Question on One Piece Window

[Kafer_Mike]

For what it's worth, I have NEVER heard one person say they didn't regret doing one-piece window. They seals are a PITA to install and they will eventually leak and rattle -- no matter how good they are installed. Paint the frames black...

[nbturbo]

I have them in my Oval-but they had already been fitted when I bought it.I think they were fitted by a complete idiot because they didn't work at all.They were hard to wind and when wound up would go out the channel and try to go out of the door frame.I looked at how it all worked and drilled new holes and made proper brackets for it to work OK.I used the original 1 piece belt line seals on the inside,but used original VW scrapers for the outers.I used a LH and RH one for each side-just cut and joined them(with Loctite rubber glue) where the original post for the 1/4 window fitted.I cut a thin piece of rubber and glued to the door where the recess for the post was-this took the sharp step away.This gave me the swept up rubbers at each end and seem to keep most of the water out.I used windscreen black silicone to glue them.It was a bit of a pain-but did about 6 inches at a time using these shaped bits of wood to hold until dry.I am really pleased with them now,no rattles,easy to wind and really nice to drive with no 1/4 window with the window down.I made these arm guards to put some stainless back on the door because of the missing window surround.