I've been broken into!

[sophie12397]

Hi all, I'm brand new to this board and need some help. I bought a 96 Explorer XLT about 6 weeks ago and it was broken into last night. The rear passenger quarter glass was busted out. I park it outside and its supposed to rain for the next 2 days! I taped a garbage bag over the hole in the window but really need to replace the glass. My rpoblem is that I don't have the 250- 375 being quoted to me by the glass repair shops and my deductible is 1K. So, I was able to find a junkyard with the appropriate replacement part for 75 bucks (which I can swing) however, they don't have anyone who can replace the glass and I don't know how!
I remodel houses for a living so I'm fairly handy. (They broke in to get some tools.) Here's the question... do you think I could replace the glass myself? If I can, would anyone here be able to point me to a website with instructions or give me instrutions on how to do this?

Any help you cna give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[dreamr]

Hmm. I may be proven wrong very soon, but it seems to me that those rear windows are pretty easily removed and installed.

 

[Interstate]

If you've got no previous knowledge of sealing and seating glass, I wouldn't recommend it. It would probably cost more for you to install it wrong, then have to take it to someone to do it right.

Try looking around for a glass repair shop, one thatreplaces windshields and such. Or one that installs those rear sliding windows in pickups. (All the same principle.) You might get lucky and find one that will do you more or less a favor.

 

[boominXplorer]

Hmm. I may be proven wrong very soon, but it seems to me that those rear windows are pretty easily removed and installed.

It is. You take the back panel off and all you do is remove the window by a bunch of 1/2'' nuts. then take out all the old glass. When you put the new glass in put silicone around the inside o ensurea good seal

 

[Doug]

It's easy to replace the glass the hard part is pulling off that entire sail panel to get in there to remove all the bolts holding the glass in. I don't know how it is on the 4drs but with a 2dr you also have to remove the rear seats to get the panel out.

 

[Heavymentill]

Use butal to seal the window, thats what they use comming from the factory. It comes in a roll, looks like one long ass black tootsie roll. This stuff lasts for ever.

 

[dreamr]

It is. You take the back panel off and all you do is remove the window by a bunch of 1/2'' nuts. then take out all the old glass. When you put the new glass in put silicone around the inside o ensurea good seal

Cool that's what I thought, but couldn't rememeber and was to lazy to go look at my manual.

 

[boominXplorer]

It's easy to replace the glass the hard part is pulling off that entire sail panel to get in there to remove all the bolts holding the glass in. I don't know how it is on the 4drs but with a 2dr you also have to remove the rear seats to get the panel out.

No you can weezel these out without removing the seats. All you need to do is push back the carpet and get the 2 or 3 phillips there. Then get the T50 bolt for the seat belt. Then a 5.5mm in the inside of the little place to hang clothes. Then just take the trim peice off from the floor by the back. Now grab from the top and pull as you will pop out all the plastic rivets. I THINK thats all there is to it.

 

[Premier]

Bump to this. Great info, I will be taking mine out and replacing in the next couple weeks.

 

[jgilbs]

i second the sealing part. never used butyl before, but at least use some silicone....th window does look pretty esy to replace with all the nuts that are holding it in place. be sure to remove any old butyl and ensure you have a good, flat surface for the seal to adhere to, also make sure you remove ALL of the old glass before installing the new (im sure there are still some small shards around the edges)

 

[owl wolf]

you should really use the black stuff for windshields if you local automotive stores dont have it... roofing companys some times use it in place of tar in some flashing situations. stonger bond with more life and flexability + it can be tooled for better looks... beiing that you work on home you should be able to find it then. I thing the most common brand is "???? seal 9000"

 

[sophie12397]

Ok. I got it done! It was relatively painless. The window bolts on and I was able to get a tube of butylene at Home Depot. Pretty easy to do, took an hour from start to finish! Thanks for all your input!