Improving the comfort of his car, the driver puts the best, consider how to choose the right thing and install electric windows and their prices.
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Open glass of the car in summer, especially if there is no air conditioner or climate control in the car, one of the main days during a distance of distances or in hot weather in the shade. But it is not very nice when the window lifter stopped working or much worse completely broke. Some are looking for a replacement or repair breakdown. Others think about how to install electric windows in place of mechanical windows. At all times, such electronics was in honor and not cheap.
Often in foreign cars, regardless of whether they are installed or not there is a place and fastening sometimes wiring, it is enough to buy factory parts and connecting everything you need to install and enjoy. But still, there are cars in which such changes are not provided. To do this, we will need or make fasteners yourself, or buy with universal fasteners.
Choosing electric windows
Starting to choose electric windows need to pay attention to the set of nuances. First of all, it is the speed of the work of the mechanisms, then noise. I think that it will not be very pleasant to hear how the motor buzzing is terribly buzzing while the windows is running. Next, we will consider the mechanism itself, they are divided into those that work on cables, or gear belts, and on gear.
Everyone will tell his opinion and each of the "species" has its pros and cons. For example, in those that on cables or gear belts have a quick installation method, it is often attached to a complete glass window, and do not work very noisy, but from the minuses are what have a small resource of work, some of them are very sensitive to weather conditions and temperatures.
Well applies to the windows, which are on the gears, then the case is different, their installation and selection requires care, as they do not install them in an hour. We will consider the installation of two types of electric windows, since their installation is significantly different. When choosing a set, it is worth reconsider the package carefully, you can see it in those passport. Often it is a set of windows, a control unit with them, buttons, plugs in place of standard handles and screws for fasteners, wires are usually not included, so you have to buy them separately.
The cost of electric windows
The cost of the set may depend on many factors, firstly, from the configuration, secondly, from the transfer mechanism, since it may be worm, on a cable, on a chain or direct transmission.
The mechanism can, both complement the existing manual mechanism, and the complete set that replaces everything as applies to the windows.
The price of a set of windows, based on the chain is about $ 100 per set (two doors) of the manufacturer SPAL Deluxe. He considers the most chassis, affordable and high-quality set. It is easy to install on any car and has a universal fastening, but minus is that the mechanical part of the standard windows must be fully serviceable.
Convoy and Tiger manufacturers have the same structure as SPAL windows, the price of two doors is $ 50. Both sets have a transmission of mechanical force on the chain, thus, the load on the entire mechanism is reduced and the service life increases.
The CF-5003 windows set from the CHALLENGER producer is designed for 4 glasses, the cost is 100-120 $, but minus is that it is based on the transfer of force using a cable, through time such a mechanism fails and requires replacement of the cable.
If you take electric windows with a complete replacement of the mechanism, then their value starts from $ 150 and to the above prices will need to add from $ 50 to $ 100, for the missing components.
Thus, it can be understood that the cost of the mechanism will be from $ 50 to $ 250. In any set of electric windows, mechanisms with electric motors, control unit, wires, buttons and different plugs should be included.
Installation of electric windows
Now we will begin to choose, first of all we need to solve whether we will deliver the electronic mechanism, that is, the collected workers' set, which is already installed on our car, the mechanism will be added, instead you will twist the handle of the windows, or a full-fledged mechanism where We will be replaced by everything that concerns the windows. Let us consider in more detail both types. On belts or cables, the windows are often used to install in domestic cars, they have a universal fastening and an elastic form that allows you to bring in the right position without violating the principle of operation.
To begin with, we remove the lifting lifting handle and the regular handle of the windows lifting, then we are determined, in which place we will stand the buttons, someone puts near the handbrake, someone on the door trim. You should not forget if you put on the doors, then the driver's door should stand a complete set of all the buttons of electric windows. If in the area of \u200b\u200bthe gearbox switching lever, then there are enough four buttons to put, often put those who do not want that passengers in the back seat opened the windows themselves. And so, we decided where the buttons would install them.
Next, turn off the battery, as we have to work with an electronic part of the car. Now we put the windows control unit, usually put it under the control panel, and the power is connected to it. From it we carry the wires to the control buttons, from the control buttons now under the trim leading to windows and in such a manner we carry out all doors where our mechanisms will be installed. We carry out in this way that the wires do not touch the moving windows mechanisms, as it can be pulled out over time, and a short circuit will occur, then we carry out and take nutrition, advise from the total network on the cigarette lighter, as there is always food.
Do not forget about the night light, so you still need to connect the buttons to the backlight button, for this we shifted the additional wires from the windows buttons with the dimensions button. We proceed with the installation of the windows themselves. If the first view is selected, where only the regular mechanisms are complemented, then the fastening is simple, just a couple of screws to the frame of the doors. The main thing is that it was attached firmly and did not move.
Understately lubricate all moving mechanisms, check the performance of electric windows with backlight and without, try to lower and raise the glass several times, make sure that the mechanism does not have a tert and does not interfere with its work. We collect the lining of the doors, and put the plugs in place of full-time handles. Putting everything in its place, we again try on the quality of work. When connected carefully, see plus and minus wires, as the window lifter can then work correctly.
Problems will be shown when installing the trim, since the mechanism will not be at regular places, but to perform, try to mount in those places where there is a space between the trim and metal part of the door.
We dealt with the first type of window lists on cables and belts, now we will analyze the installation of the second type. Unlike those that are on the belts and are set as an addition, the gear mechanism completely replaces regular lifts. We bring the installation process until the removal of regular power windows. Now stopor the glass in the position when it is completely closed and removed the staffing mechanisms. Pulling the old mechanism from the door crankcase is not so easy, so do not rush, so that the glass by chance did not fall and did not break.
After that, we put the electric windows, lower it, openly, and fit the glass to the frame. We twist the glass frame bolts and the lift mechanism. Such a mechanism is made from inside the door and is attached to the footing holes for fasteners. The advantage of such a mechanism is a large lines of operation, and there are no friction mechanisms, the strength of the rise is transmitted due to the gear and directly. When choosing such a mechanism, do not buy with plastic transmission mechanisms.
At first it will work perfectly and silently, but in time it will give yourself to know. Next, we close the trim and try the operation of the mechanism. Often it takes half a day with a complete wiring. Therefore, it is not worth calculating the installation for an hour.
It is worth considering that the electric windows are not cheap and rushing for the first one. It's not worth it, see if the factory mechanisms are on sale, because they will work much better to work than the universal or other manufacturer under your car.
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