Another update...
Not done a great deal to it over the last month or so due to lack of spare time but I've been forced to fix one of VW's cock ups from the factory this week.
They had the great idea of using 2 piece metal/plastic clasps to hold the door windows in while they were positioned on the runners. The cable system used is very good and smooth, but unfortunately too powerful for the plastic clasps to cope with and ultimately, they break.
Now you can be lucky and catch it before your window disappears into your door. I wasn't so lucky.
My passenger window spent most of Tuesday sat in the bottom of the door waiting to be fished out.
When I got the door card and the metal backing plate for the window mechanism off, I found one of the clips freshly broken but the other looks like it had been sat there for some time
I had to move the car into the workshop where I work temporarily to make sure it was nice and secure as a bit of tape was the only thing holding my window up now
now I had the plate off I could start removing the old winder and the knackered cables with it
The cables had fouled on each other and bent
A repair kit was ordered from the dealers which comes with 1 piece metal clasps and a new winder which were firtted on to the plate
A close up of the new clasps and the superior design
and where all the old stuff ended up...
while I was there I thought it was a good opportunity to run my cables to the new LED door pin surround I've had kicking about
this will be connected to the drivers feed to mirror the one already there. These will then activate and flash when the doors are locked
I also went over to JKM again to see how my car would fair on their rollers. I got a figure of 165bhp which is 9bhp less than last time. The possible cause of this was my new silicone boost hoses not being done tight enough but I have the aluminium pipes from the FMIC kit to go on so they will be replaced anyways so I'm not too fussed.
Some pics and vids of it on the rollers