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    Hey man,
    First off there is not a how to on it... And to be honest, I would never think about doing it again... It was a super pain...

    Here is a quick how to:
    1. Find an IDENTICAL donar car to yours. Same year and body style and engine is a must. And make sure it has every option in it you could ever want to add to yours.
    2. Take every sing interior pannel expect the dash and the pass side a pillar out of the car. This includes carpet, HIVACK, Gauges, Seats, and every single other pannel.
    3. You'll need to remove the power window regulators and locks from the donar car's doors. There are threads on this, plus also the switches and panels, plus all the wiring harness from the doors.

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    4. In the drivers kick pannel, there is a bolt connecting two wiring harnesses. Remove that. Now take the receiving harness (still connected to the car) and remove it. It runs up the drivers side A-Pillar, then down under where both seats would be, all the way back to the taillight harness. It runs all the way to the GEM module on top of the ECU. Plus it goes to the seatbelts and speakers.
    4. Now with it and the GEM module from the donar car, as well as the wiring harness, the airbag controle harness, and locks, switches, regulators, and door harnesses, you start tearing into your car.
    5. Repeat the same process for your car.
    6. Now reverse the process by putting the donar cars power options into yours.


    I had a donar SVT, but looking back I wish I would have had a standard ZX3, as there are a few things that I had to overcome (wiring for the seats is different, as well as needed the airbag sensors under the seats for side airbags).

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    Make sure your donar car has every option that you want. Mine now has factory sub wiring (not that I use it), heated seats, and even has the wiring for the moonroof (which I will never put in). It took us about 6 hours to take the old car apart, but it was already kind of gutted. Then took us about 16 hours to do the swap into my car. There are a lot of little things we had to figure out, to make sure everything would work. I could probably do it in about 15 hours total now, but it would be a major pain.

    If you undertake it, I wish you luck, and don't get me wrong, its awesome now, cause I have power windows, mirrors, and locks, remote locks, heated seats, and stock sub wiring. But I would never go through it again. Hope this helps, and if you have any other questions, just let me know.

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    hey man whats up. yeah just hangin in there. learning the ways of parent hood. trying to get a house and possibly a shop along with it. hows the focus coming. i finally got the body kit painted. oh and have you checked out a thread in the show room there is a girl that has some mustang 5 spoke cobras on her focus and they stick way out. so they should be right in line if you deside to use um with the Q flared
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