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Old 09-29-16, 03:52 PM
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Hi Again,
This just started after I had some tinting removed. The drivers side window is going down very slowly and raises up at "normal" speed. There are no obvious sounds of binding nor are there any visual clues.
The tinting was only on the car for about 4 weeks and peeled right off with no glue or residue on the windows. It was a VERY poor job of tinting, but you get what you pay for.
Any ideas on the window speed??
Thanks in advance
Old 09-29-16, 04:04 PM
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The rubber window channel "squeege" is possibly binding on the window. Typical when going down, not up since there's little resistance going up.
Old 09-29-16, 07:17 PM
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spray some silicone spray in the rubber channels
Old 09-30-16, 02:20 AM
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I second with Tom57, the tint guy pushes down on the interior channel that runs along the glass on top of the door card to make sure that all the tint is off. It may be folding bind on its way out wo to remove it is to pull it back up to the original position just like all the other doors.
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WD-40 Specialist water resistant silicone is what I used. All windows go up and down quicker now. It was 6.00 at Homedepot.
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