Fire1 wrote:The front vent window frames are rusted on my 1982 4dr NT Cherokee and need replacing. Are there any after market alternatives? I'm in Australia and these vehicles are very rare so junkyard salvage is a remote possibility.
if it is only the triangular frame that is rusted, you can swap only the triangular window with its frame. I scavenged a whole unit, but in the process I bent the rectangular window support, so it was a lot easier to remove the rivet at the front of the triangular window, remove the lower nut taking care to reinstall with the right order the various washer and install a new rivet... I have pict somewhere
and installed
The bottom stud, on the left is the newer design after 1978 or about, on the right is the old style. the left pict shows the wing window inside the frame assembly
and detail
I did not take a pict of the rivet, I used a regular rivet , I can take and will take a pict later, but you can get the real thing, I have a link somewhere