Glass Replacement

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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 97 10:03:12 -0600
From: bwiencek@kcnet.com
Subject: broken passenger window
To: Toy4x4@tlca.org

On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Jonathan Albrecht  wrote:
>
>This afternoon I went out to my truck and unlocked the door.  Started to
>get in when I noticed.. what the??  Glass everywhere.  Look up, the

>Anybody have any experience replacing these windows?  Any good places
>(read: cheap) to get this done?  It's on an '87 4runner *without* wing
>windows or power windows. 

Well, it's real easy to replace the side glass if you've *ever* had the 
door panel off , then you were 90% there.

- - remove the door panel (window crank, arm rest, handle, etc.)
- - remove the plastic liner.
- - remove the bolts holding (what was) the bottom edge of the glass
- - remove the metal bar that used to be on the bottom of the glass.
- - Buy glass from a junkyard or a local glass supplier
- - remove the weather stripping from the channels in the door (f&r)
- - you can now get the glass turned just right so it slides in.
- - bolt the bottom edge on
- - use silicone (or wd-40 if it's not available) lube up the channels, 
    slide the weatherstripping down.
- - Replace the door plastic moisture barrier.
- - replace the door panel

that's it - should take much less than 1 hr if you know how to remove 
your door panel.

P.S. Around here the glass places will come down in price a LOT if you 
tell them a competetor has a better deal  - i.e. windshield for my 
'85 4-runner - $128 (they installed it!) - origional quotes from 
$199 to 579 (OUCH!!)

- - Brian

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