stupidget Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 How do, Looks like my drivers side window regulator has died. Happened as I was entering a car park to get the ticket. Managed to get the window back up with lots of creaking and grating, but when I came to leave the car park I had to open the door like a nob to put the ticket in, luckily there was nobody about 🙂 So has anybody changed their and if so how easy is it? I had the same thing happen on my TT and got a replacement from eBay for £50 and the Boxster ones are about £70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andys320 Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Had to do this twice as used cheap regulator from Ebay, the latest one I bought is a pain as drops too low or raises too high whichever way its adjusted, strongly suggest don't use cheap ebay jobbies, just not worth it! Also make sure when you refit membrane to get a really good seal or you will have soggy bottoms! (Door card carpet wet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I bought an original Bosch one from Eurocarparts, about £150 and fitted it myself, took about 2hrs and not difficult to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidget Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 20 minutes ago, the baron said: I bought an original Bosch one from Eurocarparts, about £150 and fitted it myself, took about 2hrs and not difficult to do Did that come with the regulator motor as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, stupidget said: Did that come with the regulator motor as well? Yes its a complete system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMacdonald Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I did mine a couple of years back. The only worrying bit was removing the airbag in the door - felt a bit like handling a grenade. Just be careful when you are removing the glass - make sure you mark exactly how it lines up in the mechanism or you could be adjusting it for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, AMacdonald said: I did mine a couple of years back. The only worrying bit was removing the airbag in the door - felt a bit like handling a grenade. Just be careful when you are removing the glass - make sure you mark exactly how it lines up in the mechanism or you could be adjusting it for ages. Didn’t have an airbag in mine, but OP might have, as above handle with care, I’d didnt have to remove the window as far as i can remember but there are plenty of informative YouTube’s vids to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidget Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 looks like mine does have an airbag as it's got Airbag printed on the leather section just above the door handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxob Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Avoid the cheap window regulators. They do not last long from the reports on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicGun Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 17 hours ago, Boxob said: Avoid the cheap window regulators. They do not last long from the reports on here. Seconded, according to it's service history my 986S had a non OEM passenger regulator fitted before my ownership in April 2017, just had to have it replaced with genuine OEM one by @Revolution Porsche after it failed completely few weeks ago, and it had started to go funny towards end of last year, definitely a false economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyUK Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 I bought 2nd hand...cleaned & greased it before fitting. Did not unplug the air bag... ! YouTube vids are a great help. Used mask tape to mark the window position in each carrier clamp. Also adjusted the clamp hight on the replacement to match the original. Went in no probs. Did the door latch swap while I was in there. All good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidget Posted November 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 14 hours ago, JohnnyUK said: I bought 2nd hand...cleaned & greased it before fitting. Did not unplug the air bag... ! YouTube vids are a great help. Used mask tape to mark the window position in each carrier clamp. Also adjusted the clamp hight on the replacement to match the original. Went in no probs. Did the door latch swap while I was in there. All good now. I'm dropping the car off next week at my local garage for them to diagnose that it's actually the regulator, as I suppose it could be the cable. I suppose the problem of getting a second hand one is that there's always that risk that it's only got a few more up 'n downs left in it 🙂 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T911UK Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 The cable & regulator are the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulQ Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 1:28 PM, stupidget said: Did that come with the regulator motor as well? The motor is separate, so this will be swapped over. Rare for them to fail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 My passenger side failed (cable broke) got replacement from Steve Strange at Douglas Valley off his eBay shop (about £60). Worked on the basis that I could change it 3 times at his prices verses a new Porsche one or twice verses others. My car has airbags so just did not disconnect, but did disconnect the battery before working on it. Took me around the 1½hour mark to do as a first attempt in all but I had to take time out to get more door card retaining clips as most broke when I removed the door card (<£10). If I needed to do it again probably less than an hour. I carefully peeled the membrane back and used a good VHB double sided tape to reseal to the door once I'd finished to prevent water ingress to the interior. All good so far. Stripped the motor off the original unit as a future spare just in case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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