Need 87 5KTQA Rear Window

[Arzareth12 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/30/01 9:00:28 PM, tm2 at zipcon.net wrote:

<<Paul

Get one from the wrecking yard which shouldn't be more that $100.00.  Does
your parts car have one in it you can use?

Pat Korach
Kirkland, WA

Paul Meyers wrote:

> The defroster wires have been erased from my rear window by previous owners.
> I'm going to replace the glass with one that has wires. Any idea as to the
> best source for the glass part. The locals here all seem to want about $500
> for the thing installed. I don't know the division between part and labor.
>>>

Near impossible to remove in one piece...most glass places don't want to 
touch em
,junk dealer 's won't do it...about 95% failure rate...on my broken  rear 
window 
I first vaccumed a zillion bits of glass...then carefully removed the chrome 
trim(about $100 If you want to replace that)...then spent at least three hours
with a cold chisel removing the glass from the rubber seat, being extra 
careful
to avoid the paint work...by the way being from the upper midwest, There's 
quite at bit of windshield attrition, and I cant tell how many of these cars 
I've seen with PPG wind screens, but when it says PPG there's always rust 
around that window frame...no doubt the work of Monkey glass hacks, pissed 
off and in a hurry to get that new screen in....the rear window is a 
different Beast...all kinds of bells and whistles in that one ...Quattro 
grid...built in antennas...PPG stays away from that one....dealer only...and 
at near $400 a pop....you can see why
those glass hacks turn their nose up at that task....If you got a quote for 
$500
I'd say GFI....But I'd watch em like a Hawk.....It'll be the hardest $100 
they've 
eared in along time...he'll turn his nose up @ the next guy that come s along 
with a car with a 5 and a Q  on it's badging.