Electric v Manual windows

[vauxmad_kev]

Do you have electric or manual windows and would you prefer to have the opposite?

[TIDGE]

i prefer electric but i cant be bothered to wire them up lol

[Jay]

i prefer electric but i cant be bothered to wire them up lol

Same!

[vauxmad_kev]

I'm just trying to decide myself. I have manual windows now, I got GSi door cards today and I don't know whether I want to cut a hole in them for the winder or not!

[meritlover]

Burgo

[AlexW]

Had/Have both. i prefer the electric of course as im a lazy bugger.

Can get annoying that the ignition has to be on but tis nothing.

Edit: Sell your door cards to me lol

[Jack]

I have manual in the car, but electric window mech and loom. I just cba to put it in yet lol

Its not exactly hard to rig up a loom

[Riggy]

i prefer electric but i cant be bothered to wire them up lol


lol they plug into the fuse box haha , no wireing needed lol

[vauxmad_kev]

Edit: Sell your door cards to me lol

Ah, no.... sorry.... I love them!

I'll sell ya the standard ones!!! :p

[mowgli]

Burgo
agreed

[NovaBoi92]

Im wiring up mine tomorrow. leccy is so much better imo

[brainsnova]

Had/Have both. i prefer the electric of course as im a lazy bugger.

Can get annoying that the ignition has to be on but tis nothing.

Edit: Sell your door cards to me lol


wire then to a live all the time feed :thumb:

[brainsnova]

electric all the way too. manual is for poverty nova's lol

[bai1ey]

polycarb ftw i say. if i had to choose i think i would go with manual i just think thay are easyer

[Mazz]

Installing leccy windows is really easy, its all plug and play - you just need drill out the old mechanisms and pop-rivet the new ones in..iirc there a wire into the fuse box and an earth by the handbrake, thats about it!

[nova_saloon]

fit electric, dont cut holes in them.

[Benn]

I cant beileve anyone would want windy windows.
And its a crime to cut door cards.

[brainsnova]

Installing leccy windows is really easy, its all plug and play - you just need drill out the old mechanisms and pop-rivet the new ones in..iirc there a wire into the fuse box and an earth by the handbrake, thats about it!

some base nova's also need the holes driled through the doors and pillar :thumb: they are centre punched.

[Plug]

dont cut the door cards

[Steve]

Manual for me, cant be arsed with electrics, more to go wrong.

[BIGS]

Where the burgo option, you suck at polls lol

Well i have both and im happy with both

[AlexW]

The only problem with electric windows is the need to drill the body and doors if its a model without them.
But easy enough.

[Paul]

wheres the perspex option?

[draper]

dont cut the door cards just for windey up wndows, but my GSi ones that have holes in already ;)

edit - actually ill do you a straight swap kev, my GSi cards with winder holes for your GSi without holes

[craig green]

If you park up with other people often, it's a pain to keep switching on the ignition to use the windows.

Not sure I would de-spec my car but I have often wished I had manual windows at times.

[Jack]

If you park up with other people often, it's a pain to keep switching on the ignition to use the windows.
Maybe rewire the switched live to a permanent live?

[craig green]

Maybe rewire the switched live to a permanent live?

Or just get a life & not sit in car parks & gateways anymore! lol

[nova_jake]

i've got electric and im changing them for perspex with sliders!
Electric are great, but they sometimes get a bit stuck, nothing a little brute force doesn't sort out though, lol!

[GRUNT 16V]

Had manual but converted to electric good fun though as i had to make a loom to fit them

[vauxmad_kev]

I had intended on sticking with the manual, but now I'm gonna go for the leccy jobs. Don't mind a bit of wiring myself anyway so, I'll tear into it soon.

[Spudly]

Keep fit windows suck imo, teh hardest part of fitting them is as said drilling teh holes in teh A pillars and doors but you could pikey fit them as i have once before by running wiring for them inside and behind teh door cards, i couldnt ba a*** to pull teh doors off to get in properly to drill lmao.

But wiring side of things is damned easy, and you can screw regs in using wing bolts so making them easily removable and erasing need for a rivet gun!



Btw cav has electric one touch windows (inc sunroof, omega motor FTW) so im more than happy:thumb:

[Nova_Tek]

I have manual which I like as its less weight but if you see a mate on the other side of the road, you'll like like a right tool stretching over the passenger seat trying to roll the window down, so electric is deffo a cool touch.

Not good if you are stripping your ride but good for convienience. And need to do some driling and wiring up which sometimes I dont really wanna do.

I would consider sticking elec windows in once the LET is in so I dont slow down the car lol

[dj_wudgey]

electric windows = weight = sh*t