As in, while towing, storing, etc. what do you use in place of the window glass. I had been originally told i could rest the OEM glass in there, but it doesn't have anything to sit on to stay in place..

 

I can't remember exactly who but I think it was Bulldog (Greg M.) who had a pretty cool solution. He had a piece of clear plastic cut out in the same size/shape as the oem glass. He had a 'handle' attached to it a couple of inches up from the door frame. Insert the bottom of the plastic into the door. Pull up & it seated into the rest of the frame. Just even with the bottom of the frame was two holes into which were inserted a couple of rods that rested on the 'top'of the door.

 

interesting.. i'll have to look into doing that.. i wonder what plastic he used..

 

1. Goto Home Depot
2. Go buy flat steel sheets. Sometimes it comes in a roll, sometimes in sheets.
3. Cut the sheet into a "window"
4. Place the sheet into the door (just on top is ok)
5. Tape w/ racers tape the window to door and car
6. The stupid tape is not strong enough and will come loose. Doh! (My setup now, I will use the next steps in the future) Therefore goto step 7.
7. Drill some holes in the sheet "window" near the edges
8. Use zip ties to hold the sheet to the door.
9. Close door and now tape up the sheet window to the door to make a water resistant seal.
10. Put some blinging stickers on the sheet window.

 

What are you towing with? I'm being serious.

I've towed in a downpour with the Suburban I had, and expect the current Excursion to be the same or similar. No water got in the car, and I have no door windows at all. I mean, NO water. Anywhere. Granted this was highway driving...had we been in town while the rain was coming down, I would have been sitting in a massive pool of rainwater.

I was incredulous, like you probably are. But it was dry as a bone in there. I guess the burb punched enough of a hole in the air that its slipstream moved the rainwater away from the GS-R "just enough?" Maybe the SUV body contributes?

(Edit) Now storage is another matter altogether and I haven't cracked the code on that one. I'd like to be able to move the race car outside to work on the CRX from time to time...which requires dry weather currently. Some sort of indoor remote storage facility might be on the list if nobody buys the damn thing.

--Karl, who needs to do something clever like Davidnyc has done

 

Greg ginsberg used the stock glass, put a **** in each of the factory holes at the bottom.... and had bolted/riveted a sheet of metal inside the door frame for the glass to rest on.

 

Put me down for the clear sheet of plastic cut out the shape of a window as well. Mine was cheap thin plexiglass from a hardware store, not even good lexan. I wasn't cool enough to make any retaining pins as I fit the bottom of the piece down in the window slot in the door and the put the top of the piece to the inside of the window frame so when the door was shut , the plexi was held in place by the pinch between the window frame and the body shell in the door opening where the normal upper seal goes.

Couldn't have been simpler and lasted for years of open trailering.

 

You guys are spending too much time and effort on this. Just put your stock window back in place and use either 2 small rubber door stops or on large one on the inside jamming the window and the door frame. It takes a hole 2 minutes and works like a charm!

 

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Right now I've got a 94 Chevy 1 ton Turbo Diesel.. I don't think it's going to create a slipstream enough to keep the car dry inside.. that, and mr. murphey and his laws state that my car would be filled with water even if I did have an SUV.. My additional problem, besides the rain, is that despite having inside storage, my guard cats seem to find my Corbeau seats particularly comfortable to sleep on. Despite them definitely keeping mice out of the car, I really don't like the two tons of shedded hair they leave behind..


I'm leaning away from using the OEM glass.. mostly because I think I'll drop it and break it at some point.. the plastic/sheet metal approaches sound best so far.. I'll be stopping at home depot this evening for a few other things.. Maybe I'll see what they've got..

thanks!!

 

does anyone have pictures of their setup?