Review on 🔌 A-Premium Power Window Regulator and Motor Assembly for Chevy Tahoe GMC Yukon 2000-2006 Escalade - Rear Right Passenger Side Replacement by Darrell Shreves

I bought this for almost $100 more after a long dispute between Chinese spares or OEM parts. I would always recommend going with OEM parts but as the world has gotten more expensive and wages haven't changed over the years I went with this one - almost the cheapest of the Chinese substitutes. Compared to my OEM window regulator. which was around 16 years old felt like it was half the weight of the original. Another worrying thing I saw was that the motor on this one was about 1/2 to 2/3 the size of a stock motor (that was my biggest issue as I think the smaller, weaker motor is more likely to burn out sooner) . The good and/or bad news is that the OEM part has a plastic retainer to hold snapped steel cables, the same part is plastic. You can judge how good this is by the quality of this plastic part, since my old engine was still running, this part had just snapped, causing the window to get stuck. When installing you will probably want to keep your old screws, I always recommend keeping even the old ones where they will give you new ones, there really are no replacements, if you lose one you will have to find another; especially on something like this where it could break sooner if the regulator isn't set securely. Specifically, you'll need to reuse 6 bolts: three bolts holding the motor, two nuts holding the bottom two bolts, and one large bolt holding the top one. coming from the engine were bent so I had to bend them into the right shape to attach with screws. I added some silicone grease to the chain to hopefully lubricate it better. It turned out that some grease was preinstalled. After installation the window went up and down like it should and that was indeed my goal. In terms of durability I can't say anything, but I can only assume it's a lot less, which only attributes to the quality (if it's heavy, it's expensive!). For the price I'd say it's a good buy, but I'd recommend buying an OEM or a more powerful ESC, perhaps by simply swapping out the motor if there aren't any plastic parts that might eventually break. I always wonder why everything seems strong enough and always breaks a tiny piece of plastic making the whole thing redundant. Can't we just use metal? I'm hoping that as 3D printers get more advanced, someone who knows their stuff will spot these crappy bugs and make their own replacement that will last.