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Old 10-21-2012, 07:50 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by 64c20crewcab View Post
Here is the setup I thought bout using for swapping out the rear window in my crew cab...http://www.classicbigwindow.com/
I used this guy's kit. Being an ironworker by trade, he actually trial-and-errored until he perfected a kit. Then used the final product to build an iron pattern he uses to reproduce several a year, during off-seasonal times at regular job. Gives good help/feedback if you have a question--takes calls or emails.

My bodyman charged me $400 to install the kit, & I paid for glass & seal: it is that simple! [We all need to talk to this bodyman to find out what paint code he used to match original interior color:it was spot-on?]

BTW:some 'vintage-parts suppliers' sell a too-thick glass to fit factory seal/setup/opening; they sell you a dual-pane glass that will NEVER install. Back glass does NOT use a dual-pane design--rather they use a much thinner, tempered glass that breaks into 100's of tiny non-sharp chunks if in a collision. My 1st order came as a dual-pane; when I called vendor & they investigated, they credited my account, incl. s/h, & told me to do whatever I wished w/the glass, as it cost them more to ship back than the glass cost them! GREAT customer relations--esp. their absorbing s/h!
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