Permanent Fix for the plastic window tabs

[JAMAS]

I suppose I should have mentioned that I have already done the SBC brackets as well.

that, plus a new window regulator and the jig-a-loo has been working good for a little while

[xcelr8]

Just ordered. wish me luck.

[xcelr8]

Just installed one side. Works great. BTW: I used the clear liner from the shower to replace old plastic in door. Worked great. I don't know how long it will take my chickee to find out but I'm guessin not long.

[tom4bren]

ROFL

Prolly won't take her long ... first time she has to mop the bathroom floor.

[H3_VX]

Got my SBC Brackets in the mail from Tim today. Can't wait to get them installed and hopefully have windows that function 100%, or even 90%. LOL!

[Cobrajet]

I still have the install videos on my YouTube channel:

VehiCROSS Window Prep 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APnuqKSYFlw
VehiCROSS Window Prep 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooogBcDUetU
VehiCROSS Window Install - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z852D0dwY

[H3_VX]

I still have the install videos on my YouTube channel:

VehiCROSS Window Prep 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APnuqKSYFlw
VehiCROSS Window Prep 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooogBcDUetU
VehiCROSS Window Install - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z852D0dwY

Just watched your vids. Good work. Howcome you didn't post a clip of them working? Also, did your windows function perfectly with this and did you do any other related tweaks to your windows?

[VX KAT]

Also, did your windows function perfectly with this and did you do any other related tweaks to your windows?

Mine were just slowing down pretty bad, but still made it up w/o help. Rght before i got my SBC brackets installed, I widened and slightly moved the front vertical channel forward a bit...to put less pressure/friction on the leading edge of the window glass. I also lubricate that vertical rubber gasket that the leading edge fits into.

[tom4bren]

Just watched your vids. Good work. Howcome you didn't post a clip of them working? Also, did your windows function perfectly with this and did you do any other related tweaks to your windows?

He took the vids during the 'window fixin party' at my place a few years ago. He's one of the lucky ones who has never had window problems. Anyway, we didn't have time for the adhesive to cure before the end of the day & I told everyone that they should not lower their windows for at least 24 hours. That's why he didn't show the windows functioning.

Long term is that on mine, the brackets didn't completely fix the problem. I still have tilting on the passenger side (even after tweeking the tracks and making adjustments to the regulator). The main problem is that it's not just the plastic tabs on the glass, but also 2 plastic tabs on the regulator track that are giving way/wearing. I need to put the old noggin back in gear and come up with another fix.

[Bill Brown]

The main problem is that it's not just the plastic tabs on the glass, but also 2 plastic tabs on the regulator track that are giving way/wearing. I need to put the old noggin back in gear and come up with another fix.

Did you devise a fix? New OEM regulators from Isuzu did not solve the problem of my windows sliding out of their tracks when being raised.

As my 1999 Ironman did not get driven as much as most, neither did my windows get used much. My window problems began in 2012. I'm relatively new to dealing with this problem.

Is there an effective long-term fix? TIA.

[Bulldoggie]

He took the vids during the 'window fixin party' at my place a few years ago. He's one of the lucky ones who has never had window problems. Anyway, we didn't have time for the adhesive to cure before the end of the day & I told everyone that they should not lower their windows for at least 24 hours. That's why he didn't show the windows functioning.

Long term is that on mine, the brackets didn't completely fix the problem. I still have tilting on the passenger side (even after tweeking the tracks and making adjustments to the regulator). The main problem is that it's not just the plastic tabs on the glass, but also 2 plastic tabs on the regulator track that are giving way/wearing. I need to put the old noggin back in gear and come up with another fix.

The window lifting arm pulling away from the regulator track is the reason I came up with the washers on the regulator mounting bolts. The goal is to have the arm directly under the glass and still next to the track for the entire travel of open to closed. I tested this by raising and lowering the glass while it is unbolted from the arm. The plastic pad in the middle of the arm should stay under the glass from top to bottom of the track. Then bolt the window tabs.
It does nothing for the window tilt. (separate fix) but it does help for the window pinching the rubber weatherstripping and pushing out of the weatherstripping. it does keep the arm next to the track. You will still notice a slight rockin of the arm due to the curve of the glass, but the arm will still stay close to the track.

[Vendetta]

So am I to read from this that the SBCs I recently bought (not installed yet) won't fix the window binding problem if there is tilt involved? 'Cause there definitely IS tilt involved. If I simply put a little downward pressure on the B-pillar top edge of the glass as it ascends, it goes up smoothly. I've seen the bungee "fix" for this, but I thought this is what the SBCs were made for.

-V

[tom4bren]

So am I to read from this that the SBCs I recently bought (not installed yet) won't fix the window binding problem if there is tilt involved? 'Cause there definitely IS tilt involved. If I simply put a little downward pressure on the B-pillar top edge of the glass as it ascends, it goes up smoothly. I've seen the bungee "fix" for this, but I thought this is what the SBCs were made for.

-V

The SBC brackets fix the problem for 90% of the owners ... I'm special ... I'm in the 10%.

Remember though that 63.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[SlowPro48]

I've seen the bungee "fix" for this...

FYI on the bungee fix: My driver side bungee finally broke last month. Not bad for an ultra-cheap, temporary "fix" installed eight years ago. The window functioned perfectly right up until the bungee broke. Never once had to spend time lubing it. Think I'll be doing that "fix" again! This was the fix that lifts the front of the window so the bungee is under tension only when the window is down - not the fix that pulls down on the back of the window i.e., bungee under tension when window is up.

[JAMAS]

I have the SBC brackets installed to fix the broken plastic tabs that made my window not work at all. I believe that is what they were created for. A better/stronger version of the OEM plastic setup