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Hallo Cab-fahrer,

Wie Sie schon wissen (oder nicht) komme ich aus Belgien und ist meines Deeutsch nicht so gut. Also werde ich diese Anleitung auf Englisch machen. Ich glaube jeder spricht ein bisschen Englisch, und wenn nicht, erklären die Bilder fast alles.

Okay,

What do we need:
- A punto Cab
- Universal set from FK Automotive for making the windows electric (+/- 50 euro on ebay)
- loom tube for laying the wires in (to make it look factory)
- some bullet-hole connectors, used standard in cars (find it in any carshop)
- some tap-connectors (to tap off electricity from a wire without cutting it, also in any auto-shop)
- a lot of patience

Step one: Connecting the switches and the wiring kit to the car's electrical circuit

Place the switches for operating the windows on the center console, just behind the handbreak. This is the place where the original switches are.

First remove the handbreak cover using the bolts behind the lip at the back (1) and the unde the little dark square lip in front of the handbreak (2)



Cut out the plastic carefully and mount the switches.



The included wire kit from FK (and other) are made for switches that are each on one side of the vehicle. Here the switches are very close to each other. Therefore it is adviced that you cut the wire short between the switches on the left (driver side) and the one ont het right (passenger's side). We re-use this wire to go from the switches to the motors (since the distance here between switch and motors is much larger than normal). For connection purposes, use the bullet/hole connectors (they wil fit the connectors already present in the wires).



Then guide the wires to the room behind the glove box (where the original wiring for the front electrical windows and central locking is situated). Use loom tube (see pic) and cable binders to deliver solid and decent work. As you can see, we need to drill a hole in the first part of the center console to get the wires from the handbreak to the front.



Behind the glove box, use tapping conncetors to connect the wire kit to the black ground (-) and to the red (+) cable. Use a multitester to ensure you got the big red wire (of the grey relais on the green socket on the right besides the yellow one)) that gives a +12V signal only when contact is on. There is a fuse included in the wiring kit from FK so no additional one is needed.



Tip: tap only the thick wires to ensure powerful operating of your windows.

Step 2: Laying the wires for the electric motors

We use the original wires of the FK wiring kit. The wires we cut between the switches operating the left and the right window are re-used here. Cut them in half first, so we have an equal end to reach each motor. There are 3 wires in the taped cable kit but we only use to. Doesn't matter though, just leave the extra wire be. We apply bullet connectors and connect them to the switches (the exits from the switches to the motors).

The remove the back seats (lower part) by unscrewing the 4 inbus bolts per seat (see pic).



Then we see that there are already cables that enter the chassis using a hole in the middle, just behind the center console. So we lift the carpet and then guide the cables through the rubber surrounded hole into the chassis frame.



Then guide each of the cables to their respective side by guiding the, with your hand in the chassis through the holes. so that finally you end up at each side through the hole at the back of the chassis. Here there is no rubber surrounding, so again, use loom tube to avoid the wire being cut at the edges.

Step 3: Mounting the motors

This part is quite difficult, not the mounting itself but more the disassembly and re-assembly of the side panels.

I'm going to limit myself to the more special part of the panel assembly, since the mounting of the motor is also well-explained in the guide delivered wioth the motors. I'll give some pointers though.

First we need to de-mount the side panel. There are 6 bolts that need to be unscrewed.

First you need to disassembly the handlever that covers up two bolts. Unscrew them. Also uncrew the speaker grille that holds the speaker and unplug it to remove it.




Then there is a bolt at the back of the car just between the headrest and the folding line of the rooftop.



The fifth bolt is on the outside of the car. You need to put the rooftop down in order to access it. It's just behind the rear window. Unscrew it.



The last bolt is at a tricky place, it's positioned behind the little ashtray/bin. You need to unclick it from the side panel and then you'll see a bolt behind it. Unscrew it.



Finally remove the plastic cover at the door entrance. To do this, just unscrew the four screws that were positioned on the picture.



Don't forget to remove the manuel lever of the window mechanism. To remove it, remove the iron clip that holds the lever on and then pull it off.

Then your side panel should look like this

then gently remover the side panel. I haven't removed the safety belt to completely detach the panel, since it didn't bothered me. You can lossen the safety belt a bit and put the panel aside.

Then you get this



Then put the cable that we have laid in step 2 throught the rubber to get "inside" the panel. Just folow the cable of the speaker. We have to mount the motors with the wire connections downward (see instruction manual of FK set) so we already lay out the cables to be directed to the back. Use cable binders and loom tube again. Drill some holes if necessary to secure the wires.



Then choose the right adapter for the car. Place it on. Put the adapter in the motorconnected part and place the together (in green) (this becomes very clear of you purchase a universal set with manual). Than, using the iron hooks, mount the motor and the part at the other end to the chassis of the car (in red).



As you can see, the motor is mounted al the way int the back, and slightly upward. The cables are positioned downwards. Before closing up the side, test the motors and be sure that the cables are connected correctly (if you press down that the motor goes down and vice versa).

Step 4: Final step

In this step we cover up the part you will see from the mechanism. We use the supplied adapter piece and the cover-up piece.

First we make the original hole a bit bigger in the side panel and install the adapter-ring





After that we re-install the side panel and attach the cover-up piece. Be sure to re-attach the rubber between the side panel and the window. And we're done here. Your car is equiped with electrically powered windows in the back. Easy to be controlled from the driver's seat. The lights in the switches light up as soon as the ignition is ON. The clour of the fK set switches is green, so it matches the original colour of the punto perfectly






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If you have any questions, you are free to post them here. I'll try to answer them asap. Next lesson will be "How to install an electric roof in an Cabrio S"

MfG

Jan

Nein, die vordersitze sind vom Fiat Coupe und ich habe die Rucksitze schwarz gemacht mit Stofffarber.

Hallo Alle

Kurze Update meiner Seite: Weil ich jetzt am 2. Cab angefangen bin, habe ich wieder eFh nachgerüstet.

Habe gekauft:

- Originale eFh hinten für Punto Cab auf Ebay gefunden für 150 euro (beide Seiten) Leider keine Kabel oder Schalter meh dabei
- Das Teil fürs Mittelkonsole wo originale Schalter sitzen --> noch immer bei Fiat verfügbar - 20 euro
- Schalter für eFh im Fahrertur mit Kabel dabei auf Schrotti - 10 euro

Die Schalter vom Fahrertur passen im teil fürs Mittelkonsole! Also sieht aus wie original! Mit Kabel etwas gemacht und alles installiert. SIeht aus wie original!

Mann muss nür diese Motor finden, und diese sind kaum zu finden, sehr selten auf Ebay. Ich werde einige Foto posten.

BW