GULLWING WINDOW ATROCITY

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Originally Posted by Cracka

Unfortunatley, that's why if you want something done these days you have to do it yourself. It doesn't seem to matter in what field it is, there doesn't seem to be a lot of dedication out there.

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Absolutely agree. When I rode motorcycles I always serviced them myself (I'd rather trust me than a bored apprentice) and it has transferred to my fourby ownership.

I can't believe a window installer stuffed up so badly voltron :mad: Hopefully they fix it all up for you.

When I installed mine, the corners needed relieving a wee bit, no biggy, a bit of die grinding was all it needed. I hope they replace the panel they stuffed.

So it seems like the minimising of the corners is pretty common. I just wonder if this is going to be enough for them to justify doing what they did. Common sense would have thought cutting the panel of the car was not a practical solution and hence why I thought they were talking about the window frame.

I'll try get some pictures up but tbh it's frustrating just looking at it.

Thanks guys.

I had to ease the corner on the drivers side now that I remember. One of the main reasons I do as much work one my own. I got tired of "That's the best we could do" - the general excuse for shoddy workmanship.

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Originally Posted by ProjectDirector

This seems to be the usual story these days, inexperienced and incompetent technicians are not short of supply. I have seen it with my Nissan xtrail where I requested to see who worked on the car and sure enough they were a couple of young kids. There is nothing wrong with young apprentices but at least provide adequate supervision to meet quality and safety requirements.
Post some photos

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I completely agree. I was shocked to see unsupervised kids working on brand new LR's at a dealers I unfortunately used for repairs. I also wouldn't let other workshops mentioned anywhere near my car after what I have seen of their butchering.

Sorry to hear about your dramas Voltron. It's been a hard road for you these Gullwings.

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Originally Posted by voltron

Too make it worse they cut it at least 10mm too big at both top corners so it's just filled with sickaflex and not much contact between the frame and the body.

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Is it the same Gullwing as in the pic below ? If so, just to clarify, the corners of the window frame are a different radius to the cutout in the body panel, so there is about a 10mm difference at the centre of the radius.
Also, when the original window is removed (late type, stuck in, no rivets) there is a small tab at each corner of the cutout. They are only small, about 10mm long and protrude approx 1-2mm into the cutout, so easy to overlook. These must be removed, or the new window will not go in to the cutout without using excessive force. Even when they are removed it's a very neat fit, but the ones I've fitted have gone straight in.
I suspect they might not have removed the tabs. If the window came from Mulgo then maybe they just didn't read the instructions. By the sound of it, maybe they can't read at all :eek:
There are too many people out there who aren't skilled in the job they do, or just don't give a damn, unfortunately it looks like you've found one.

It would be good to see some pics if you can post some.

Cheers, Murray

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1286.jpg

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Originally Posted by rijidij

Is it the same Gullwing as in the pic below ? If so, just to clarify, the corners of the window frame are a different radius to the cutout in the body panel, so there is about a 10mm difference at the centre of the radius.
Also, when the original window is removed (late type, stuck in, no rivets) there is a small tab at each corner of the cutout. They are only small, about 10mm long and protrude approx 1-2mm into the cutout, so easy to overlook. These must be removed, or the new window will not go in to the cutout without using excessive force. Even when they are removed it's a very neat fit, but the ones I've fitted have gone straight in.
I suspect they might not have removed the tabs. If the window came from Mulgo then maybe they just didn't read the instructions. By the sound of it, maybe they can't read at all :eek:
There are too many people out there who aren't skilled in the job they do, or just don't give a damn, unfortunately it looks like you've found one.



It would be good to see some pics if you can post some.

Cheers, Murray

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1286.jpg

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Yep, this is the same window.
I did ring the supplier to say that it came with no instructions, and he responded that it was pretty straight forward once you get the window out. So I
left it at that.

You are probably right about the tabs, but where that leaves me I am not sure. They are going to try and rectify it on friday with the boss reassuring me he will do the job personally and see what he can do.

Figers crossed.

If worse comes to worst and they have botched it, you could ask the manufacturer to make a pair that fit the new opening. I'm sure you could sell the other ones if you can get the gunk off.

Put my l/s gullwindow in today not a lot of trouble filed tabs off window went straight in
No top ain't rivet black. R/side next week.Am impressed with the windows

Ill just do the opposite side myself next time haha.