electric windows in a brumby

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:01 pm

has anybody else done this mod how is it done
and dose the window have full movement
(dosent stop a before the top of the door)

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:25 pm

Dude... i did it in my hatch... which has the EXACT same doors as a brumby. I used the door motors and stuff from an MY touring wagon.

The window rail had to be swaped to suite the large windows and some of the mounting for the motor took a bit of playing about to get it to wind all the way up and down correctly. I ended up making sloted holes in the door for the mounting holes for the motor making it easily adjustable.

Best way get hold of a MY touring wagon and have a good look at comparing the 2 set ups.

The height of the window is the same in the wagons and the brumby which is why this works soo sell. VERY do-able... did it over 2 years ago and haven't had any dramas.

Dave

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:13 am

To make it easier, find an MY coupe with electric windows. Then there is no need to modify anything.

xaymaca · Post by **xaymaca** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:37 pm

This is bizarre! I was wondering how hard this would be to do in my head the other day!

I think I'll be going to the wreckers on the weekend!

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:38 pm

I have never seen an MY coupe with power windows. How sure are u that they exist? Even the luxury models i have seen still had normal winders.

Dave

wagonist · Post by **wagonist** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:03 pm

The really late ones had it as an option (& yes I've seen at least one, but I don't pay much attention to the MYs coz I've never had one)

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:34 am

Got a brochure at home

wildhorse · Post by **wildhorse** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:39 pm

wow. like minded peeps... almost too much as my thoughts were to make the brumby have the same options as my challenger. Wicked

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:39 pm

has anybody got photos of this would be a great help

Mat

maudsland · Post by **maudsland** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:25 am

Did the same with my brumby using touring wagon parts, only 3 of the 4 mounting points lined up so i just broke off the offending one and in it went, as for the wiring very simple as the plug for the windows is under the dash

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:38 pm

Remember also guys that the MY coupe has shorter windows than a Brumby, the winsdcreen is raked back more and the roof sits lower.

Very noticeable to tall folk like me.

And Dave, they definitely had them as an option on 83 GLF5's, the first GLF I went to look at when I was buying had power windows.

kwijmbo · Post by **kwijmbo** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:42 pm

I have electric windows in my coupe from factory!

They came with the same centre console as a touring wagon, but I made custom door panels and window switches to control it from the door.

rsrlegacy · Post by **rsrlegacy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:21 pm

Sorry mate, same screen as all MY's, just different rubber. Door glass is also the same height, but staight up at the rear unlike Brumby's. The electric windows on the coupe were part of the Power Pack ie p/steer, elec windows and digi dash, and even a factory sunroof.

kwijmbo · Post by **kwijmbo** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:48 pm

are you sure?

my coupe had an analogue dash, electric windows, powersteer and roof.

Paul

rsrlegacy · Post by **rsrlegacy** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:08 pm

What year? 83 and 84. 82 missed the dash. Were only in same time as the Tourer had them.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:26 pm

I never said the windscreen was shorter. I said it was raked back more.

The roof is definitely shorter on the coupe than the sedan, check my sig I own both. I don't own a Brumby though, so if the Brumby uses the same height glass as the coupe then I'll get down off my little soap box. But I have ridden in several Brumbys and I don't remember my head being jammed against the ceiling like it is in a coupe. Point conceded about the glass shape though.

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:43 pm

I will scan the pages from the brochure that show electric windows in a coupe on w/end and post it here.

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:21 am

Here you go, its an 82 model:

xaymaca · Post by **xaymaca** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:39 pm

I looked at a Coupe yesterday and it had eletric windows! So they definitely did come with them.

Just on another note, I hear people say the Coupe doors are the same as the Brumby doors. However, I think the glass may be different in them as my Brumby glass is slanted at the back vs the Coupe straight edge at the back.