacob and I own a 1998 Honda Civic Dx.
My question is that I had manual rolling windows, but due to an accident, I bought Si doors with automatic windows. Now, I want them hooked up, and I'm wondering if anyone else has ever done this because I'm running a hotwire from the door switches to my battery. Can anyone help explain what I will need to do properly before I screw everything up.
I'm a smoker and I'm leaving for TN in a few weeks, I can't drive 8 hours w/o a cigarette!

 

[Hondacivic19]

Can I just run a hotwire from the switches to the plug-in to the battery?

 

[95CTR]

i would say to find a wireing diagram for your trim level and the one that the doors came from and wire them properly, and in the meantime for the ghetto rigging, make sure that its atleast fuesd so that you dont burn out any window components

 

[Mysteryemotionz]

The way the power windows work is as followed. 12v power n ground when switch pressed. Depending on witch way you press the switch ( to go up or down ) determines what wire is grownd n what wire is 12v.

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[cgpEJ6]

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[XpL0d3r]

Just quit smoking your lungs will thank you later!

Or just do something like this: http://www.hondahookup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1993057

 

[Butterz]

If you run it right to your battery it might drain due to the power windows always being active.

I would run to the fuse panel. There's a spot in there for it, all you would need to do is run the wire and plug in a fuse. Follow one of the guides above. No fuse is always a fire hazard as well, ie. why it's called a 'hot wire'.

 

[kozy6871]

You can just stop every couple of hours like I do. I'm a smoke, but I don't smoke in the car. I recently drove across the country from Indiana to Arizona. I just stopped at rest areas and took a smoke break after putting gas in the car. If you put your mind to it, you could go 8 hours without a smoke, but you'll NEVER go 8 hours without having to pee, HA!

 

[Hondacivic19]

Thanks for all the replies guys, really helpful, also thanks for the links too!