DIY: Window Channel Replacement

[polymorphic]

I just bought the parts to have this done at the dealer because I didn't want to eff up my windows, lol. May have to give this a shot. I'm bitter about the prices though, they charged me $180 for the parts...

Wow! Dealers really screw on prices! It's really not that difficult to do and you'll save the cash. Plus if u fail u can still bring it to a shop.

[revned3182]

I just bought the parts to have this done at the dealer because I didn't want to eff up my windows, lol. May have to give this a shot. I'm bitter about the prices though, they charged me $180 for the parts...

$180!!! that's too much... i bought the passenger side for $45 tax included straight from the Honda stealership.
save me the labour cost by doing it myself.

ps notice how i've is spelled "labour"... eh... that's canadian price. lol

[NEO_FOLLOWER2]

question
i took apart my friends lexus es300 door once to put in a new window and we just didnt bother putting his plastic back on seeing as how its just a thin papery plastic
(must add he didnt care about his car at all)

I actually car about my ep so im wondering will the thin plastic go back onto the gooey stuff or will i need to reapply some kind of adhesive.

asking because i just bought passenger/driver window channels and i'm gonna replace my crapped out ones soon
looks like the owner who had the car before me got broken into before. =[

[emsep]

i think its there to keep water out. you can put it back on using the old glue, but be carefull cus its hard to get that stuff off if its on your clothes or car.

[c_law23]

Thanks so much for the DYI. I bought my ep3 a week ago and the channel was all torn to hell. I'm fairly certain that someone had broken the window breaking into the car previously as the track was messed up in certain places and the window was not original. Anyway, with the DIY my buddy and I were able to get it done in about 25 minutes. Thanks again!

[hueyhy]

hey, just want to say something different about the part number. I checked online, here:
http://www.hondapartsdeals.com/hpa_parts_list.php?vin=&Label[ProductID]=CIVIC&Label[YearID]=2003&Label[DoorID]=3&Label[GradeID]=SI+%28SIDE+SRS%29&Label[AreaID]=KA&Label[TransmissionID]=5MT&Label[SectionID]=BODY+%2F+AIR+CONDITIONING&Label[IllustrationGroupID]=DOOR+WINDOWS&ProductID=4&YearID=21&DoorID=2&GradeID=456&AreaID=2&TransmissionID=3&SectionID=8&IllustrationGroupID=10228

I think it should be "5" and "10" on the pic. whose part number is : ( for me, the passenger side, right side) 72235-S5S-E01
it is different from the number that someone replied in this thread. So now I am confused.

[polymorphic]

There are actually 2 parts each on that site. For mine, the '05, they have 2 parts for the left and 2 for the right, each a different price and each has been replaced by a new part number. Anyone know which is correct? :(

[K20-power]

Thanks for the great diy, you saved me $150 :)

[revned3182]

this happened to my driver side already. the first time i got it replaced by a professional window installer. i watched him put it on but he didn't remove the plastic door panel. but he did use a lot of lubricant to slide it in.

i think something is warped in my passenger window because it slides a little bit off when it's being closed to a point where the rubber on the top left corner (facing the passenger window from the outside) is bent inwards like its being crushed by the actual window when closed. its ok for now since its closes tight. but i find it annoying to look at. because the rubber is bent in.

i already bought the rubber channel for replacement, but im not going to put in the work to install it yet. not until it starts leaving a gap. as long as it seals tight ~ then its alright.

but when i do decide to put it on... im prolly not going to remove the plastic door panel anymore.

[polymorphic]

This is my third door channel set for both sides and what you describe is what happened to my last 2. It looks like it's installed incorrectly, but it's actually just a defect in the channel and will eventually begin to split and break down. I've never seen any car with such a consistent defect in manufacturing for such a simple part.

[K20-power]

this happened to my driver side already. the first time i got it replaced by a professional window installer. i watched him put it on but he didn't remove the plastic door panel. but he did use a lot of lubricant to slide it in.

i think something is warped in my passenger window because it slides a little bit off when it's being closed to a point where the rubber on the top left corner (facing the passenger window from the outside) is bent inwards like its being crushed by the actual window when closed. its ok for now since its closes tight. but i find it annoying to look at. because the rubber is bent in.

i already bought the rubber channel for replacement, but im not going to put in the work to install it yet. not until it starts leaving a gap. as long as it seals tight ~ then its alright.

but when i do decide to put it on... im prolly not going to remove the plastic door panel anymore.

The samething was happening to me, everytime I would roll up my window it used to be off and it would roll up on top of the rubber, well I took off my door panel and I found out the problem, the windows have 2 little tabs (in the middle of the door) that hold the window in place which also helps it go up and down in a straight line, well one of the my tabs was broken causing the window to go up unevenly, the way i fixed mine was by placing a zip tie where the broken tab was (in other words I made a new tab with the zip tie) and that fixed my problem, If I would have known people were also having problems with this I would have made a DIY. Oh and did you have this problem before you had the guy install the rubber seal? because they have to remove the door panel because if they dont the rubber seal will not fall into place correctly which may cause future problems like braking your tabs, damaging the window motor, etc....

To be honest I try fix all my car problems myself because some people (not all) care only about the money, they dont care if they do the job right or not in your case it may have been that the person that installed the rubber did not know much about installing rubber seals or just was too lazy to remove the door panel.

[fdnyjon]

Good one man.

I will also be doing this one when i change my door actuators this week!

[revned3182]

omg... this is making me pull my hair.
ive already replaced my passenger side window channel for the second time.
it's because the person who installed didnt open the door panels. just lubed the it and slid it in.
and now its fucked again!
its been a year since i last fucked with it.
so after a year of laziness... i finally got up and decided to replace it.
this time i did it my self... it was on purrrfect!
but guess what? my windows wouldnt close back up...
i thought it was time for me to replace my window regulator...
i almost bought another one... good thing i tried the new one first... but it still didnt work.
some how i got lucky when i shook the wires and it decided to close back up.

so its not the window channel being off
its not the window regluator...
its some electrical shit. faulty wires?

can anybody help me locate what i should be looking for?
or what to replace??? pleeease!!!

[Jdmdomo]

Awesome information for me , at this moment .

[shawoo]

I am doing this myself andjust received the replacement channel. I'm a little confused though.

How far down does the rubber go down on the window? I have the replacement part, and lining it up trying to imagine how it will install. I see where the corners go, but there is just a ton of extra length on each side...does the channel go straigh down into the door?