Hello

[Bob Barker]

Ha! Did u grow up down the street from me in Arkansas?

[Anita]

What?! No love for the bungee cord fix?

For fifty cents your windows will jump up like they were new. And you never have to lube!

LOL! Somehow I missed that one. One would need to know where to buy a bungee cord. I need a complete, detailed write-up please.

[VX KAT]

Any other Ideas about windows ...? Thanks alot guys

I compiled a list of the pertinent threads on repairing the windows....
Here's a TON of threads that have good info on the issue and how to repair. As time went on, most found that buying the SBC metal brackets for $65 was the best fix. It's what about 30 + of us VX owners have done with success.

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...window+binding
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ow+binding+fix
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...n+track+window
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...window+binding
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...58&postcount=4
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ow+binding+fix
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...threadid=10278
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...7&postcount=26
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...0&postcount=27
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...7&postcount=31
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...8&postcount=38
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...+binding+track
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...t=window+track
http://www.antiquecaterpillar.org/vx...cal/Window.asp
http://www.antiquecaterpillar.org/vx...indow_Bert.asp

[Bob Barker]

The VX I bought has the brackets on both windows already and they work great. The passenger side is a little slow, but I would blame that on an old or getting old motor more than anything else.

[SlowPro48]

Anita, you buy your bungee cords the same place you buy the duct tape.

This "temporary" bungee cord and duct tape fix was done right after I acquired the VX in 2004 as a way to keep the window situation from deteriorating further while I found a more permanent solution. The car had just been turned in after a 3 year lease when I bought it and the drivers window was dragging badly - and the passengers side was staring to drag too. Not counting trim removal/replacement, it took about 15 minutes for the first window because I had to experiment a bit to get the bungee length just right - then it literally took about 45 seconds to do the other one. Hook a bungee in two holes, put a piece of duct tape over each hook to keep it from dislodging when the bungee is slack, and yer done! Well... you know how temporary fixes go sometimes.... a month passed... then two... then a year... then two... and after a while I decided what the heck - I think I'll promote that fix to permanent status! It's been working just fine for over six years now with none of that yearly track lubing stuff.

Yeah yeah yeah Bob - you can make fun of my lowly bungee cord and duct tape fix all you want - but next time you have to lube your loose, kapakahi windows with their spread out tracks and butchered up rubber - you'll find yourself secretly thinking: "I sure wish I'd done the bungee.... they say once you've done the bungee you'll never go back... nobody would have to know... as long as I don't go back in the house smelling like duct tape my wife will never find out..."