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YOUR RESEARCHPassenger Window not working - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
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Install customer supplied cheep one about twelve months ago
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I fitted a customer supplied cheep one about twelve months ago.
Passenger Window not working - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
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I also fitted a new door membrane/seal at the same time.
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Adjust window
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2hrs to include replacing the door aggregate (german translation for inner door panel!) and adjusting the window for windnoise and waterleaks.
Passenger Window not working - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
Check on you tube there is some quite informative instructions
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Check on You tube there is some quite informative instructions on how to replace.
Passenger Window not working - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
Replace door aggregate (german translation
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2hrs to include replacing the door aggregate (german translation for inner door panel!) and adjusting the window for windnoise and waterleaks.
Passenger Window not working - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
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Just driven home and whist driving i wound down the passenger window in my 987.2 Cayman when i heard a wearing noise and a cable came up between the door card and the glass. Not sure what has gone wrong. grateful for any help / advise.
cheers rOb
Bear in mind the inner door panel is a sealed part; and until it's removed you wont know if you need a new one (the sealing strip fails and the outer panel clips are so strong they can deform the inner panel before releasing) the end result will be a water leak and repeat work if it isn't looked at
cheers everyone.
any reason it has failed? better going OPC rather than indie? as my car is not in warranty.
do OPC do work at a weekend? as the car is my daily
Swindon til 12pm on Saturday
Reading til 2pm on Saturday; probably the same ish across the network?
On OE ones the cables corrode; fray and snap - same design since Boxster in 1996 and a fact of life being in a wet area in our climate (roadsalt works its way in over the years also). Sometimes the channels harden and raise the effort required to move the glass which stresses the cable - as does the comfort drop function when the car is iced up....
Pull the cable up and see the condition. If it hasn't snapped then it has popped off the runner (this usually happens if the genuine reg has been replaced with a cheap one without correct sized guides and weak springs) I don't like fitting the non-genuine ones as they have a 50% failure rate IME.....
The cable rusts and eventually snaps. I had mine done at my local indy so see no reason to go OPC, and no they don't work weekends. It's not beyond a DIY job, but quite tricky to set up so I've been told.
As has been said above fit a genuine regulator. I fitted a customer supplied cheep one about twelve months ago. It lasted two months before it went again. He then got me to supply and fit a genuine one. I also fitted a new door membrane/seal at the same time. It's been ok ever since.
my Cayman is MY09, so only 5 years old. would like to think it would last longer than this... Any recommendations in the NW to do the work?
the window is on the closed position, so phew!! i can still use it
Without doubt the regulator.
Check on You tube there is some quite informative instructions on how to replace.
I've done one on my Turbo. Very common issue.
rObArtes said:
Hi Pope, can i ask how long an OPC would book against this job? cheers fella
Apologies for the delayed reply! 2hrs to include replacing the door aggregate (german translation for inner door panel!) and adjusting the window for windnoise and waterleaks.
cheers Pope, much appreciated. another Q are the motors easy to replace in the window regulator? my window sounds noisy when going up/down, would be good to have it near silent like the other window
