I now have a half racing rear window, I made a lextan replacement and siliconed it into give me time to find the best slider madefor our trucks.

I have to call Dave Monday and get him to find out from his glass man to see what he recommends to replace it with and if I can't get it here I order from him.

But I do have a fix for the stock ones, you need and strip of metal same size and as the window edge a about an inch wide and have a 90 degree angle bent to about 3/16 to strengthen the metal and then silicone it to the glass to protect the edge

Get a clear tint applied to the inside so if your on the road it will hold together so you can get home, because the stock will fall apart and be all over the place, if I hadn't taped it right away I wouldn't have made it the few miles to the house without it falling out

 

What's next ??

 

Hey this counts as a mod as I cut 15 pounds in weight, I can really get them off the line now .

No the lextan is just there to keep the rain and hands out till I can get what I want, the stock one broke to easy with no edge protection, besides most the glass guys seem to have just started yesterday so I 'm looking for someone who will be there to cover a bad install, I don't want it to be like my DAK trans, they changed name and moved mangers around and my warrenty was gone in a few months,if I don't decide to do it myself

Before Mayfair has Granny rocking in the back of my truck I show the pics, now I could have done better, but only used a razor knife,silicone,tapeand did it in the dark, but I showed it can be done for an emerency repair just about anywhere









If I taped off the edge and painted the black trim in you couldn't see the silicone, but the main thing it keep the cold out , it dropped to 55 this morning LOL

 

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Herg, that looks good for a quick fix.

 

Here's a 1/2 decent question ...

How many of you actually open or use the rear slider?

I think I've head my slider open MAYBE 3 times since I've owned my Ram. Once was just to see if it worked.

Do you think sliders are even necessary? Would going back to just a flat back window REALLY effect your day?

 

I agree with P/S. Looks good for the quick fix to keep the cold and rain out for sure. Beats the plastic bags and duct tape I see around here all the time by a mile.

 

I used to use my slider all the time, but that was back when I had a regular cab and was easy to reach to open/close while driving. Can't reach the one while cruising down the road in my quad cab so I don't think I've ever had it open. Closed it once because it was open when I left the dealer's lot, but that's about it.

If it were power to make it easy to open, yeah, I'd probably make good use of it.

 

I know how Herb uses his. I do the same thing, open the slider and put a long item up through the cab to keep it from hanging off the end of the tail gate too far. Other than that, I usually don't touch it.

 

I probably would not have even noticed it if you had not pointed out that it was a quick fix.