Need To Buy/borrow/beg Rear Power Window Controls For R30 Skyline

[HunterDevourer]

Hi, I have a 1985 r30 hatch with power windows that has registration due on wednesday, and failed it's inspection today due to not having the controls for the rear power windows in the rear. I'm around the Sydney area and need to buy or (if someone is very kind) borrow the rear passenger and driver power window control switch things. The wiring is all there, just need to plug it in then take it back to get pinkslipped and registered.

Like I said, I'm in Sydney in West Ryde. If someone can help me out with some spares, shoot me an email at [email protected] or reply here.

Cheers.

Edited December 11, 2006 by HunterDevourer

[the big JC]

Hi, I have a 1985 r30 hatch with power windows that has registration due on wednesday, and failed it's inspection today due to not having the controls for the rear power windows in the rear. I'm around the Sydney area and need to buy or (if someone is very kind) borrow the rear passenger and driver power window control switch things. The wiring is all there, just need to plug it in then take it back to get pinkslipped and registered.

Like I said, I'm in Sydney in West Ryde. If someone can help me out with some spares, shoot me an email at [email protected] or reply here.

Cheers.

your best bet is to just try a few wreckers

[Factory 5]

can you use some switches from another car (R31 Ti? Mazda 626...)and retro-fit them to suit?

if the look stock enough it might work, im sure they dont know exactly what r30 power widow switches look like

[blind_elk]

It must be different in NSW, but when I tried to get my R30 rego transferred here in Vic, the driver's window didn't work, and it's the only one that MUST work. So I simply swapped the motor from the rear RH door into the front RH door, and Robert became my uncle.

[HunterDevourer]

It passed a blueslip without them last year, but failed the pinkslip this time because of them. Different mechanics. I had no idea it was a fail item, and most people i've talked to don't think it should be. I've bought some bits from jaycar but couldn't get them working (2 switches with off position in middle, power on up and down).

I might be able to retro fit some switches from other cars like the r31 etc....but I now can't drive anywhere to get them.

I checked out drivers side power window door control as well, but it's no help as it has a different number of wires anyway.

[rsx84]

is it the fact the the switches arn't there or the windors can't be opened by passengers in the back thats the problem??

you do have the centre console switches don't you??

[Ghostrider]

Is it the switches missing all together or don't they work?

Call me tomorrow, PM sent with information.

Cheers, D

[machg]

Yeah, the switches are a prick of a design, extremely easy to break as they are spring clipped to the door trim, sorry I can't help, I'd go aftermarket if I were you (Jaycar, Dick Smith etc.)

[66yostagea]

did u fix the prob? if so, how? i'm having troubles too. and i would guess all r30 have had probs with rear switches.

[wardie]

I used ones from a R31 to get my MR30 Hatch thru rego. Could not see a difference and they worked 1st go.

[0R10N]

I had the same problem and ended up using a C31 Laurel rear switch for a while that worked fine, I'm guessing anything of that era would be more or less interchangeable. They're not the same cosmetic design, but the wiring is identical.

Those R30 rear switches are a downright pain, the internals always fall apart and then you're stuck with the whole assembly in several pieces. Must be something to do with the way they're vertically mounted on the doorcards, people push on them too hard and over the years they just get more and more worn out until they finally break. In fact I'd probably say that the C31 switches (which were designed for horizontal mounting) are far more robust than the R30 ones.