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**7D2N** · 06-05-2022, 07:39 PM

I plan to have my single wall top raptor lined but I need to change the side glass. I found some info here to get seal warm and plastic tools to pry out, this is original near as I can tell it's not very flexible. Do they reproduce single-wall window seals?
Thanks 7D2N

**DeadheadNM** · 06-05-2022, 09:30 PM

Single wall glass seals are available. SoffSeal product maybe? Classic Heartbeat and GMC Pauls both carry these.

**7D2N** · 06-06-2022, 09:49 PM

Thanks, I will check into them.

**Tom Vogel** · 06-07-2022, 09:43 PM

Take a sharp knife to your old rubber. Cut off one side and push out the glass.

**7D2N** · 06-08-2022, 09:24 PM

Thanks Tom, I will probably have to cut the old rubber seals not to damage my glass.

**Tom Vogel** · 06-09-2022, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 7D2N

Thanks Tom, I will probably have to cut the old rubber seals not to damage my glass.

I guess this goes without saying, but have someone outside (or inside) to keep the wondow from falling.

**truckster** · 06-09-2022, 10:55 PM

A little glass cleaner on the rubber will make your utility knife slice through it much more easily.

scott123 · 06-24-2022, 10:50 AM

Check as you push. I have seen a number where adhesive was used and it gets on the top itself. Easy to break a window when pushing. But yep, the utility knife rips right thru most of the time.

Made me think of a funny story.....I had a top once that was way beyond any repair. Just not a lot to work with but it had two really nice side windows, Sun ray at that.

A guy wanted to buy them but they had been glued in the rubber and the rubber had been glues to the top. He offered way more that what I thought they were worth but back tracked when they would not come out. He said at home he could use a heat gun and get them out.

I told him to stand back and I uses a circular/skill saw and cut his two windows out giving him a bit of top as well.

The next day he posted he had met the "Marcel Leddbetter" of Blazer parts.

Not suggested as a means to remove your windows.

Scott

06-05-2022, 07:39 PM	#1
7D2N Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Morgan County Utah Posts: 718	Side Glass Removal Question I plan to have my single wall top raptor lined but I need to change the side glass. I found some info here to get seal warm and plastic tools to pry out, this is original near as I can tell it's not very flexible. Do they reproduce single-wall window seals? Thanks 7D2N __________________ Just for the fun of it

06-05-2022, 09:30 PM	#2
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,443	Re: Side Glass Removal Question Single wall glass seals are available. SoffSeal product maybe? Classic Heartbeat and GMC Pauls both carry these. __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-06-2022, 09:49 PM	#3
7D2N Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Morgan County Utah Posts: 718	Re: Side Glass Removal Question Thanks, I will check into them. __________________ Just for the fun of it

06-07-2022, 09:43 PM	#4
Tom Vogel 2WD Jimmy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davis County, Utah Posts: 2,565	Re: Side Glass Removal Question Take a sharp knife to your old rubber. Cut off one side and push out the glass.

06-08-2022, 09:24 PM	#5
7D2N Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Morgan County Utah Posts: 718	Re: Side Glass Removal Question Thanks Tom, I will probably have to cut the old rubber seals not to damage my glass. __________________ Just for the fun of it

06-09-2022, 10:55 PM	#7
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,976	Re: Side Glass Removal Question A little glass cleaner on the rubber will make your utility knife slice through it much more easily. __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson

06-24-2022, 10:50 AM	#8
scott123 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Middleburg, North Carolina Posts: 480	Re: Side Glass Removal Question Check as you push. I have seen a number where adhesive was used and it gets on the top itself. Easy to break a window when pushing. But yep, the utility knife rips right thru most of the time. Made me think of a funny story.....I had a top once that was way beyond any repair. Just not a lot to work with but it had two really nice side windows, Sun ray at that. A guy wanted to buy them but they had been glued in the rubber and the rubber had been glues to the top. He offered way more that what I thought they were worth but back tracked when they would not come out. He said at home he could use a heat gun and get them out. I told him to stand back and I uses a circular/skill saw and cut his two windows out giving him a bit of top as well. The next day he posted he had met the "Marcel Leddbetter" of Blazer parts. Not suggested as a means to remove your windows. Scott



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