Electric pop out window opener - Any Interest?

[kloucks]

Hey fellow r3vers,

I have developed a powered opener for the rear windows on my e30 coupe and I wanted to see if there was any interest from my fellow enthusiasts to further productize this into something marketable.

I am a product design engineer as a profession and I have extensive experience in developing products the will last a lifetime. This particular device is powered by a small but quite robust planetary gearmotor that rotates a heim type linkage to ultimately open the rear pop out windows. If there is sufficient interest next steps would be to make it out of aluminum and anodize it with some sweeeeeet laser marking logos on it, as well as add any requests that you the enthusiasts might have. Feedback is always encouraged, but play nice. Also what kind of price point should I shoot for?

Anyways here it is.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IiJZVrhgbJblVuUm1vT21QOXM

[Shangsta]

i love it. better than the ones i see that utilize e46 parts. What kind of price range do you have in mind?

[gath]

Impressive, that's something I would look into adding depending on how it sits/fit and price.

[kloucks]

Well i still need to quote out all the custom machined parts, the current ones I machined myself. It also depends on quantity, so if I get huge interest then it could come down a bit, but right now I'm thinking $275.

[stonea]

I would be interested, then maybe I might actually use my pop outs... :p

[estoguy]

OK, that is really cool. Well done, sir!

[downforce22]

Looks great, I've got 4 e30s thats would love this.

Too bad none of them have pop out windows in the rear

[c0rbin9]

That is very impressive. Not sure how big of a seller it would be, but it looks very well done.

[rzerob]

I really like it. You could have both pop out windows connected to a single window switch because who only opens one pop out? You will probably have difficulty selling at that price on R3v. I am very interested so I am subscribed to see where these goes.

[Vincent Brick]

If I had power windows and pop-outs I would be all over this. Run a 4dr shifter console, it would be sweet.

[quikveedb2]

$275 is steep, but I do want this pretty badly.

[spike68]

This idea is genius, but I'm not sure Id pay that kind of money not to ruin your parade or anything. I feel like members would quickly realize their manual ones work perfectly fine.

[Todd Black 88]

That's cool, but I see issues with back seat passengers head.

How far does the arm protrude into the interior when closed. Looks like 2" or so?

[rturbo 930]

I feel like members would quickly realize their manual ones work perfectly fine.

Not really. I can't even reach them without getting out of the car, folding my seat forward, and getting into the back seat. Thus, I never use them.

[spike68]

Not really. I can't even reach them without getting out of the car, folding my seat forward, and getting into the back seat. Thus, I never use them.

I'm not claiming to stand for every member here. To me climbing to the back seat or not even using them at all is a better buy than a steep price like that. I think we can all find lots of other cool and more useful things to put $275 to use.