I fitted the passenger side window today, took a while as I had to make up some brackets as well but worked out good in the end.
I removed all the window mechanism, the only bit I left in the doors are the guides to keep the glass against the out rubber seal.
I made the holes for the bolt and the key longer so if I needed to I could push the window further towards the seal.
Here is a pic of the bit I mean
On the glass there are 2 plastic spuds that slot into the above guides to stop the window going up to far, I marked their position off the glass and then slotted the holes up the way to give me more adjustment if I needed.
The easiest way I found to position the window was to slot it into the door, close the door and hold it into position.
Then I marked a line with a pen on the outside along the outer rubber seal, then I could see the position from inside as well.
The window slots looked like this.
I adjusted the glass stoppers into position the made a couple of brackets to hold the window in its up position, they clipped over both sides of the window and were bolted through both sides, then bolted to the inner door frame.
Here are the brackets, front bracket first as it needed less of an off set.
Then I just drilled a hole in each of the 2 brackets and bolted them to the door, banged it shut a few times and it seemed to work spot on!! Here is where I bolted the brackets to the door.
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All in all it took me about 5 hours to cut the polcarb to shape, heat it in an over and bend it to the shape of the window, make all the brackets and fit it into the door.
Considering the polycarb only cost me
£20, I think it was time well spent!
This is a trackcar of course, so its all supposed to operate, not fascinate.
the window has a good few scratches on it, but I hope not to be looking out the sides to much lol.
The brackets are roughly cut but their position means I can cut the rest of the inner door skin off and cover it with a piece of aluminium sheet so the wont be seen.
When I do the drivers door I will get it neater, I still want to test this one out on the track.
I have not enough posts to put URL`s in my threads apparently, I hope you can decipher what I have written above to understand what I mean, I can
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