My driver's side front window is currently coming off track constantly, I pulled off the door panel and after close inspection I noticed everything mechanically is fine but the actual plastic grips (tabs that pinch the glass at the bottom and sit on the window track) are broken, my question is where is a good place to find these? Do I need a whole new window? Any info or part numbers would be much appreciated. When looking at the glass it's located at the very bottom, seems to be a total of 3 tabs held on by what looks like black glue, 1 on each side left and right on the glass plus one it the middle.

 

I sourced mine at a junkyard, carefully remove them as you could break the glass. Or you could go to your parts store, in the HELP! section they have replacement sash's, use a slow setting epoxy to bond the new ones on, bolt them in while epoxy is setting and adjust ur window to your liking. Ive had this haapen to me on 3 different cars. Use a bit of loctite on the sash hardware, as if it comes loose, you will encounter the same problem, and have to repeat your repair

 

I want to remind you how gently you must be when working on the glass, take your time, and have plenty of razor blades, or thin single strand wire on hand

 

So I need to remove the broken tabs, then essentially re-glue the new ones on the existing glass? This is somewhat barbaric for a lexus lol

 

Yes, it is barbaric, your other option is to buy a complete window, but if you are capable, the repair will yeild the same results

 

when you do this you should write up a DIY that way we can all see what you did cause im sure at some point its gonna happen to us too lol

 

If he doesnt write one up, I will, because the dirt road I live on broke mine, so Ill be doing it too, and really, its easy

 

right on, that might help me figure out how to fix my issue too, my driver door lock doesnt unlock or lock without the key anymore, i would just go in there and try to figure it out but just havent had the time lol, i was inside the door once before when my handle came loose but that was before the lock went south

 

Thanks for the info but I have sourced oem glass that retained the plastic tabs so I will just be swapping the entire glass out once again thanks for the input and information much appreciated