Went to the local pick-and-pull and found a solid Toyota back window for my ex-cab on a 91 standard cab for $35. Took it home cleaned it up and ordered a new seal for it from my friend at Toyota. Get the glass company to come out this am and only to find out after they removed my slider that the window I got was to small height wise. So back in with the slider and now I'm out $50 to uninstall and then reinstall my slider. So pissed but I would have never thought that the back window would be different sizes. So now I ordered a oem back window from my friend at Toyota for $106. So any need a new back window for there standard cab. Sorry for the rant but I'm so mad at myself right now.

 

I feel your pain brotha, S**T happens though!!

 

That sucks!
What year did you pull it out of?

 

92 standard cab.

 

why not do the install yourself. its easy as hell.
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/bodymechanical/6backwind.pdf it took me and my friend about an hour to do mine and that was me messing around and him not having any mechanical ability at all.

 

How 2 . . .

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Originally Posted by Robert m
how hard was the solid window to install? im doing the same swap as you did. i just dont want to remove the slider only to find out i cant install the solid window myself. so, you got any tips for the install?

Say it isnt so . . . damn bro, I totally feel your pain there, if you wanna do it yourself here is a lil' write up I did awhile back. . . Save yourself some lost $ and do it yourself and learn something new that you can pass along as well . . .

( Glad you asked ) To remove the slider is really quite easy. I took and opened my slider windows, I then grasped the top of the middle of the window thru the window, I then pulled lightly to release the top of the seal in the middle, after you open up the seal and pull a little the window will release all its seal along the perimeter leaving the bottom seal still resting on the cab, lift it up and out of the lip and walla, that parts done. If you have any silicone or sealant on the window this will be a little harder to accomplish but, works just the same with a little more effort.

( To install the window like I did, you WILL need 2 people, as I did the traditional rope in method ) I highly recommend that you clean the new seal in the sink with some warm and soapy water to get all the grim off, its amazing how much grime can be on it. After that, install the seal on the window to be installed. Then install a 1/8" - 1/4" wet ( soapy or lubed, I just used baby oil and hot water ) rope in the lip of the seal that is left after putting it on the window, I used a 15 rope. You want the two ends to be at a central location, for mine I choose the top ( I had to lengths 6" - 8" sticking out at the top inside the cab, have your buddy or helper place the glass on the bottom of the window lip on the truck to start install. I set my window in on the bottom and made sure the seal was on the inside and pushed to one side ( mine was the bottom drivers side ) as the bottom corners can be a pain. When this part is done have your helper press the window against the lip of the truck close to the moulding to where you will be pulling, start pulling the rope along and out of the seal to seat the window as your helper is pushing, youll see the seal appear on the inside of the cab. When I got to the middle-bottom of on side done, I then moved to the other length of rope and repeated the process until the rope was fully out of the seal.

All in all, this is very easy to do, I personally think changing a couple of tires is harder ! In the end you can save about $50 - $100 by doing it yourself, and itll only take about ten minutes to remove and install the new window. Heres a link on a Ford sliding window on pictures of HOW to do what I did. Big important note ( I hate Fords but for some reason its the only one I could find right of hand in a general search, Sorry, to put that name on this site! ) Read over it a few times and youll have it! If you want take pictures of install and post your own version that would be killer . . .

http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/insta...k-glass/112212

 

Yea that sucks. Same thing happen to a friend of mine. He owns a 86 Extra Cab with a slider, which he hates with a passion. We went to a salvage yard and found a solid back window out of a stnd cab, not relizing at the time that the stnd cabs have a smaller rear window. So after sitting there for who knows how long trying to get a window out of this truck with a steak knife that was in the truck we found (no tools), we got it out, took it home with no luck.