Sorry no photos today, but I had to remove (almost) all my everyday carry, and very carefully climb up the driver’s side. I had to observe my weight distribution as well, not looking to break the sunroof or the windshield obviously.

I only brought one of my EDC tools, my NexTool card tool. That was enough to loosen up the antenna and unscrew it the rest of the way by hand.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      32·
      2 months ago

      That’s not the problem, that’s his temporary solution.

      You know how modern vehicles won’t let the rear windows down below ~33%? Child Safety, and rightly so…

      Someone rode rear driver side and forced the window down, like a fucking idiot.

      • Mpatch@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 months ago

        Wat only like some cars have that. And it’s not for kid saftey. It’s bad design. If your kid is going to fall out of the car why the fuck are they not buckled in lol.

        • grue@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, it’s usually because something like the rear wheel well obstructs the window from being able to roll down any further.

      • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Someone rode rear driver side and forced the window down, like a fucking idiot.

        Probably just fucked the regulator. They aren’t hard to change.

        • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          2 months ago

          This one is unfortunately hard to change. To start, gotta get the window up to start unbolting shit. Well shit don’t work, can’t get the window up.

          So, with no way to get the window up without breaking it, I’m hands-off on this situation…

          • BCsven@lemmy.ca
            2·
            2 months ago

            Door panel should pop off easy enough so you can access the window scissor

            • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
              1·
              2 months ago

              That doesn’t matter when the glass is blocking access to the bolt for proper disassembly.

              What do, break glass?

              • BCsven@lemmy.ca
                1·
                2 months ago

                Any door trim bolts won’t be going in the glass zone. Once the trim is off you’ll have some access points to try to bring window back into position.

                  • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
                    2·
                    2 months ago

                    I would try to jimmy the window up first. Stick a couple pieces of duck tape to it and give it a yank up while hitting the window up button. If that fails, you’ll probably have to remove enough of that inner panel to reach in with some dykes and nip the cable (you’re replacing it anyways). But most likely they just broke the plastic retainer and it can be pulled up.

                  • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
                    1·
                    2 months ago

                    Have you tried one of the cheap suction cup handles from harbor freight? Might be able to lift it high enough to grab it from the top.

                  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
                    1·
                    2 months ago

                    Is there a long tool with a hook you can slid down from the glass opening and pull window up? Like the tools for unlocking the door through the glass seal?