Electric Life window regulators and One Piece Glass

[Nick68]

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody had any information on the best plan of attack to fit the One Piece Products windows to a 68 mustang using the electric life window reg.

Steve - I believe you may have a similar setup - not sure if anybody else has done this.

I have sent these questions to OPP - but so far no response (followed up a couple of times)

The electric life window regulator I am using is.

http://electric-life.com/shopexd.asp?id=1068
Product Code: FD40-K

My issues are:

1) the front vertical guide fouls the regulator itself. With some grinding, bending and fettleing I think I can get it close - but I don't think it will be perfect. Did other people have this issue - and any suggestions.

2) OPP supplied the incorrect hardware kit. I have 1 inch rollers for a 7/8 inch channel (in fact the rollers / slides they show in the instruction picks are squared off - mine are round). Anyway is there some where locally I can buy rollers? Furthermore the expression rollers is a bit of a stretch - they supply a nylon bush pressed over a rounded end stud. This seem very cheap an nasty - did anybody else find a local source of actual roller bearings and swap them out?

If anybody has any experience to share it would be welcome.

Thanks
Nick

[hybrid]

I think I remember Steve saying he didn't get much help from the manufacturer and ended up going it alone in the end.

[xpconnor]

I think I remember Steve saying he didn't get much help from the manufacturer and ended up going it alone in the end.

And didn't he say it was a pig of a job. So be prepared for some f$%#king around.

[cage]

He hated it that much he refused to do mine if I bought some. Result, I didn't buy them.

[soc123_au]

They are a c@*t of a thing & I would cut my arm off before I bought another set. We ended up refabbing most of it. Cage is correct, I told him if he bought a set they would be out on the road along with his car. The suppliers of the kit I wouldn't feed. Useless is too kind.

[Nuts]

Steve, was the problem with the one piece window or the window reg?

[soc123_au]

A combination of both. I think with standard windup regs they would be workable.

[Nick68]

Done one side, one more tomorrow.

For a bolt in kit it needs a hack saw, tap, angler grinder, die grinder, drill and welder. You will also need to go and get a useful set of fasteners.

But it can be made to work!!!!

[Nick68]

Steve,

Can I leave the windows in for paint? Please say yes!!!

[soc123_au]

We left mine in.

[soc123_au]

It is a good idea to prefit your upper glass seal channel & rubber before paint. Then you can adjust the glass so it seals & also more importantly doesnt foul the body. Just dont fit the weatherstrips on the door itself. We learnt this the hard way on mine. There is a nasty chip that will need fixing on the right hand side, the glass was up too far & caught the edge of the roof. If I had drip rails it would have been less of a pain in the arse, but thats price of being fully sick I suppose.

[ozbilt]

We left mine in.

& they look good in red candy ........

[ozbilt]

There is a nasty chip that will need fixing on the right hand side, the glass was up too far & caught the edge of the roof. If I had drip rails it would have been less of a pain in the arse, but thats price of being fully sick I suppose.

Yes & if you had chosen Dongguan Dusk as the colour, you could have touched it up with a jar of nail polish .......

[soc123_au]

We left mine in.

& they look good in red candy ........

Thats why God supplied us with razor blades & steel wool.

[ozbilt]

We left mine in.

& they look good in red candy ........

Thats why God supplied us with razor blades & steel wool.

I will pay that one. Great reply as usual Steve ..... :rotfl: