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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 06:19 PM
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Default Outer belt line mouldings now available. Link attached.

Joy of joys.
https://www.prp.com/product/detail/350493?page=2
 

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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 07:12 PM
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It must have cost a pretty penny to get new moulds made cause the set I got back when.. were $35 for the pair or maybe each.
They screw in. 5 screws and you have to drop the window off the track inside the door to get at the two closest the handle. Unless your windows crank down much lower than mine did.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 09:12 PM
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It must have cost a pretty penny to get new moulds made cause the set I got back when.. were $35 for the pair or maybe each.
They screw in. 5 screws and you have to drop the window off the track inside the door to get at the two closest the handle. Unless your windows crank down much lower than mine did.
I have electric windows. Never had to mess with them so no idea what I’ll run into.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 10:09 PM
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Is that $159 for a pair or for one? The photo shows two. The order box says 1.
 
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Is that $159 for a pair or for one? The photo shows two. The order box says 1.
That is for the pair. I think your electric units won't be very difficult. I had to change out the electric window motor on an audi I had 30 years ago with even less experience than I have now, it isn't all that hard to figure out.
 
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That is for the pair. I think your electric units won't be very difficult. I had to change out the electric window motor on an audi I had 30 years ago with even less experience than I have now, it isn't all that hard to figure out.
And I emailed them to ask and they replied yes it is for the LH and RH. Both included. At $160 I wanted to make sure. That is a lot of money for those parts but I understand why. I've been in manufacturing my entire career.
 
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I ordered them. Add $23 for shipping and it came to $183. Ouch! That's a lot of dough for those and the shipping is ridiculous too. But it is what it is. He didn't have to make them again. Just do it and get it over with.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2023 | 10:42 PM
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They don’t ship to Canada.
There’s a local chain that carries Precision products. By the time they’re through with the exchange rate, brokerage fees and the discount to retailers the $CDN price amounts to about the same. Retail shipping or postage in Canada is expensive, relatively speaking, so it’s nice to avoid when possible.

But considering the alternative is bodging together something from what ever is laying around that won’t work well anyways I’ll pay for a quality boutique product.

It’s not like Chargers or ‘Cuda’s where they are being hauled out of the woods or can be manufactured using all new sheet metal from AMD. There are fewer and fewer first gens on the road every year.
 

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Old Nov 3, 2023 | 04:53 PM
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I just got mine yes crazy expensive but considering I was going to have to make my own somehow. You can get them thru Mopar Parts Canada. If you spend enough shipping is reduced. But still cost me $320!!! Total including all Taxes and shipping. They are based out of Windsor, ON. I had shipped to west coast.


https://www.moparts.ca/index.php?rou...earch=Beltline
 
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