Permanent Fix for the plastic window tabs

[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.

[Mile High VX]

The SBC window brackets and regular lubrication of the tracks has solved the issues for me. The previous owner did the bracket install and I keep my tracks lubed with heavy duty silicone about every three months.

So far no issues in 6 years...

[Bill Brown]

Seeing it installed in a VX would be helpful. 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.