Electric windows

[andygtt]

I had a spare couple of hours so thought Id convert my car to electric windows

had 3 goals.
1. Windows went down further than standard
2. I didnt add any weight to car at all
3. windows went up and down electrically

glad to say I managed all 3... in fact it actually ended up just under half a KG lighter... I wont lie, it was a pain in the ass, I completely removed all the existing mechanism including the part bonded to the glass, I then heavily modified an electric window mechanism to suit and bonded carbon fibre onto the glass as mounting point (yes I do have a carbon fettish lol).

Also had Martyn recover my door cards in leather along with removing the window winder hole, I gave them to him and told him to do what he though would suit my... as usual he did an awsome job with 2 tone leather and it looks great against my leather and carbon dash.

anyhow pics....

[Gadgeroonie]

very nice !

can we see a pic all the way down

[anotherdom]

I suspect that is all the way down! Good effort Andy - door cards look great too.

[jdearden]

Il be over Nxt week so u can do mine too

[andygtt]

jdearden said:

Il be over Nxt week so u can do mine too

I will leave the tools in the shed as I will be in Belgium!

[sundance002]

Very very nice, just having a window that opens would make me happy.

[R0162]

Good idea that removing the old mechanism, no doubt it will save some weight as the old mechanism was pretty heavy, great work Andy, the door cards also look mint..

[Lucozade]

where are you putting the window buttons Andy?

[JBliss]

How did you manage to get the window to go all the way down? I thought it was the shape of the door that made it impossible.

Do you have any pictures of the mechanism you could pm me?

Very interested in doing something similar myself.

[andygtt]

JBliss said:

How did you manage to get the window to go all the way down? I thought it was the shape of the door that made it impossible.

Do you have any pictures of the mechanism you could pm me?

Very interested in doing something similar myself.

erm... pic of the mechanism is above lol

its a ford fiesta and the pair cost me about 30quid... really quick and smooth as well.

yes the shape of the door is an issue... so i removed the steel off the bottom of the glass and infused carbon onto the glass to secure it and thus gained 20mm, the rest of the extra drop is gained by careful tweeking... my glass goes to within a few mm of the hitting the door when down.

the other benefit is I was able to get it to go 5mm higher as well so less wind noise

[JBliss]

D'oh. I meant pictures of the part that is bonded to the window. Sounds like something I might have to have a go at. What year fiesta are the motors from?