one piece windows

[grinch4om]

anybody have a link to doing one piece windows? any play by play pictures of an install?

[bigblock73]

Here is a link to their PDF instruction manual

http://www.onepieceproducts.com/File...versionKit.pdf

I purchased their kit and begin the install last night. I will be documenting everything and writing and publishing my own how-to article on 73-87.com when finished. There are a few steps that are out of order in the OPP directions, and one design road block I discover that halted my progress...a conflict with the factory power lock solenoid. I will be working this out with OPP since I do indeed want to retain my power locks. Stay tuned.

[dragnlow]

yea i was asking about it before to http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=212932

and no one had done it yet but i am glad some one is now
i thought i was going to be the first but someone beet me to it (ha ha )
i just did not have the cash at the time
i thing it is one of the best mod's you can do because you just don't see it

[82c10]

EJC78 has done it before, i guess ask him, so no y'all aren't the first ones on the board to do it

[82c10]

here is a link http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=195410

[SanitysBane]

How much does that kit cost?

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by SanitysBane

How much does that kit cost?

Chris can get them cheaper than anywhere else, $699.

http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/me...tegory_Code=7T

[SanitysBane]

Crud, I wish it was a little cheaper.

[trixter99]

There is a guy in my town that wants me to help him put his one peice kit on when he gets it probably around xmas I will post more about it whem I do it,

[Captkaos]

I will also be posting a detailed article on my install. Mine got here Friday.

Thanks for the Props Jeff!

[SinDog]

Alex (ChevyDude) posted a thread when he installed his one piece. It's pretty detailed with pics.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=205064

Bryan

[Captkaos]

Wrong year truck. This is the one piece kits for the 73-91's.

[84 400]

MAn i still get the kick out of this cause when i started on this boards guys would bash each other saying (when pigs fly) and actually get mad about it. good luck cap i can't wait to see a full pic filled install!

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by 84 400

MAn i still get the kick out of this cause when i started on this boards guys would bash each other saying (when pigs fly) and actually get mad about it. good luck cap i can't wait to see a full pic filled install!

Don't put ALL of us into one category, Not everyone got their undies in a bunch.

But at the time, pigs were not flying!

You trying to start sumthin?!

[Grande Rojo]

[Captkaos]

Originally Posted by 84 400

MAn i still get the kick out of this cause when i started on this boards guys would bash each other saying (when pigs fly) and actually get mad about it. good luck cap i can't wait to see a full pic filled install!

I wouldn't say I was one of those that were saying that either. I started work on this in February 2000 and had a working model buy 2003. I ran into the same problem Ben at OPP did. Finding someone to make the glass that didn't require a minimum of 400 sets, then finding someone that would not require a minimum of 500 sets of window scrapers. I found a glass maker in 2003 that would sell me 200 sets of glass, but there wasn't enough up front interest for me to sink that amount of money into buying 200 sets of everything.

Here is the pics of mine from 2001 when I had the template working (if you look at my captkaoscustoms.com site under the timeline it is the "special project" that I kept refering to. N2TRUX and a few others have seen these.

Originally Posted by bigblock73

No, your help is fine. I just needed to think about it a little more.

Or think about it a little less.

Originally Posted by bigblock73

He also is sending me a replacement gasket for free as I messed mine up over-engineering/over-thinking things as I often do.

Just ribbing you man...

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by 84 400;

MAn i still get the kick out of this cause when i started on this boards guys would bash each other saying (when pigs fly)!

I was in on those posts too. I also knew what Chris knew that it would be financially impossible for the average Joe to make this happen.

I had done some research in to costs and feasibility for doing just one. Chris had taken the initiative to research even deeper for the possibility to make a kit. The factor here that changed everything was having an established company willing to front the R&D cost and initial expense of doing the first order.


Props to Brothers for spending the big bucks and bringing us 73-87 owners something we could only wish for a year ago....

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Props to Brothers for spending the big bucks and bringing us 73-87 owners something we could only wish for a year ago....

Brothers doesn't make the kits, they just sell them. One Piece Products (OPP) is the mfr..

[poolboy65-ls1]

I'd rather pay the $700 and know it's going to work.

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

Brothers doesn't make the kits, they just sell them. One Piece Products (OPP) is the mfr..

Yes that's true. From what I understood though it was Brothers that gave the initial order and got the project to the light of day.

[bigblock73]

But but but, that is only a PICTURE of pigs flying...

[swervin ervin]

Jeff,

have you heard anymore about your problem with the lock solenoid? I'm keeping an eye on all this since I for once decided not to be the guinea pig (so to speak) and be the first person to install something unproven.

I really, really, love to figure out something or engineer a project for my stuff. Sometimes though it's nice to just buy something and install it, and it works. You know? But as just about anything (non stock) we do on these rigs, nothing seems to just work, out of the box. I guess this is what makes it interesting.

A couple years ago I would have ordered them as quick as I seen they were available. I've got way too many irons in the fire right now.

[bigblock73]

Mike, I should be able to move the lock solenoid down a few inches. I will then have to fabricate an connecting arm from the solenoid to the latch mechanism, as the solenoid hooked directly to it in the stock location. I talked with OPP about this, and they realized it was missing from their instructions...and will be adding it to them soon. I also talked with them about some other stuff today, and there will be a couple more refinements to the kit based on my feedback and some others. Ben, the guy I am dealing with at OPP, is a pretty cool guy and has been very helpful and able to answer my questions. He also is sending me a replacement gasket for free as I messed mine up over-engineering/over-thinking things as I often do.

I havent talked with you in a while, if you want to talk more about this, or anything, just give me a ring when you get a chance.

[Captkaos]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

Mike, I should be able to move the lock solenoid down a few inches. I will then have to fabricate an connecting arm from the solenoid to the latch mechanism, as the solenoid hooked directly to it in the stock location.

That was my suggestion. What my help not good enough.

[7387chevys]

Not bashing Y'all But what is the big deal with the one piece windows I always disliked the looks of the windows in trucks when the factory (88+) switched to windows withOUT vent windows To Each His Own
Shane