Aftermarket electric windows, any good?

Anyone got them in their mk2???

I seem to remember Trev getting some but i may be mistaken. Anyway are they any good (ecp & gsf ones) or are they cheap sh*t.

 

i suspect they're harder to fit and more unreliable...get the set up from a scrappy (could take the wiring as well).

 

I got a front kit from EuroCarParts. Easy to fit, works well, good power on them, and they bolt straight into the holes for the manual ones. It comes with all wiring and switches and a face-plate for the slot above the cigarette lighter draw, which you can easily screw into place. Looks quite original.
Haven't bothered with the rears (passengers slow the car down!)

Elijah

 

Used to fit SPAL windows to various cars when doing the old car alarm installation job. Nosier than the standard ones, but seemed fine. We never had any car back complaining about them.

 

How much am i looking for a complete kit? Are the spal ones the ecp & gsf ones?

 

1990 - did you ever get you aftermarket electric windows ??

 

I've got an ECP one on the drivers side of my GTI, it is fine, quite fast but a little noisy. The genuine passenger one on the other hand is crap, very slow and sqeecky. I think i'm gonna have to get a new one there soon too........

 

Not yet, i've been trying to get the engine/chassis sorted first but i will be getting some.

 

IMO the VW leccy windows are pants. The motor spindles rust and squeek and then seaze, the mech are poop too.

As already said, the spal windows are noisier, but work well. I've fitted loads to various cars(including golfs), and as long as they are fitted correctly, then they are fine.

 

mk3 electric window mechs in a mk2? would that work
or old audi ones?

i never see scrapped mk2's with them.

 

i need to get a cog from spal to fix my mechanism!