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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Default rear window cheap fix?

My rear window has come unglued
top shop wants $1200 to put a new top
on.
Top just needs cleaned but window is going to fly out
one day.
The top guy says he buys new glass with the defogger
and its already glued into a panel that is sewn into a pocket
in the top.
I dont want to pay 1200 just to fix the window.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 04:58 PM
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pics? I always see rear hatches for sale on here for like a few hundred dollars.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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http://host127.ebm.bestsoftwarehost....ti_item_submit

http://www.convertibletopguys.com/cg...at.cgi?cat=268

http://www.gahh.com/product_info.php...d68a14d4c4637a

http://www.303products.com

https://ls1tech.com/forums/convertible-vehicles/731660-window-pulled-away-fabric.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/convertible-vehicles/730676-conv-fabric-peeling-rear-window.html
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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oops, sorry didn't notice this was in the convertible section. I replaced my own top on a different car failry easy I still think you can get a top for $500 or so.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 06:18 PM
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These are a real PITA to get right.Plus Ive never done one.
Top kit is like $350 for a good quality Haartz cloth top(same as OEM).
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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thanks for the links
Now I just need to find someone thats been successful for a season or so
and follow their lead.
Yes mine started out looking like that too.
Now is all the way across the bottom
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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My whole back window is actually out as we speak... and the window holding fabric has ripped across the back...

I could very well be wrong, but the window peice I believe is a seperate piece from the whole top, Thas what I was told?? Now where or not that is correct it a different story......

But I hope that helps!
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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yes that is correct but the top covers all of it except the bottom,so the top has to come apart to replace it.
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try AA Best Co. i got my new top from them, complete with rear glass for 500bucks....7yr unlimited mileage warranty.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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If the rest of the top is good read below - it worked like a charm for me and others. You can pick up the adhesive at an automotive glass shop - or, I have also recently seen it at my local Autozone.

Check these threads:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731660

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=730676
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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OK so was it 3M window weld?
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