And now for something a little different (Pontiac Grand Prix GT 2002)

A few months ago I had one of my power windows go out and found this site (http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Grand-Prix-Window-Motor/index.html). At the time I figured it would take too much time and decided to take my car to Pep Boy's. Well that was a mistake first they charged me 129 bucks to tell me nothing was wrong when I knew I heard the something break and the window was rolling up much slower than usual. Then about a week and a half later it really broke and didn't work at all and they charged me an additional 300 something to replace the regulator and motor. To top it all off they broke some clips in the in the door panel and used folded cardboard to make it look like everything was fine.

Fast forward my driver side rear window goes out and I decided for 300 its worth looking into seeing if its something I can do. Quickly I found the part for about 60 dollars and decided to give it a shot I figured worse comes to worse I take it to a shop and have them install it saving me about 100 bucks vs buying it from the dealership. Anyway the part came in today I started working on it at about 6pm and was done at about 8:30pm. It was pretty simple and I was taking my time. If you are looking at doing a project like this I would suggest you have a 10mm socket and a ratchet on hand in addition to a set of Star (torque) screw drivers on hand (I think the one I needed was a T30 but I bought a set for 9 bucks at Auto Zone.) In any case it was well worth the time spent doing it and saving the 200 bucks and not having to leave my car at some auto shop for a 4-6 hours.

In case you were wondering I am by no means a car guy but after doing this I'm pretty sure my next thing I do with my car will be to replace the stereo system that is after I figure out how to reprogram my key-less entry. ;P Here I am a computer guy and I can install a motor/regulator and I cant figure out how to freaking program key-less entry... I am ashamed (either that or the battery in my remote is almost dead....probably.)