I knew it was only a matter of time before it happenned to me, and sure enough...last night my passenger side window regulator cable snapped. Pain in the ass, plus the new one wont be in until next wednesday. It's going to be a fun week of not driving my cl.

How much have you guys paid for new regulators? Just curious. I ordered mine from an acura dealership for 130.

 

sucks, mine happened to me in the middle of a rain storm

 

You can get them on eBay for $75.00.


Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33706

 

You should of asked before you ordered you regulator. The link the Dust gave, 1A auto, offers lifetime warranty. They've saved my ass twice already.

 

Are there warning signals before is breaks?

 

no but you should continually put silicone lubricant in the seams, when your window starts to slow down thats when you have to be concerned when its gonna break, i keep lubricating mine every now and then

 

FUCK! what can I say...I enjoy throwing away money...

 

Are these things hard to install by yourself? We're talking about a complete newb like myself here...

 

i didnt have a hard time getting it out at all. four screws and a bunch of clips hold the door panel on. then the regulator and motor are held in by a total of maybe 6 screws....not too bad at all.

 

THankie... this will come in handy some or other time... All I need now, is to get a CL

 

Mine too early this year.....though the tape would of hold it but the window failed and rain that night without me know until the next morning....good thing is my car doesn't smell.

 

Would I need to pull off the inner door panels to lubricate it?

 

nope. Just do the part that the window rests against furthest toward the back of the car. That rubber thing is the reason our regulators die (or so the a-cl theory goes). It provides friction and slows the regulator causing it to overwork and die. Fucking seal...anyway. Just put some silicone lubricant on it every now and then and it'll keep going up and down fairly quick.

 

i just bought a new drivers side from acura and payed 130. but they had it in stock. i couldnt wait the week for the 75.00 one. im kind of anal about broken shit.

 

Just buy some white lithium grease from an auto shop and use the straw to spray the tracks. If you spary enough, it will run down the length of the tracks.

 

see my cable looks like it is still intact but it came off somewhere cause the motor works fine i think the wire came off but did not break since teh ball at the end on the wire is still attached, but i dont know

anyone have any ideas on this i still have a broken driver side window and it has been over 3 weeks since it happened, aslo how hard is it to instlal one? degree of difficulty? let me know

anyone have one they want to sell?

 

no just do it by the top of the doors in the seams, just gotta get a silicone spray and use (best to use that red straw that comes with wd-40 cans) and spray in between the all around, after i did this my windows rolled up hella fast

 

where did you get this spray from, i've tried lookin at kragens and it they didn't carry it