Window Rocket - who’s tried it? (30 Viewers)

[FIDO96]

Ok, just finished my install…31 mins start to finish, with two battery post disconnects and kick plate removals (don’t forget to connect the ground wire after plugging in the plug!)….super easy install and night and day results! Let me figure out how to upload to YT for B&A vids.

10000% recommend…not a waste of money if you ever go anywhere and need to roll down your windows…Whataburger here we come.

 

[FIDO96]

Before and after…sorry for the horizontal vs portrait grip…hands were dripping sweat in the Dallas garage.

 

[shocktower]

So I'm going to chime in for the ones who doubted this,I have been running the prototype for 2 years and not one problem,with the Window Rocket and my Land Cruiser is my only vehicle that I drive daily its such an improvement,I still have 2 windows with OEM runners, I was the gueneapig but I have faith in @PIP

 

[Spencwa]

Thanks to a member sending me a link to this thread!

The Window Rocket is my product.

I'll start by answering a few questions-

Austin didn't do anything sneaky in his video. He's a stand up dude and calls it like it is. I told him about the product and asked him if he'd do a no BS tell it like it is video on what he thought of it if I sent him one. I was bummed it didn't clear his clutch pedal so he ended up installing it in his dad's 80.

The video turned into a bit of a how to install it thing instead of a review. I got the impression there wasnt much video potential in just a review. Just watching windows work faster isn't very exciting material i guess. He made the video, I had no say is what he said and I think he did a fine job. All he got was a Window Rocket for his dad.

The module is not an off the shelf voltage booster. We tested a bunch of them. The module is a high current switch mode power supply with reverse polarity protection and overcurrent protection that defaults to battery voltage. It is made specifically for us, engineered and built by a company I have vetted to make high quality products. It costs me a hell of a lot more than $25 in 250 piece orders.

I bought my first 80 in 2011. The windows barely worked. I replaced all the window runs and motors, adjusted the windows properly and had decent windows. Within a few years the windows were slowing down in the winter. I lubed them and limped them along until I sold that 80.

When the windows slowed after just a few years I was annoyed. It got me thinking.

I have a background in CNC machining and CNC machine repair. I've done some advanced repairs on machine tool way systems and have a lot of training with box way systems. There's a phenomenon known as stick-slip. It's something we have to tune the drives and servos for and advanced machines with high speed box ways use air/oil injection ways to alleviate high friction at slow speeds.

This is where I got the idea that increasing the window velocity could increase the reliability of the entire window system. There is a big correlation between glass velocity and seal friction. There's a velocity where window motor current drops dramatically. The 80 series windows operate below this velocity threshold.

Over the course of years I dissected the 80 power window system. Measured currents, voltages and temperatures under load. I found that while going up it was common to see less than 10 volts at the window motors. I saw 8 volts even with the alternator charging.

Early on I was surprised to find the power window relay gets very hot in normal operation, over 250 degrees on the outside. The contacts are hotter than that inside. Yet the rest of the window wiring is pretty robust.

Exactly what the window rocket does is eliminate the relay as the current choke point and raise the voltage upstream to get 14 volts to the motors. This keeps the glass velocity above the high-current threshold. It does this well, it does work and it won't damage anything in your window system.

If you want to DIY something like this you'd think just cut the top off a Denso relay and solder or crimp some wires in there. Problem you'll encounter is the crossection of the terminals inside the relay you need to attach 10awg wires to are too small for that. There's no connector that plugs in where the Denso relay does.

We designed a new connector body around high current terminals to plug in where the Denso relay did. A lot goes into this connector. We machine them from solid rod using a fixture and 14 different tiny tools one of our HMC's. I'm pretty proud of that connector. Nobody who plugs it in is going to know how much work goes into making that little part. But it makes the whole shebang not just possible, but very easy to install.

The rest is just common sense design so it goes in easy, connections stay tight for the life of the vehicle, it looks good and is anodized so it won't corrode. The Window Rocket will install without the standoffs fine, but the standoffs come with it so you can install it with one hand. It mounts in a place that isn't fun to get to.

The final product was installed in a couple cruisers in October 2023 and has been torture tested since. It has worked great in all the daily driven test cruisers so in May I put the product into production and here we are today.

I look forward to real reviews from those who've used one already. And I'm always open to criticism. I'm not new. I have thick skin. Tell it like it is, but don't think this is some half-baked overhyped BS. A lot of work has gone into this product to get it where I feel it's right.

And yes, I know the price is on the higher side. I'm looking into what can be done to lower the cost. A big factor is the volume. If I can buy in thousand quantities and streamline some of the labor intensive assembly I can work the price down without sacrificing quality. Sales have been more than anticipated. I'm seeing what I can do. And I very much appreciate all those who've stepped up to purchase already. Your support is huge!

Thanks!

Dustin@PIP

Did we ever get a RHD version?