Power Rear Windows

[Lil-Red]

hows about some radical engineering. Proper lenght of rope, a spring, and some fancy welding. I bet it could work, OR just pay the little neighbor kid who is always interested in your car, ride along and open them when you need it!

[darrenryall]

Thought of two more possibilities on the way home.. was following one of these.

What do the Kia Sedona's have on them? The area where the licence plate is appears 90% the same as our Festivas.. and the back pillars looked about the same angle as what I have..

Also, anyone checked out the Kia Rio's? They were the sequel to the Pride.. maybe the early years might have compatible parts..

[Tommychu]

I took them out of a Cutlass Supreme at a junkyard and installed them in my 81 Iraqui Malibu. They did not push out, only turned the little quarter window in the rear. The motors are ugly and had to be hidden inside the rear doors.
The switches were located on the rear doors.

http://www.bwbronze.com/festiva/malibu_right_side.jpg

There were two styles of rear vent windows on the malibus. I was referring to the ones like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:'7...nge_Julep).JPG
The actuator is mounted to the C pillar on these and pushes the window out the same way the festiva and all the minivans referred to in this thread do.

[muscle_Car1]

Nope my moms mpv has manual windows out back

[darrenryall]

Crazy thought on the way home..

What does a '91-'96 Mazda MPV have in the back of it? Does it have powered back window vents? Just thinking that with all the other parts that seem to be shared, an MPV or maybe even an Aerostar might be a candidate..

[bravekozak]

I installed them

I took them out of a Cutlass Supreme at a junkyard and installed them in my 81 Iraqui Malibu. They did not push out, only turned the little quarter window in the rear. The motors are ugly and had to be hidden inside the rear doors.
The switches were located on the rear doors.

http://www.bwbronze.com/festiva/malibu_right_side.jpg

[Tommychu]

I have a feeling the actuators off a '78-'82 Chev Malibu 4 door might work. The windows in the back doors don't roll down, so the tiny triangular windows behind them open up outward instead and a few had power. I know because I had them on mine. And they're in a pretty tight space in the original application so they've got a better chance than minivan ones do.
Only problem is, good luck finding one. A lot of them didn't even get the triangle windows, much less powered ones.

[MTec007]

my motors dont even come close to bolting up, thanks to the pillar angle. i guess they are going on ebay

[MTec007]

i got motors out of a 95 Nissan Quest and 3 hatch lock actuators (for power locks) from the Quest, and a 93 & 95 Mercury Villager. those parts all look similar in all 3 vans. i don't know if i can get the motors to mount but i will sure try!

[1988redfordfestiva]

the best motors for rear windows i've seen and i might try is the ford windstar rear window glass setup i was doing some research and i might try it out i have some spare parts from my dad van and i'm gona try it out

[Festiva_tunner]

I would steer clear of trail blazers or caravans unless you plan on remote mounting the motors - I looked into this a could years ago when I had both at my disposal the rear pillars on them are larger and they have a air gap between the pillar and the trim equating to more space to hide the motor
Older town and countrys may work though our voyager had manual windows so I could never check

But with the effort you could create a linkage like the window regulators use and mount the motor in the space above the tail light the windows will open beyond four inches with out the latch installed

[jriederer]

Besides, the Festiva opens only 1.343" and the Chrysler vans open 1.834" at the push point.

Ahh, but that's with the stock hinge attached.
With the hinge disconnected, the window will open well beyond the 1.8" that the electric actuator will try to push. I just opened mine past 4", so actuator travel is not an issue. Mounting the actuator to the frame, well we'll sort that one out later when Pull-A-Part opens.

[bravekozak]

Chrysler openers

Chrysler openers Town and Country, Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager are all identical. They will not work because they require a perpendicular mount.
The Festiva C-pillar has a very sharp angle. Besides, the Festiva opens only 1.343" and the Chrysler vans open 1.834" at the push point.

Let's keep looking.

http://bwbronze.com/festiva/chry_open.jpg

http://bwbronze.com/festiva/chry_closed.jpg

http://bwbronze.com/festiva/chry_outside.jpg

[JoDan]

Chrysler town & countrys have them also

[batstiva]

That's interesting about the Montana ones, because I'm fairly certain the Caravan ones do not open as wide as the Festiva rears open. I imagine that a person could mod the mechanism, but it would definitely be easier to have the ones that open the same amount to begin with.