# Window regulator part **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** riviera, buick\ **Created:** [April 16, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904 "2025-04-16T18:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daveco417\_193423](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Daveco417\_193423](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Daveco417_193423)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/1 "2025-04-16T18:03:56Z")
I have a 1983 Buick riviera convertible. Driver door window requires new regulator per my mechanic. He is asking me to provide the part. The one I have showed him is not the right one. Does anyone have a link to one I can purchase? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/2 "2025-04-16T18:12:46Z")
[https://www.oreillyauto.com/shop/b/hardware---fasteners/body---trim/door---window/window-regulators---motors/a8232d5f6d35/v/a/2692/automotive-car-1983-buick-riviera](https://www.oreillyauto.com/shop/b/hardware---fasteners/body---trim/door---window/window-regulators---motors/a8232d5f6d35/v/a/2692/automotive-car-1983-buick-riviera) Tester ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/3 "2025-04-16T19:31:22Z")
> [@Daveco417\_193423](#): > > I have a 1983 Buick riviera convertible. Go to [Rockauto.com](http://Rockauto.com). Look up your exact car. It’s kinda old but they may have it. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/4 "2025-04-16T20:24:47Z")
Nobody sells the regulator, just motors. This used parts online store says they will help you locate it. > **[Used Front Window Regulators for 1983 Buick Riviera | AllUsedParts.com](https://allusedparts.com/buick/riviera/1983/front_window_regulator/)** Also, heresy someone that feels your pain. He is also a 1983 Riviera convertible owner and might have a line in parts for you. > **[How To & Parts Suppliers — Buick Riviera Convertibles](https://www.rivieraconvertibles.com/how-to-parts-suppliers)** ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/5 "2025-04-16T20:57:42Z")
Yeah they should have used the parts for multiple years but I’d just go with the motor and all if it is a choice. As a last resort, hemmings offers a parts locating service for hard to find items. Every month there are four or five parts located for people with part numbers and who to call. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/6 "2025-04-17T12:17:22Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Yeah they should have used the parts for multiple years but I’d just go with the motor and all if it is a choice. I agree and that’s what I did with my 1998 Regal, but it isn’t a choice here. Only motors are available. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/7 "2025-04-17T17:05:17Z")
Yeah I have looked hard for the part, might have to find a specialty shop or someone that rebuild them, or go custom one… ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/8 "2025-04-17T18:23:04Z")
As a car ages, your choices get leaner and leaner and require more and more skill to keep things working. Unless, of course, it is a very desirable make/model and they keep making aftermarket parts. But a fairly common driver- by 40 years old, you have to be good at scrounging from junkyards or swap meets or you have to handy enough to fabricate some stuff on your own… ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/9 "2025-04-17T20:36:38Z")
I found a number of them listed on [car-part.com](http://car-part.com), used of course. ---
**Author:** ![Daveco417\_193423](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Daveco417\_193423](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Daveco417_193423)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-regulator-part/199904/10 "2025-04-17T22:39:06Z")
Thanks. I will give that a try