Hi guys,

I’m sure this has been covered so many times, but I’m having a hard time successfully navigating the site to find the answer.

I have a 95 F150 XL. Need to replace the driver side door (mine has a profile line at the bottom). I have the metal swing out windows.

When I looked at new door shells from Rock Auto and LMC, there were several models available (based on whether or not you had the metal XL mirrors and manual locks vs the power locks and plastic XLT mirrors).

Id like to do a door swap from another old truck instead. My question is this:

What year trucks can i pull from?

Can I use an XLT door for my XL truck if I swap out the electric components for the manual components (I have the XL interior door trim).

Id like to keep my metal swing out mirrors. Will I be able to do that with XLT doors that originally had the power mirrors installed?

 

Yes, you can do all of that with a used door.

92-97 F150's, 92 and up Broncos, and 92-98 F250/350s will all fit perfectly. It's possible that an 87-91 Door will fit and have all the same body lines, but I don't know that for a fact. You might even be able to get the door off of a heavier truck (F600 and up) as they typically used the same cabs as the light duty trucks.

 

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I’m sure the answer was somewhere in these forums, I’m just not so skilled at looking for them yet.

Just as a quick follow up to make sure, the holes for the mirror attachment points won’t be an issue? Going from the donor truck (a “recreational” plastic power mirror with the single attachment point) to the XL (metal swing out mirror with the two attachment points)? And the extra trim on the XLT door down low is just on there with adhesive or something (no holes for pegs?)?

 

You might have to drill the lower holes and put nutserts in if the door doesn't already have them. I know the door on my 87 doesnt.

 

Thank you so much for your help. I’ll get working on it.

 

Keep in mind the “profile line” at the bottom only came on the ‘95 and ‘96 models if you care about matching the other side.

 

Thank you very much, that’s good info. That makes the task a little harder. I was hoping for a direct door swap, to avoid having to take apart the old door, and move all of the window, lock, speaker, key, etc. components. not to mention the weatherstripping and gaskets. Not just for ease, but for expenses’ sake.

But it looks like it might be pretty tough to find a 95 or 96 specifically. Maybe the new door shell is my only option.

 

Yes, finding a complete door with all
the power stuff would be a heck of a lot easier. You can widen the search just by using the earlier doors. What color is your truck?

 

It’s that maroonish red. I checked out the profile line...it’s just that little line on the door at the bottom? Seems a small detail for a beat up truck like mine (it’s no show truck, as much as I like to try to keep it nice). I’m probably just gonna open up the search wider and take what I can get.

Thank you for your help!! I really appreciate it.

 

Happy to help! Yes, it’s that’s line towards the bottom. I have no idea why Ford changed that for the last couple of years of production or what purpose it serves.

Good luck with your search!

 

So, miracles of miracles, I did end up finding two really clean doors from a 1995. They are not the right color, but I will be getting other things on my truck painted, so it’s not a big deal. They have the wrong mirrors, but like you said earlier, I could probably drill two holes for the low swing out mirrors. They are, however, XLT doors, and my truck is an XL. So I’ll have to swap out the power components for the manual components.

There is another truck I found with cheaper, less clean doors. It’s even the right color but the doors will def still need to be painted. The upside is that it’s already set up as an XL, with all manual components in them already.

Id prefer to take the cleaner doors, even though the paint is different and they are more expensive and I’ll have to take out the power components and put in the manual components from my original doors. But not sure if it’s within my skill level (which is novice). How much of a pain is it to swap out those power door components so I can put the XL trim back in?

 

Do those doors come with the door panels? If so I think you’d be better off keeping all the internals making yours power. You just need to retrieve the harness that runs from door to door. It’s not a hard job if you want to swap your manual stuff back in. I’ll involve drilling out some rivets and replacing them or using bolts.

As for the mirror swap, that’s a bit more involved project. None of the holes from the paddle style mirrors will match up with the swing out mirror on the door.

 

Thanks a lot for the reply!

No, the nice XL doors don’t come with interior panels (nor do they come with the electrical components, for that matter). So I’ll probably be putting my manual stuff in them.

It makes sense that the holes wouldn’t line up for the two mirror types (hence, why LMC sells the two different doors for the two different mirror types). I wonder if the swing out mirrors will cover the holes made the paddle mirrors? So I’d just have to drill new holes for the swing out mirrors and install? Or would that involve filling those paddle mirror holes and then drilling the new holes?

Not sure if that’s a commonly done project. If it’s really tricky, I might just order a couple of paddle mirrors and learn to live with it, even though I do love my swing out mirrors!

 

Looking at it. It seems as if the swing out mirror’s top bracket would cover the main holes for the paddle mirror, but probably not the outside two (little circles).

Leading me to believe those two would have to be patched.

 

Whoops. I see below that this question has already been asked and answered. Thanks guys!