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3sgte
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electric windows Thu, 20 November 2003 14:37 Go to next message
hey i have a ae92 rolla and i want electric windows how hard is it to do???

what car do i get them from and door trims to fit a sedan.
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BansheeBuzz
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Re: electric windows Thu, 20 November 2003 20:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
do not do it. If i was to buy a new car it is one option i would leave off. Manual jobs 1, do not fail(unless the 30year old) 2, can be put up/down without ignition, 3do not cost shitloads when they do fail.
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Re: electric windows Thu, 20 November 2003 21:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sorry Banshee.. I would have to disagree.. But personal opion I guess.. I have electric windows in my car... I love them.. so much easier.. And mine also work with the ignition off.. and they automaatically close when you lock the doors from the outside..
You can buy electric window kits.. There about $400 from Repco or places like that.. Ozcraig has it in his Celica.. He will tell you were he got his ..
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Re: electric windows Thu, 20 November 2003 22:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
indeed i'm with pumpkin on this one - i'll be putting both central locking AND electric windows in my celica - love both!

jaycar also sell these kits.

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Callifo
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 00:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Couldnt find the electric windows kit on Jaycar?

All I found was the electric boot release mechanism which I might buy too.
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 01:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Electric windows kick arse... Factory ones are heaps better than any kit you can buy though. Smile If electrics were an option at the time, go find those I would suggest. Smile
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 03:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I'm pretty sure jaycar stopped selling the kits about a year ago. At least in Brisbane anyway, I wanted them for mine.
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 07:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ya jaycar don't
www.electric-life.com

am trying to find someone in oz who distributes tho
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 08:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
electric life should do a direct bolt in for your car. Sorry to say but the jaycar ones are just toys and I can understand why they dont sell them anymore. B4 modifying my regulators on the sprinter I tried the jaycar ones and b4 I even put a load on them the head mechanism self destructed.
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 10:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
damo any idea where you can get the electric life gear from
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3sgte
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 10:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
yer i want to get some factory ones from something last longer my mate got a kit and he has replace them 6 times both front.
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 12:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
what parts would be needed from the wreckers for an ae92???
I would also like to do the same conversion
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DAMO
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Re: electric windows Fri, 21 November 2003 18:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Grega electric life 293-295 sydney road coburg(03) 9383 3511. Not sure if they will have a kit for your car. They do sell a universal kit which is on the same lines as the jaycar ones but personally I dont like those.

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Re: electric windows Sat, 22 November 2003 06:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
thanks damo mate i found em!

oz_craig has a kit in his ta22/3 - hasn't had any problems i'm aware of with his (his is a universal kit)
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BansheeBuzz
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Re: electric windows Mon, 24 November 2003 20:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
i can supply you with the universal kits from elec life.

I have fitted them b4

If there is enough interested i may be able to do a deal 4 you guys
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Re: electric windows Mon, 24 November 2003 22:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Could you give us an estimate at the price we would be looking at?
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Re: electric windows Mon, 24 November 2003 23:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
bansheebuzz sent u an email
the kits from electric-life are $320 you then have to fit it.
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DAMO
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Re: electric windows Tue, 25 November 2003 10:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
are they the ones where the gear goes where the handle used to go and a box goes over the top?
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maxdamage75
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Re: electric windows Tue, 25 November 2003 12:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
are these universal kits any good? ie. do they fuck up like the guy said above about the jaycar ones? i have an alarm that came from jaycar that i got for free and the remote keeps playing up but otherwise it's not too bad.

anyway i might be interested in the window kit aswell depending on price and if a bulk order to melbourne is going to be arranged.
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3sgte
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Re: electric windows Tue, 25 November 2003 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Grega wrote on Tue, 25 November 2003 10:50

bansheebuzz sent u an email
the kits from electric-life are $320 you then have to fit it.


Dose that do all 4 windows or just the front and can u buy the kits for just the front????
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Re: electric windows Tue, 25 November 2003 19:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
3sgte - just the front
and yes these kits DO go over the original winders

there are two types of these eleccy window kits - good ones and SHIT ones.

you pay for what you get basically.

the electric life ones come with a lifetime warranty on the gear that goes on your OEM winder mech, so, my moneys on them.

http://www.electric-life.com/preview/colibri.html

and to quote the site :

Quote:

Life Time Warranty: Colibrí Power Window Kits offer a lifetime warranty on the motor and drive mechanism. No other manufacturer of power window kits offers a lifetime warranty. Colibrí’s warranty program is your guarantee of the quality built into every Colibrí power window kit.


up to you really. $320 might seem a bit up there, but, i reckon for something like windows, nothing beats electric. except if you're lucky enough to have a TA22 GT, then you've got em stock.

if you don't mind waiting happy to be a guinea pig here. always wanted to give these a go, so, wait for a while and i'll take lotsa pix and shit and maybe even do some doco?

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Re: electric windows Wed, 26 November 2003 00:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Yeh $320 at bit more than I was expecitng Shocked, that will go on the end of the todo list I think...
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DAMO
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Re: electric windows Wed, 26 November 2003 08:48 Go to previous message
3SGTE, I'm 90% sure that electric life do a direct bolt in kit for your car. That is a complete regulator with motor attached. Most regulators can be modified to bolt a motor onto them like I did on mine but it's a bit of muckin around compared to the universal kit. If you dont mind a box hangin off your door trim to cover the original winders the universal ones are the go.
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