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Old 09-25-2009, 09:37 AM
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Default Anybody else street driving with a speedglass rear window?

I have been but am still afraid to do so at high speeds with the windows down. I don't have the any trim around it at the moment, but all that was holding the stock glass in was the glue, right?
Old 09-25-2009, 12:11 PM
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I do it all the time, as long as its glued in right you'll be fine.
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I recently had the stock glass in my 95 changed because some ******* broke it. The trim on the edges is simply for looks. I had the guy cut the good hatch out of a parts car I own and install it in my 95 dd. The factory glue that holds the hatch glass in is super strong. As long as you are using something comparable I don't see an issue at all.
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A buddy of mine drives his 9 sec street car all the time on the street. He's never said anything about having problems with the speed glass.
Old 09-27-2009, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SWeiser31
A buddy of mine drives his 9 sec street car all the time on the street. He's never said anything about having problems with the speed glass.
I'd be that buddy, and I have had zero issues with it. Lots of hits on the highway with both windows down.
Old 09-27-2009, 10:44 AM
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my buddy has it, I checked it out. hatch is a lot lighter, more flimsy. I didnt notice till he showed me.
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Originally Posted by studderin
my buddy has it, I checked it out. hatch is a lot lighter, more flimsy. I didnt notice till he showed me.

thats whats great about it....get the factory seal around it and you can't tell until you push on it.
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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
I recently had the stock glass in my 95 changed because some ******* broke it. The trim on the edges is simply for looks.
what he said. i had the trim replaced on my 95 since the top portion of it was missing when i bought it. we had to remove the hatch to stretch the trim around the top but it has nothing to do with the structural integrity of the window.
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where do u buy theses windows
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did you guys get your shipped rolled up in a tube?? I was getting a groupe buy to rochester for 5 of the tinted ones, and it wasnt that great of a deal on groupe shipping. And my friend that endded up getting one was kinda pissed, that they rolled the window up like a carpet, and it was in a small long box!
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Originally Posted by 1cdub
thats whats great about it....get the factory seal around it and you can't tell until you push on it.
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Originally Posted by nos13
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Originally Posted by studderin
did you guys get your shipped rolled up in a tube?? I was getting a groupe buy to rochester for 5 of the tinted ones, and it wasnt that great of a deal on groupe shipping. And my friend that endded up getting one was kinda pissed, that they rolled the window up like a carpet, and it was in a small long box!
Mine came shipped the same way, I just left it unrolled on top of the stock glass for a while, it was back to teh right shape after about 3 days, and now it's perfect.
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i orderd both front andrear for my car and the shipped seperate rear came rolled up and ad a 175lbs roll of welding wire hidden inside it when it got to me. Also it shipped ups ground and then the front shipped by itself flat in a box and guess what that also shipped ground my rear window also required triming even tho it was suposed to be direct fit pretinted. other than those problems i like them but feel i over paid
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Originally Posted by transamsam98
i orderd both front andrear for my car and the shipped seperate rear came rolled up and ad a 175lbs roll of welding wire hidden inside it when it got to me. Also it shipped ups ground and then the front shipped by itself flat in a box and guess what that also shipped ground my rear window also required triming even tho it was suposed to be direct fit pretinted. other than those problems i like them but feel i over paid
you should have called percy's and told them of your poor fitment. I'm confident they would have made it right. I'm not kidding at all when I say mine fits and looks exactly like the factory glass minus the defroster lines. Great mod for the $$$.
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Where do you get the trim that goes around the hatch glass?
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Are you guys talking about the drop in blacked out ones that came rolled up or ones straight from percy's that you have to trim to fit?
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Originally Posted by 1cdub
you should have called percy's and told them of your poor fitment. I'm confident they would have made it right. I'm not kidding at all when I say mine fits and looks exactly like the factory glass minus the defroster lines. Great mod for the $$$.
I called them several times about shipment issues and got a pretty bad fu but hey the parts in the part looks good after trimming and fitting so its over and done with otherwise its a great product.








beaflag yes I am talking about the blackout pretrimmed direct fit windows
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Originally Posted by hotrodcuda08
Where do you get the trim that goes around the hatch glass?


any glas installer or dealership can get ahold of it for you
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Originally Posted by hotrodcuda08
Where do you get the trim that goes around the hatch glass?
does the trim get distroyed when you take out the factory glass?

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