one step forward.... fifty back..?
I was aiming for this too be a moving forward thread, but then i remembered i have a renault.
Anyhoooo at the NW meet on Sunday the window regulator fully failed both sides
passanger down - drivers up... detailed here
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=392935
lots of help was shown by members as always and i drove to sy's (sy16v) on sunday night to get the doorcard off..... in the snow, with a blanket round me...
anyhoo, it just wasn't happening, his dad quickly fabricated me a polycarb window, that was infact a perfect fit!, we tapped it up and i went home to cry. all sunday night with the snow i was worried but nothing seemed to get into the car.
today I drove all of 5 miutes to winstons as he said he was free and i needed my window jamming up... who else to call but the
'king of the rig'.
i pull up and he's tinkering with the 5 on a main road, as you do.
instantly taking a like to my polycarb window, we set about pulling the most awkward doorcard off in the world. i had started on sunday night but gave up... talk about a ballache. I imagine to a renault tech it would be easy but it was stuck fast...!
Winst was looking for more leverage as we had removed pretty much everything we could...
i got annoyed and ripped it off (which in hindsight was all we needed to do)
we wondered whether the car had a new door as there was a ghetto style sticker on the interior. you would never see writing in the UK like below (unless its my dad writing) and obviously the GB gives it away too... so yes we realised it was original and cracked on.
winston disconnected the motor, I dealt with the plug and plays and the whole doorcard eventually came off from the wires and connectors. As the motor in effect turns a wheel i turned the wheel manually whilst winston pulled the window up, it stayed up.
the car door basically looks like this now (minus the white box and thick wiring loom which is hidden)
The problem being now, I actually like it, carbon door skins with some of the parts put back in, maybe with manual winders? keep it stripped and use manual winders? put it back to OEM or electronics all in but with no doorcard.
all depends on what money I can muster and if I do any of the above (bar OEM) it will mean pulling the driverside out too. but this will need to be done as the regulator on the drivers has gone too... god bless renault!
the car has stripped rear interior now, like last summer, and will be in the garage within the next 14 days to have a new boot floor, rear bumper and the exhaust remounted after a Ring&ride hit me whilst stationary. the yellow decals will also be changing.
thanks for reading & cheers to all who offered advice on sorting it.