Closing Door By Pushing on Glass Window - Causing Damage?
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Closing Door By Pushing on Glass Window - Causing Damage?
Hello, I have a 2002 SC430. Sometimes I find myself closing my door by pushing on the top of the glass window, I am wondering if I am potentially causing damage to the window by using it to close the door?
I have noticed that my driver side window goes up and down slower than my passenger side. I wonder if this has anything to do with the door being closed for 10+ years using the window glass (by previous owners).
Please share your thoughts.
I have noticed that my driver side window goes up and down slower than my passenger side. I wonder if this has anything to do with the door being closed for 10+ years using the window glass (by previous owners).
Please share your thoughts.
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Hello, I have a 2002 SC430. Sometimes I find myself closing my door by pushing on the top of the glass window, I am wondering if I am potentially causing damage to the window by using it to close the door?
I have noticed that my driver side window goes up and down slower than my passenger side. I wonder if this has anything to do with the door being closed for 10+ years using the window glass (by previous owners).
Please share your thoughts.
I have noticed that my driver side window goes up and down slower than my passenger side. I wonder if this has anything to do with the door being closed for 10+ years using the window glass (by previous owners).
Please share your thoughts.
That being said...Lexus is a well made vehicle and may hold up better to these kinds of abuses opposed to other verts in the marketplace.
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I always close my door with the handle; BUT most of my paassengers like to window close the door. When I tell them not to, they look kind of upset or "big deal"
What about your passengers? I wonder people generally like using window to close the door or just my passengers ??
What about your passengers? I wonder people generally like using window to close the door or just my passengers ??
Last edited by lexie; Mar 16, 2012 at 10:51 AM.
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The door windows are carefully aligned both horizontally and vertically. The reason, as others have mentioned, is obvious; so the door and glass make a solid weather tight seal when closed. Using the glass as a "handle" may and probably will alter the position of the glass over time.
Additionally, there have been threads in the past with complaints of leakage and wind noise traced back to weather stripping component #2, the triangular piece, where the window meets the rubber at its upper most position (this piece)
So, like others have said, it's just not a good practice. You might equate it with cigarette smoking; it's a bad habit you need to stop, cause it's going to cost you a lot of money in the long run.
Additionally, there have been threads in the past with complaints of leakage and wind noise traced back to weather stripping component #2, the triangular piece, where the window meets the rubber at its upper most position (this piece)
So, like others have said, it's just not a good practice. You might equate it with cigarette smoking; it's a bad habit you need to stop, cause it's going to cost you a lot of money in the long run.
Last edited by VVTiBob; Mar 16, 2012 at 10:59 AM.
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I'm no mechanic and I'm no engineer, and I only took one year of physics in high school, but I know enough instinctively not to move a heavy door by pushing on an extended and unframed piece of glass. That will always cause fingerprints.
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