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can anyone tell me exactly how ot re-align my passenger side front window, its pressing on the door frame so much it barely goes up and down, the door must be open for it to go completely up

i looked to see if it would be easy to get the door panel off but the plastic around all the screws is cracked and it looks like there is some sort of sealer holding it on as well, im afriad im going to break the door panel taking it off or i wont be able to get more of that sealer stuff

any help would be great

Remove three screws on armrest. Remove screws on speaker cover. Pop door handle trim piece off with screwdriver carefully prying near the center IIRC. You can feel where the clips are holding if you get it wrong anyway. Pop door panel off with wide screwdriver or a putty knife, feeling between panel and door for plastic clips that hold it in place. When found, pry gently so as not to pull clips out of door panel sincs it's that glorified carboard shit. Best place to start is at the bottom on the end opposite the hings as there's an opening that you can kind of fit your hand in to put tension on the panel as you feel for the clips.

Once popped, lift it out the top where the window is and unplug your window switch. Now you can see your sealer - it's under the vapor barrier. It's messy. Pull the barrier from an end sharply as if it were a band-aid so as not to rip the plastic and so as to seperate the sealer with as little stringing as possible. Try to keep its outline intact fro resealing. I usually roll the bottom and use the seal to stick it to the top of the vapor barrier while I work.

Not sure where you'd adjust the alignment in the direction, but I'm sure it won't be too hard to figure out once you get in there. We have a nice scissor regulator that hardly goes bad. A lot of cars have a really shitty nylon pulley and steel cable system that is probably cheaper due to greater adaptability to multiple models, but is more likely to fail and pretty much requires replacement when it goes wrong.

There are two bolts at the top that adjust the alignment front to back, but I don't think there's any alignment for how far the window leans in or out away from the car. But I doubt that's your problem anyway... I would look into a new window motor. Mine does the same thing when it gets to the top, but the problem is not the alignment (there's still a ton of wind noise around it where it's not pressing in hard enough). The motors wear out eventually and get slow or stop.