I just bought a new cruiser and i love it--but my dog is miserable since she can't put her head out the window! does anyone know of a company that can either install a mechanism to lower the windows or install rear windows that pop out?
also-anyone know the height with a roof rack--i don't want to run into trouble in a parking garage!
Our rear window now pops, out, turn the key to the right and hold it. I made a bracket that holds the rear window open about 5 inches so my dogs can put their noses out. But i wouldn't do it if you don't have the front windows open too, I would imagine that the exhaust gas would circulate up through there due to the rear shape of the vehicle.
...does anyone know of a company ...... install rear windows that pop out?
....also-anyone know the height with a roof rack-thank, em
The roof rack tops out at 77 inches: I parked outside last week rather than go into underground parking at 78 inches, just to be safe, but I will have to try it sooner or later.
Rear opening windows would be a nice feature, especially if it reduced the front seat turbulence of open window running. Last week I installed the Toyota window visor kit (in-channel, not taped) and though they allow running in the rain with about 2 inches open, they didn't make much of an impact on the general blowing that occurs when the windows are open half-to-full. A disappointment.
As to the optional passenger armrest: it installs in 4 minutes with a 14 mm socket. My wife is very pleased!
Leave the windows alone, your dog will be better for it. Ask your vet about how many dogs he has had to care for b/c of bugs, rocks etc in the dogs eyes, not to mention the number hurt from falling do to the numerous traffic situations.
Having rasied Sheppards for the Lions Club to be seeing eye dogs, raising dogs for tracking, as retrievers for birds, I have spent some time around dogs. I have worked close with vets and I can assure you that they will share the same concerns I am. Too many animals come through the door from riding in the backs of P/U's and yes just hanging their head out the window. Your dog may enjoy the wind, but do him a favor, put him in the back like my dog Sam and you will both make it back and forth safe. One of the biggest reasons I bought the FJ is so that I can duck hunt in the AM and throw her all wet in the back when we are done, and it all stays on the mat.
i am a vet--and an emergency room vet at that! but thanks for the advice, and you're right, dogs are better off inside the car. but she just loves it so much! she's adjusting to just feeling the wind from the open front window
I use a doggy seat belt for my dog. But, he also likes the air from the window. He can not stick his head out the window in the back seat of my Tundra, BUT, he can look out the window. I know MY dog would be very unhappy if he couldn't have air from the back window. I DO hope you find a solution!!
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We have always traveled with our dogs kenneled or at a min in a fairly confined area. Maybe I am a bit cynical due to the number of dogs I see loose in the backs of trucks, standing on toolboxes, or half way out of the window of a car. Yes there is a difference between hanging out a window and sticking a nose out of a fold out window, but IN MY OPINION, both has the dog standing instead of in a down, hold position. As a graduate of Texas A&M, I had many friends in the vet program and as I stated before, have always been good friends with the vets that I would use, and in both situations this was a recurring problem of dogs being injured from being improperly restrained while in transit. I am not going to change the world view of allowing their dog to stand on the passenger seat and lean out window, but when someone is talking about a situation of letting an animal loose in a vehicle then I can’t help but throw in my two cents. You can’t blame me for suggesting to people to travel with the dogs in as safe a manor as you would a child, it is not only better for the dog, but it is safer for the passengers should you have to stop fast.
As for the fresh air, I am all about dogs getting fresh air that why we get up at 3:00am on the weekends and head out to rice fields to hunt, but I will still limit my fresh air to the field and she will just have to breath the same stale stuff I have to breath on the way home.
If you feel that the general public travels with their pets in a safe way then I guess I am out of line, if you, as a ER vet haven’t seen this as a problem then I guess it is just isolated to people I know. My bad.
I do wish you the best, enjoy your FJ, Sam and I love ours, it is nice to have her inside rather then in a kennel in the bed of the truck. Besides when I am done with her in the AM, she generally too wiped out to even think about standing on the 1 hour long trip home.
We have always traveled with our dogs kenneled or at a min in a fairly confined area. Maybe I am a bit cynical due to the number of dogs I see loose in the backs of trucks, standing on toolboxes, or half way out of the window of a car. Yes there is a difference between hanging out a window and sticking a nose out of a fold out window, but IN MY OPINION, both has the dog standing instead of in a down, hold position. As a graduate of Texas A&M, I had many friends in the vet program and as I stated before, have always been good friends with the vets that I would use, and in both situations this was a recurring problem of dogs being injured from being improperly restrained while in transit. I am not going to change the world view of allowing their dog to stand on the passenger seat and lean out window, but when someone is talking about a situation of letting an animal loose in a vehicle then I can’t help but throw in my two cents. You can’t blame me for suggesting to people to travel with the dogs in as safe a manor as you would a child, it is not only better for the dog, but it is safer for the passengers should you have to stop fast.
As for the fresh air, I am all about dogs getting fresh air that why we get up at 3:00am on the weekends and head out to rice fields to hunt, but I will still limit my fresh air to the field and she will just have to breath the same stale stuff I have to breath on the way home.
If you feel that the general public travels with their pets in a safe way then I guess I am out of line, if you, as a ER vet haven’t seen this as a problem then I guess it is just isolated to people I know. My bad.
I do wish you the best, enjoy your FJ, Sam and I love ours, it is nice to have her inside rather then in a kennel in the bed of the truck. Besides when I am done with her in the AM, she generally too wiped out to even think about standing on the 1 hour long trip home.
The rear window issue alone has kept me from getting the FJ. even pop out vent type windows would be good. My Daughter (7) would be miserable without any air and the turbulance of just the front is outrageous. I am SO HOPING that toyota changes this in 08....I'll be at the dealership in Aug of 07 with a check!
i already asked about changes for '08 because i would have put off buying until then. but, the dealer said as far as he knows there are no plans to change the design of the rear windows. and i'll the cehcking around i've done has confirmed that. but there's always hope!
i already asked about changes for '08 because i would have put off buying until then. but, the dealer said as far as he knows there are no plans to change the design of the rear windows. and i'll the cehcking around i've done has confirmed that. but there's always hope!
yeah, i heard the same...but then I know the dealer wouldn't TELL ME, that in 08 they are gonna be vented, because then he just lost a sale now........but 2 dealerships have told me that MANY people complained about the rear windows and wouldn't buy because of it. So I know at some point toyota has to listen.
you know, there is a good deal of circulation in the back with the front windows down. I''m not sure how many of you have ridden in the back of your FJ, but it truly isn't as bad as you think.
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