Troy,
You requested pictures of the Ascent lift up windows that arrived damaged in the box to Brisbane. These are attached.
I am not sure if the box left unopened from CA or if it was shipped this way ex-ORA but the top foam blocks over the top of the windows were missing and hence the windows broke the side foams and scratched the glass of the one next to it. I could only recover 2 windows from this box. The box was dated 24/3/15.
Also attached is a picture of the lock mechanism brackets 668PD020 and 668PD041 which I reported on earlier in the week, arriving scratched and intermixed between part numbers to Bris from CA.
We also lost one 668AC002 door due to scratched glass out of the box. Another where the hinge was not glued on flat and the door squeaked on the hinges badly (of which we are progressing changes at ORA now) 2 others where not good either without manipulation of hinge bolt torque. Another lift up window with the hinge not glued flat that squeaked badly.
Lift up window frames are also becoming a problem again. The clamp rings were too tight to fit around the inner frames so we manipulated them as best we could to fit for 3 of these. One 668PP005 clamp ring the holes were out of position 6-7mm in some places due to poor bending program adjustments and likely not checking of the holes falls within the marks on the frame check fixture.
Alex, can you please go and check the side window clamp rings again for the above and also the inner window frames as we had 2 inner window frames over bent at the cut ends which forces the actuator mounting brackets up and it is hard to pull this down horizontal again in the canopy side window cut out to flat when fitting the windows once the bracket is riveted. Can you please check frames in the check jigs and then place over clamp rings over inner window frames to again check these fit without interfering in the corners using the 5mm spacers between the underside of the clamp rings and the face of the inner frame as we have done before to correct the same quality issue?
PS- I found on Friday a problem that affects only Ranger and Mazda BT50 canopies where we either have a tolerance stack up problem or it is not been found during development. The ends of the inner door frame extrusion extend past the ends of the lower notches in the striker side mounting brackets that are riveted onto the ends of the frame. The frame ends then foul on the canopy rear corner piece mouldings and put pressure on them causing them to bend down. The result is that the corner piece mouldings can hit the tailgate on the car once the canopy is fitted. I will send a separate presentation on this issue.