How to: Electric Windows!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2011, 1:43 am

#864819

Baja Wes wrote:I finally wrote the article;

http://www.offroadvw.net/tech/wes/windows.html

excellent article Wes...

and I also have two different doors.. lol

and interesting mounting the switches in the dash...

Lee

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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 8 Oct 2011, 3:02 pm

#865946

I got rid of the winders altogether and got a set out of a jap car with the right stroke, they were curved so i straightened them out, made a set of door trims in aluminium and made a aluminium centre consul with the switches for the door locks and starter button

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VW1600S Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Jun 2012 · 5 Jun 2012, 10:32 am

#906039

I bought a kit which looks similar to the one on the article but after some time the plastic parts started slipping and it didn't work properly. I got motors from a renault clio and welded the one face onto where the Beetle's crank used to be. Used the same wiring and buttons tthat were supplied with the kit. Did the same setup on my Kombi but the RHS is a bit slow now (probably lack of use, it's a LHD ).