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#16 konyo

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 10:46 AM

Dont know if these will help however this is how they sit in the window/door

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Looms like you put your in the same seal where the windows wind up?

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 11:02 AM


Mine were fitted in the same gap in the seal that the window glass does.


That didnt work for me, we couldnt get the window up as it got caught against the wind deflector.
& Even then we had to get the sticky tap to stick, and that would have been even worse lol O_O



Just wind the window up as far as it will go without forcing it, leave it a while to settle, then wind it a little more. After some time it all fits together for the window to close enough to seal.

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 11:51 AM



Mine were fitted in the same gap in the seal that the window glass does.


That didnt work for me, we couldnt get the window up as it got caught against the wind deflector.
& Even then we had to get the sticky tap to stick, and that would have been even worse lol O_O



Just wind the window up as far as it will go without forcing it, leave it a while to settle, then wind it a little more. After some time it all fits together for the window to close enough to seal.


Ok thanks, will give it a better try then :D

Edited by konyo, 03 September 2012 - 11:51 AM.


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Posted 03 September 2012 - 12:16 PM

Got mine in :D

I took the sticky strip off though, as the deflector didn't go high enough into the door, and you could see it from outside...

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 12:17 PM

The ones i bought at MITP are till on the back seat. :D
Not tried to fit them yet but the instructions say they go between the seal & door not in the glass channel ?

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 12:30 PM

Well mine fit and the windows wind all the way up and let no water in a work perfect.

No cutting/trimming and the sticky backing works a treat.

Top quality product and it doesnt go hazey like some pastics do after you keep washing it.

Only downside is that there a right PITA when your drying your car after washing it, trying to romoved water spots from down by the mirrors is such a ball ache

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 01:23 PM

The ones i bought at MITP are till on the back seat. :D
Not tried to fit them yet but the instructions say they go between the seal & door not in the glass channel ?


Thats where i thought they would go.. >_<

Got mine in :D

I took the sticky strip off though, as the deflector didn't go high enough into the door, and you could see it from outside...


Get it bewteen the door and seal? Or where the window winds up into the rubber?

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 01:36 PM

I'll try mine and see if they fit between the door and the seal too. Mine were fitted in the seal channel by the guy who supplies them :unsure:

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 01:40 PM

I might have a look at fitting mine tonight :D

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 05:07 PM


The ones i bought at MITP are till on the back seat. :D
Not tried to fit them yet but the instructions say they go between the seal & door not in the glass channel ?


Thats where i thought they would go.. >_<

Got mine in :D

I took the sticky strip off though, as the deflector didn't go high enough into the door, and you could see it from outside...


Get it bewteen the door and seal? Or where the window winds up into the rubber?


In the channel where the window goes. Once I altered the seal, they went in easy :thumbsup:

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 05:08 PM

i found if you put bottom end in first its easier but they are right fidley

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 05:33 PM

In the channel where the window goes. Once I altered the seal, they went in easy :thumbsup:


Right Thanks.. Let's try it again! Haha!

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 08:57 AM


In the channel where the window goes. Once I altered the seal, they went in easy :thumbsup:


Right Thanks.. Let's try it again! Haha!


Any luck fitting yours ?
I fitted mine last night in the window channel, 5 minute job :D

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 09:27 AM



In the channel where the window goes. Once I altered the seal, they went in easy :thumbsup:


Right Thanks.. Let's try it again! Haha!


Any luck fitting yours ?
I fitted mine last night in the window channel, 5 minute job :D


Nope, i get the top end in but then cant fit it into the top >_<
Waiting for my dad to get home to give it a helping hand haha!

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 10:09 AM

I put the front bottom corner in first then,back corner in at bottom of the runner & just pushed them up to the top.

Edited by miniman retford, 05 September 2012 - 10:10 AM.





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