Jaydino75

Hey, all,

I got a 2005 Civic EX Coupe. Among her numerous problems, the driver's side door does not close completely, and the rain gets in. Needless to say, the car kinda smells musty. So I went to the junkyard and found a matching color in very good shape. I set to work tonight to swap out the existing door.

Now, I managed to pull all the harness connectors under the dash on the donor car--a 2002 Civic EX Coupe, so all the electrical is physically intact. I assumed the swap would be the same, but that's where I was wrong. When wrestling with the harness on the donor car, there was a gray, longer connector with a white short connector attached to it. It was a clean pull; the harness came apart where it should've, and everything pulled through the port. However, when I attempted to remove MY door, there are some kind of crimps attached to some wires; on the gray connector (the 2 white ones with gray or black bands), there is a green and a blue wire on some kind of crimp splice. On the white connector, there are a couple of those splice points, but nothing attached to them.

The green and the blue wires run to a small yellow box. It is not attached to the frame in any way, just hanging there, and it has a bunch of connectors leading to other parts of the harness. I have NO idea what this is, or what it does. There is also a smaller black box labeled "UPGRADEABLE" something or other. Here, I apologize for the lack of photos; by the time I got this far, it was already dark enough out to call a pause until tomorrow. This apparatus was not on the donor vehicle this morning. If someone has any idea of what this is, and could advise on how to work with/around it, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Colin42

Just pull the door harness out of the old door and put it in the new door

Slumpertcivic

NDNV

Does the original door need adjustment to close properly? You can adjust the hinges, striker plate and rubber stopper/cushions.

I had replaced a hinge that became loose at the pin that made the door wobble up and down when open.

Jaydino75

Yes, the car has the tweeters on the mirror. I was apprehensive about having to take the wiring harness off the old door, and threading it into the new door, as Colin suggested; but once I got to it, I found it SO easy. I LOVE HONDAS!! ND: The hinges and pins were all aligned. It looks like the top corner where the door meets the frame was somehow bent. By the looks of it, I could suspect someone attempting to break in some time before I bought her.

Thanks for your help, everyone!