With the cooler temps now my rear passenger window gets stuck in the closed position. Its the rubber surround on the outside that gets sticky or whatever and the glass sticks to it. On a sunny day it heats up enough to not stick, then the evening comes and it cools off and sticks. Has anyone had this problem and if so did you lube the weatherstripping? Dont know if i need to go silicone, wd-40, armor all type stuff or what? Any opinions?
What have you used to lube windows?
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rwurst918
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Any of that kind of stuff would just streak the window and bother you more. I would take some rubbing alcohol and try to clean the rubber surround as thoroughly as possible. The alcohol will not leave streaking on your window. If you do not feel safe using alcohol on it, try rain x. Make sure you buff it out though (Most people dont read directions).
Smitty_2000LS
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Something we used to use was, Windex that was Tint Safe (green). You can pick up a bottle for like 2 bucks at any walmart in the automotive section. Heavily spray some on a rag and just wipe the area that you feel needs to be cleaned. Get another rag and dry the area. Repeat as many times as desired. Sometimes is the easiest things that give us the most problems.
NOTE: If you are going to use alcohol, and your windows are tinted...try to avoid getting the alcohol directly on the windows. Anything with alcohol or amonia will turn parts of your tint purple. Lets be honest...no one really wants that.
Ammonia can damage tints, but alcohols are common ingredients in tint-safe cleaners. Stoner's Invisible Glass and Sprayway both contain alcohols (isopropyl and ethyl, respectively), and both are tint-safe; heck, the first can of Sprayway I got was given to me by the guy who tinted my truck.
The general recommendation (for the LS, anyway) is to use a small amount of silicone lubricant to keep the windows from sticking to the seals.
Smitty_2000LS
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You are correct...they do contain alcohols...the only difference is the how much concentrated Alcohol is in the product you use. Hence you wouldn't want to use a bottle of alcohol to clean your windows. However, if you dilluted the alcohol with water on a ratio of 10:1, for example, the concentrate of alcohol isn't as great and MAY NOT damage the window tint. So just as a precaution to everyone, i stick with the usual "Try to avoid anything w/ alcohol or amonia in...it may turn the tint purple." But what do i know...i only used to tint windows professionally, and didn't recieve some bottle of cleaner from the tint guy...
NYC LS8
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Slam the door closed. Used to work for me to work the window loose.