Contemplating rain guards for the windows. Two methods of intallation:
1) Tape
2) Groove wedge
Pros and cons #1 vs #2? Appearance? Failure? Other?
Thanks

 

im nto sure if this was a random case, but my buddy's taped ones came right off within months.

 

I have had both types on my vehicles and I much prefer the in channel visor type. I got mine from WeatherTech
They rock!

 

The PO of my 99 had installed "Ventshade" brand shades over front and back windows and they're the type that stick on the outside. I haven't had any problem with them, and the truck has seen heat as high as 100+ and as low as -15 and speeds of up to the speed limiter without any losses of any kind. I had the kind that fit inside the window track at the top of the track where the window meets the frame in an explorer I had a while back, and I was content with them as well. If you clean the surface well and follow instructions, I'd expect either kind to last a few years at least.

 

the parole officer??!

only foolin.

 

I've got the WeatherTech ones as well. They seem to work really well, but in colder weather it rattles a bit in the channel because of shrinkage I guess

 

I've had both...go with WeatherTech..

 

WeatherTech !

 

 

I have Auto Ventshades, they have tape and never have they come off or even loose. When I took one off to do some paint work it was a real PITA.

 

Bahahaha

I was thinking the same thing.

When I go to get some visors I think I'm gonna go with the channel install version.

 

I went with #2. WeatherTech

There is glue even though they say channel. It glues to the inside of the channel(BW). Held up well for four months. NEVER could get the auto driver window to accept the visor. Constant game of whack-a-mole. Up, down, Up, down! Took much advice from fellow YotaTech members. And the damn plexi plastic is so brittle, you'll do a contortionist act getting it bent enough to fit in the channel. Pressure holds it in place. I put a big scratch down the side of my mirror trying to bulldog that thing into the groove.

Got cold and rainy. At the post office I rolled down my window to drop a letter and the guard followed the window down and fell out and off. Before I could jump out and grap it, embarresed as hell, another car drove over it. I went home took the others out, extremely easy, too easy obviously, and pitched them in the dumpster. My story. :pat:

notice my sig??

 

Has anyone tried Performance Products rain guards? I'm thinking of getting them, but I'm not too sure on how well they will hold up...

http://www.performanceproducts.com/P...producttype=20

Thanks,
-- Andrey

 

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Perhaps glue on the 4th genners, but not for my 3rd, it it completely in channel, with NO GLUE.

 

I never heard of glue on the in channel visors? They went on very easily on my 96 and I have never had a problem with them.

 

I got the EGR slimline. They are very well made as many of you are familar with thier supergaurd. Nice match. They come in both in-channel and "sticky" type. I went with the tape because I had tape on my 92' pickup for 5+ years without a problem (strong as ever). I coundn't imagine a snap in not shaking or rattling at high speeds and not interfering with the window. I think the tape style gives a cleaner exterior look anyhow. My 2 Cents

 

'It glues to the inside of the channel(BW).'

BW=back door windows. There was a strip of glue along the ridge of the visors for the back windows. The glue is supposed to stick to the inside of the channel, or so it said in the instructions. Front visors were the wrestle in kind, no tape.

 

What about offroading? Do these get scratches (pinstriping) or do they get pulled off? I'm leaning more towards the no tape kind so I can remove them when I go offroad. Anybody have any experience with that?

 

i went with the weatherflectors mainly b/c it looked better. for those of you who are curious about the front window install, here's my writeup on that:

http://4runners.org/articles/macneil/index.html

it just requires careful bending thats all.

bob

 

I had the channel type on an old vehicle I had and they held up great to offroading... but if you start taking them on and off all the time, soon enough they'll loosen up. I'd leave them on for the long haul, they handle abuse pretty well.