Replacing rear window after color change

[Ben Barrow]

My factory sliding back glass is leaking really bad, so I need to get it replaced. My truck was originally light blue, and I painted it black. The company I chose to replace the glass told me that the new sliding rear windows they can order leave a decent sized gap on the sides of the rear window and that it would expose the tape lines that the current rear window hides. He said a new solid back glass would also expose the tape lines. I just wanted to confirm if this is true or not. Any of y'all that have replaced a sliding rear window with a solid one, does the solid one show more of the seams? He basically told me that they could try to remove it and reseal it without breaking it, or I could replace it with one from a junkyard.

 

[RawbDidIt]

My factory sliding back glass is leaking really bad, so I need to get it replaced. My truck was originally light blue, and I painted it black. The company I chose to replace the glass told me that the new sliding rear windows they can order leave a decent sized gap on the sides of the rear window and that it would expose the tape lines that the current rear window hides. He said a new solid back glass would also expose the tape lines. I just wanted to confirm if this is true or not. Any of y'all that have replaced a sliding rear window with a solid one, does the solid one show more of the seams? He basically told me that they could try to remove it and reseal it without breaking it, or I could replace it with one from a junkyard.

Couldn't they paint it black and then install the new one?

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[Ben Barrow]

Couldn't they paint it black and then install the new one?

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that would be a lot of work, time, and money to get it to look right

 

[someotherguy]

Really? Just to blend in the area around the rear window? Few hundred bucks probably, and it would be done right instead of trying to find some old window that may or may not cover the old color. Any gasket/surround on a used slider is going to be prone to shrinkage/cracking and will be especially easy to damage when removing it.

Richard

 

[RawbDidIt]

that would be a lot of work, time, and money to get it to look right

More work than finding a window that apparently doesn't exist? If it's the same shop that painted it, I'd be a bit upset they're charging you anyway, they should have removed it along with the trim to paint it in three first place. It's your truck, do what you want, but if you're already removing the window, the right way would be to paint the whole thing, or your going to run into issues when the seal shrinks just like the other guy says. They should at the very least cut you a deal since they should have done it the first time unless you opted for the cheapest color change option they have.

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[Ben Barrow]

More work than finding a window that apparently doesn't exist? If it's the same shop that painted it, I'd be a bit upset they're charging you anyway, they should have removed it along with the trim to paint it in three first place. It's your truck, do what you want, but if you're already removing the window, the right way would be to paint the whole thing, or your going to run into issues when the seal shrinks just like the other guy says. They should at the very least cut you a deal since they should have done it the first time unless you opted for the cheapest color change option they have.

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Me and my dad painted it ourselves. Didn’t really think about having a problem with the rear window when we did it. I was mainly just curious if it was true that the solid window didn’t cover as much of the seams. It might be worth it to paint that area while it’s out

 

[someotherguy]

Just remember to mask off the area the window glues to so that you don't paint that.

Richard

 

[RawbDidIt]

Me and my dad painted it ourselves. Didn’t really think about having a problem with the rear window when we did it. I was mainly just curious if it was true that the solid window didn’t cover as much of the seams. It might be worth it to paint that area while it’s out

I misunderstood, I thought it was done at a shop, and it was the same shop that was replacing the glass now.

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[Ben Barrow]

Just remember to mask off the area the window glues to so that you don't paint that.

Richard

Yep. I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks

 

[TechNova]

Really? Just to blend in the area around the rear window? Few hundred bucks probably, and it would be done right instead of trying to find some old window that may or may not cover the old color. Any gasket/surround on a used slider is going to be prone to shrinkage/cracking and will be especially easy to damage when removing it.

Richard

not quite that easy, it is not just a blend around the window area.

The factory glass leaves a gap on the edge and there is no standard for aftermarket glass or sliders. You can have one with less gap or possibly even no gap. I don't know how nice your truck is, but you may be able to get by by hardlining around the glass.
Do a nice job taping and paint the black. You might be able to hide the tape line a little down in the gap. If the truck is nice, you are going to have to pull the box, decals, clearance lights, emblem etc. DA to featheredge the paint line, prime, block, seal, blend color, clear entire panels. Depending on the color you could create a mismatch on the cab corners from swimming pool affect by adding the extra clear.