Door Swappin' Question

[danksauce]

I have seen a few older threads that were in the ballpark of answering my questions, but not specific enough for me to be comfortable with the responses. So I did search some before making a new topic in the noob forum.

A little background about my DSM project is that I own a 1995 TSI FWD that I am in need of at least one, if not both doors due to the fact that one of them has already been bondo'd and both are banged and dented quite a bit past the point of dent wizard repair.

Bottom-line, I need two doors and I had some questions about swapping doors. I currently have automatic door locks, windows, and mirrors. I could care less about power acsessories and would honestly prefer manual eveything. That being said, I do not want to use two keys for one car and I want to be able to find matching manual doors/panels with my current interior so as not to look too ghetto-fied.

My burning questions are:

1) Can I swap out door lock mechanisms so that I can use one key on both doors and ignition.
2) Do the 1995 Eagle Talons have the same interior colors for each trim (Base, ESI) that have the manual door locks and windows?

Thanks in advance guys.

Some pics of my jacked up doors, if you think they could be salvaged by having a body shop bondo and sand them and it would cost less than my method above definatley voice it because I am not much of a body guy and do not have much experience in body work.

 

[Nicklepage1010]

The locks will swap. there is a clip on the back of the cylinder that holds it into the handle

why not swap your old panel onto your new door?

 

[danksauce]

The locks will swap. there is a clip on the back of the cylinder that holds it into the handle

why not swap your old panel onto your new door?

I have power door locks etc. currently and I would rather have manual door locks, mirrors, and windows. I am not sure if the holes and such would match up in my panels if I go from a power dooor to a manual door.

I know thats strange beasue most people want powered ones, but im a bit of a conservative. I guess my best shot would be to see if I can find a few base 1995 Talons and ESis to see if my interior colors match theirs.

Thank you for the info on the door locks.

 

[TSI_93]

I dont see it as strange. I would cut off my right arm for a nice set of 1g manual roller doors.

 

[dsmspick]

What color is your interior? They do make all the colors in both manual and power. Main differences will be the lack of power and the insert. Most cars that have leather have the leather insert on there door. On base models it can either be cloth or just plain plastic. So keep that in mind as well.

 

[danksauce]

What color is your interior? They do make all the colors in both manual and power. Main differences will be the lack of power and the insert. Most cars that have leather have the leather insert on there door. On base models it can either be cloth or just plain plastic. So keep that in mind as well.

Mine are tan, I prefer the gray interior because I plan on replacing the jacked up dash anyway, so I will just end up converting it all to gray in the end.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

I dont see it as strange. I would cut off my right arm for a nice set of 1g manual roller doors.

Then how the hell do you intend to roll down the passenger side window?

 

[danksauce]

Lol, I bet in a few years nobody will remember where the saying "roll down the window" came from.

 

[dsmspick]

Yeah they probably won't remember or be too lazy to roll it down.