Fordmad!

Anyone else have the problem of when you shut the doors with the windows to the top, the glass dosnt sit inside the roof rubber it just sits on top leaving a gap?

I was going to trim the rubber slightly so it sits in nice so it dosnt leak!

Any other ideas?

Fordmad!

Anyone?

snoopaloopa

iTrader: (3)

You shut the door by the top of the window mate, problem solved.

jan247uk

window glass can be adjusted mate give me a day or two i'll sort some pics of where and which bolts/screws you need to do

G420 DEL

as said i shut door with the glass in that corner...

Fordmad!

Yeah i have been doing that but have smashed my drivers window when i was abit rough with it one night.

It would just be nice to be able to shut the doors normally especially when you have a passenger

snoopaloopa

iTrader: (3)

That depends on which model mk3/4 or 5 mate?

So which is it mr op?

jan247uk

all i can provide is mk4 details mk3 are the same not sure about mk5 but i would guess their not too different or at least if it is a mk5 i gives you an idea what to look for

cabriolet

listen to them u push the window to shut the door this lifts the roof up if u adjust it the bastard WILL leak

Fordmad!

Its a mk4 xr3i. The corner sits alot higher then the front. If i could just drop the corner down by half inch it would shut perfectly!

G420 DEL

i always wanted to go down the route of retro fitting a system off a bmw z4 or another car that drops the window an inch when door open then puts it back up when doors closed. sure it could be possible and would sort all the mk4 cab issues.

Fordmad!

Yeah my mates bmw does that but there must be cheaper/easier options!

snoopaloopa

iTrader: (3)

my alarm does it for me now, full closure leave the window down a bit, arm the alarm and voila job done
otherwise Ford recommend the window shut method

stumpy77

i close mine by top corner of the glass.

jan247uk

Ok here you go, picture one below door with door cards removed. Areas 1 and 2 are where you need to look to do the adjusting.



picture 2 below
First to sort out the tilt, which you said you had issues with and also you will need to do this first anyway to get a good fit on the rubber. loosen nuts pointed out number 1, then slide the nut up or down in the slot pointed out number 2. that will sort out the tilt. when you get a level glass tighten them.
you may have to make the slot longer depending how good the runners are just file or brevvel it out a bit.




picture 3 below
now the glass is level, loosen the bolt number 1, wind the window up to your desired height against the rubber top seal, then again slide the nut in the slot just visable in directions numbered 2 . it basicly a stop for the winder arm if you reach around the back you will be able to feel where it sits on the winder arm, then tighten it. and thats all thier is too it (well its a bit of as mess around adjusting etc but worth it)




i have done mine they are level the door shuts sweet without having to push in the glass at the top which i did for years on my other cab and they DON'T leak
I have to agree with del though if ford had done a slight door drop on opening it would have been nice but they didn't

Fordmad!

Thanks for this I will have ago at it soon i just cba taking the door cards off again as theyve been off about 10 times in the last year lol

Again thanks for the time spent showing how to do it!

jan247uk

no worries, thats what we are here for to help each other isn't it. lucky for you my door car was allready off lol
hopefully may help other cab owners in sorting theirs out too in the future

Fordmad!

Yeah its just most don't take the time out to do so!
I thought that there would be a way of adjusting the window but cba trying to find out how so was just easier to cut the rubber but thanks to you i can do it properly!

Cheers again!

kemnnystag

Hi Mte,
Many thanks for taking the time to write all this usefull info,very helpfull.
Cheers
Kenny