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Are window cable/regulator repair kits worth it? - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

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YOUR RESEARCHAre window cable/regulator repair kits worth it? - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

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I fitted a repair kit from eurocar parts on the drivers side of my 2009 Cayman and had no trouble with it.
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I fitted a repair kit from eurocar parts on the drivers side of my 2009 Cayman and had no trouble with it.
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Looking online, it looks like there are repair kits for a couple of tenners or a new Porsche regulator is nearly £200.
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Repair kits a false economy

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Are the repair kits a false economy?
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Use cable in the existing porsche regulator, surely

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I hear the non-Porsche regulators aren't worth the money, but if it's just a case of using a new cable in the existing Porsche regulator, surely that would be OK?
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I fitted a repair kit from eurocar parts on the drivers side of my 2009 Cayman and had no trouble with it.
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Repair kit

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I fitted a repair kit from eurocar parts on the drivers side of my 2009 Cayman and had no trouble with it.
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Repair kits

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Suggestion · Original poster
Looking online, it looks like there are repair kits for a couple of tenners or a new Porsche regulator is nearly £200.
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Are window cable/regulator repair kits worth it? - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Repair kits a false economy

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Suggestion · Original poster
Are the repair kits a false economy?
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Are window cable/regulator repair kits worth it? - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Use cable in the existing porsche regulator, surely

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Suggestion · Original poster
I hear the non-Porsche regulators aren't worth the money, but if it's just a case of using a new cable in the existing Porsche regulator, surely that would be OK?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

The passenger window on my 2006 Cayman S stopped working a couple of weeks ago and taking the door apart this weekend revealed the cable has rusted and snapped. Looking online, it looks like there are repair kits for a couple of tenners or a new Porsche regulator is nearly £200. Are the repair kits a false economy? I hear the non-Porsche regulators aren't worth the money, but if it's just a case of using a new cable in the existing Porsche regulator, surely that would be OK?

POST 2Original post

I fitted a repair kit from eurocar parts on the drivers side of my 2009 Cayman and had no trouble with it. I don't know if it helped but I put silicone grease on the cables to prolong their life.

POST 3Original post

I have always just bought aftermarket ones, never had an issue. May only last 10 years instead of 15 years, but so what?

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