Arizona Swinger

gerahead said
Ben,
Did you have to replace the plastic pieces and the clear mylar-looking strips on the front edge of the door glass? Do you happen to have any photos of how they all went together. Mine got damaged when I took the glass out (unlike your advice, I took them out separately from the vent windows). I am not sure what all I destroyed. Thanks. The latest pix look great! L8r

I had to replace the plastic pieces and the front clips. Purchased them from Dante's for about 130.00 dollars plus shipping. I'm sure they were less than 20.00 from the dealer 'in the day'!! After two or three times of pulling the vent windows out I finally figured out how they went together......would have been helpful to have a 'how to' sheet with the new parts, but none came with the parts.

Once you place the mylar looking strips on the front end of the window, I took a proper size Phillips head screw driver and punched the two holes in the front edge of the window. Found it easier to punch one side and turned it over and punch the other side, rather than punching through from one side to the other. Then install the white plastic guides on both sides of the hole. Lay the flap of the mylar over both sides of the plastic clips, then have someone help you guide the mylar strip into the groove of the long vent window channel. Slide it in carefully until it bottoms at the top of the channel. I found it easier to install by spraying some WD40 or similar product into the channel prior to sliding the mylar strip in.

This will turn into a two man project as you need the extra hands to install the combination vent window/door glass assembly into the door shell. Carefully install the lower part of the lower adjuster into the door opening, then the front of the vent window into the front of the door opening, and not allowing the door glass lower slide or the vent window to make contact with the paint of the upper door shell. You will have to remove the door weatherstrips (fuzzies) to remove or install as they interfere with installation.

Sorry I don't have any pictures of the installation, as it was a very tedious job to install with another person helping, and not scrape, scratch or drop something! Ben.