Power Windows

[pribs67]

Good point on the alarm, Doug. If I do the alarm thing at all (and it would be more for the novelty than anything) I will have a switch so the auto-rollup can be disabled since about half the time my windows are up anyway. I could use the same circuit for a one-touch down so I'll probably do that instead and have the alarm so I can hit button 2 and roll down the windows or something of that nature. I'll take pictures of progress so far when I get home this evening.

[NO_H2O]

You can also eplace the VW door stoppers with the cable type used with one pc. windows.

[pribs67]

Well, I got the passenger's side window and motor installed and working yesterday. Then my hoseclamps locating the motor on the track slid out of place while the window was down. So now the window is stuck. That was at 8:30 pm and I hadn't had dinner so I called it a night. I'm going to look at it some more tonight and at least get everything out of there and my window rolled/propped up.
Fitment is quite tricky especially if you leave the wing window separator in place. The motor causes the regulator to stick out from the inside of the door more than stock and is hard to get into place so I'm thinking I'll put it in a different place. All that would be required is to notch a rectangle out of the regulator channel. This time I'll weld tabs on the channel or something a bit more secure than the hoseclamps. Sorry, no pictures yet but I'll get the passenger's side operational and do the writeup and pictoral documentation on the driver's side.
It was quite exciting yesterday once I got everything bolted up and in place to see the window roll up and down with little effort from the motor. It's a bit loud but I think thats from the regulator resting against the door metal and not having the panel on there. It's pretty fast too, about 2 or 3 seconds to roll fully up or down.
After taking my really old cheap panels off and on several times for power locks and windows, they're pretty torn up. Plus, there's now that hole where the crank went. Looks like new panels are in order sometime soon.

[Lazarus]

kinda off topic a bit but watson street works makes a really nice kit. i have that kit on my car no fuss just bolted right in to the stock position. the only problem i had was using a one piece kit its a little heavy and the added drag slows the window a bit.

[pribs67]

preg911 - good point on the aftermarket kit. I did look into a few but decided they would be a bit down the road if I decided to get one due to the cost. Most of the difficulty with this path has been getting the regulator in and out of the door with the vent window separator in place (not the correct way). Since you mention one-piece windows, I think this method would do quite well if it utilized the 65-67 regulators since they lift at two places.

I just got done pulling the regulator and motor back out of the passenger door and brainstorming about different places to put the motor. Right now I'm leaning toward immediately in front of the bottom mount for the regulator. It's easy access and the weight is pretty far forward in the door.