Hi all, been a bit since I've been on the forum but glad to be back. I have a question that I've Googled for days and can't find an acceptable answer: I recently picked up an '05' S, in very nice shape but the drivers door has been quite bashed in. I managed to find a very nice replacement, but the seller removed the wiring harness to the body and I can't find a resource, video or other, on how to transfer the guts of the door from the original door to the new one. Suggestions?

 

Should not be bad. Take old door off, put new one on - move handle and latch first. Get it aligned. Use painters tape on the edges of both the door, and the car. Remove tape to make final adjustments. Door harness will be - heated mirror, speakers, window motor, puddle light, power lock. You may need a new Bowden cable for the door. Also maybe a new window regulator if the old one got bent.

 

this might be obvious. study the pieces, take pics and bag / label everything as it comes out. then reverse order for putting everything back in

 

There's nothing really complicated about the wiring harness in the doors. Taking the card off of the other side and mirroring how it's installed should be enough resource to succeed.
That's assuming you know how to take the card off, there are tutorials on Youtube about that.