Slide apparatus for automotive vehicle

A slide apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle, comprising:

• a first slide member having a slidably contacting surface;
• a second slide member having a slidably contacting surface which is in slidable contact with the slidably contacting surface of the first slide member;
• and
• a coating formed on at least one of the slidably contacting surfaces of the first and second slide members and formed of a transferable water repellent material having a water repellency and a sufficient transferability to form a transferred film of the transferable water repellent material on at least the other slidably contacting surface.

A window regulator comprising:

• a guide rail having a slidably contacting surface;
• a slider fixed to a window glass and slidably movable on the guide rail, the slider having a slidably contacting surface in slidable contact with the slidably contacting surface of the guide rail;
• and
• a coating formed on at least one of the slidably contacting surface of the guide rail and the slidably contacting surface of the slider, the coating being formed of transferable water repellent material having a water repellency and a sufficient transferability to form a transferred film of the transferable water repellent material on at least the other slidably contacting surface.