window drip guard question..

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In channel is the only way to go unless you are still rockin' an 80's mullet then stick on is for you.... hahaha!!!
 

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Resized_20180509_085637.jpeg I use stick on. No mullet. =) I do this because I had issues with the rear vents always falling out of my wife's car that had the channel vents installed.
 

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Same here, speed tested weathertec window and bug guard to limiter with ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES!

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EGR Channel ones, found them open box on Amazon for like $20 and love them, took me around 10 minutes to install all 4. Fronts you bend slightly and fit in channel, rears you remove tape and push in channel, easiest mod I did.
 

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My in channel are great unroll it gets cold. Tighter gap and frozen windows makes me fear that they'll break
 
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Last ones I bought were stick-on. That was back in late 2002 (just before I got rid of my mullet). :p I don't even know if they made in-channel back then; don't recall ever seeing them at that time.

Don't know if it would matter a great deal on, say, a black truck, but I definitely prefer the look of the in-channel on a light color truck.
 

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In channels look so much better, look like they're supposed to be there. I've had more trouble with the stick ons staying on, I don't know if the tape dries out or what. Never had any problems with the in channels.

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In channels look so much better, look like they're supposed to be there. I've had more trouble with the stick ons staying on, I don't know if the tape dries out or what. Never had any problems with the in channels.

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While I agree with you that in-channel is best....the most common reason for the stick on failures is improper prep or installation, followed by defective tape.



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While I agree with you that in-channel is best....the most common reason for the stick on failures is improper prep or installation, followed by defective tape.



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I agree, especially if they come off while still pretty new. The ones on my wife's van lasted a couple of years before they started coming loose. I've had in channels for 10 years that never moved.

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I have a set of in channel ones put them on and the windows wouldn’t close.


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I have a set of in channel ones put them on and the windows wouldn’t close.


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I got mine given to me with no instructions, I was so agevated with them I was just going to throw them away and leave the stick on ones on there. Then I read somewhere that the including instructions were very vague and they referenced a u tube video. I watched the video, got them out of the trash can, installed them according to the video and they work great.

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While I agree with you that in-channel is best....the most common reason for the stick on failures is improper prep or installation, followed by defective tape.



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Wait a minute, wait a minute, I think I just figured it out. I've always wiped the contact surfaces down with alcohol, even twice just to make sure they're completely clean. Part of the window frame on my wife's van has some textured plastic pieces and another part has that textured vynl wrap stuff on it. The part of the drip guards that are actually attached to metal never come loose, it's always where that textured stuff is. It's either the texture of the plastic and vynl don't allow proper adhesion or the texture allows moisture to get in behind the tape.

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