Picked up my $500 pathfinder. the rear quarter glass was bashed out. Got a replacement, but now Im not sure how to replace it. anyone have a diagram or a diy on something like this?
Modified by xscorex at 7:03 AM 1/26/2010
replacing quarter glass on a pathfinder?
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xscorex
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Re: replacing quarter glass on a pathfinder? (xscorex)
well I got a replacement quarter glass from the junkyard. Looks like it needs a gasket and some sealer. I called a glass shop and they said $75 to replace if i had the glass. WTF! my head almost exploded. $75 to run a glue bead & a gasket. The bad thing is i cant find a diy anywhere, just lots of auto glass guys saying your car will explode and all your kids will die if you try to replace glass yourself. Someone must have done this themselves . I guess Ill go up to napa today and see if they sell the right kind of urethane sealer
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xscorex
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Re: replacing quarter glass on a pathfinder? (xscorex)
Ok, since no one wanted to chime in, I went ahead and did this myself. I have no idea if this is the correct way, or if it is even safe. But this is how I did it. This is for a 95 pathfinder rear quarter window.
1. pull off the plastic vent piece off the back. Its just for looks and serves no function. it is held on by 3 pop rivets, just slide a tool under it close to where the pop rivets are and pop it out.
2. pull the old glass out. This was incredibly hard. i had a heat gun and a scraper. It still took forever to get it all off. Then i took a can of paint stripper and took it all the way down to the metal. You might not want to try this if you have a nice car in case you get some on the paint. Mine is a junker so i didnt care. Once it was good and clean I taped offthe pinch weld where the window sits and sprayed a little bit of primer back on the bare metal I just cleaned.
3. I went to autozone and got a roll of butyl tape. This stuff looks like a long roll of black smooshystuff. Dont touch it with your fingers. You dont want the oils to get on it. roll it around the pinch weld.
4. If your window is totally clean and free of any oil & what not, then stick it on the butyl tape.press down good & hard & get it in place.
5. I did not see any clamps or any other way to keep the window in place. It seemed as if the window was held in place using only the adhesive. On the stock window this seemed to be more than enough since it took forever to get the old broken window out. after the window is in place with the butyl tape, I ran a bead of 3m urethane adhesive around the window to seal it all up good, while it was still wet i pressed the gasket seal that i took off the old window back into place. basically this just gives it a finsihed look.
6. I let it dry for 2 days in my garage.
Finished! The urethane caulk tube cost about $13 from NAPA and the butyl tape was $9 from autozone. Took me about 3 hours to do. most of that time was cleaning & scraping the old window out & making sure my replacement window was clean as it was taken from a junkyard.
1. pull off the plastic vent piece off the back. Its just for looks and serves no function. it is held on by 3 pop rivets, just slide a tool under it close to where the pop rivets are and pop it out.
2. pull the old glass out. This was incredibly hard. i had a heat gun and a scraper. It still took forever to get it all off. Then i took a can of paint stripper and took it all the way down to the metal. You might not want to try this if you have a nice car in case you get some on the paint. Mine is a junker so i didnt care. Once it was good and clean I taped offthe pinch weld where the window sits and sprayed a little bit of primer back on the bare metal I just cleaned.
3. I went to autozone and got a roll of butyl tape. This stuff looks like a long roll of black smooshystuff. Dont touch it with your fingers. You dont want the oils to get on it. roll it around the pinch weld.
4. If your window is totally clean and free of any oil & what not, then stick it on the butyl tape.press down good & hard & get it in place.
5. I did not see any clamps or any other way to keep the window in place. It seemed as if the window was held in place using only the adhesive. On the stock window this seemed to be more than enough since it took forever to get the old broken window out. after the window is in place with the butyl tape, I ran a bead of 3m urethane adhesive around the window to seal it all up good, while it was still wet i pressed the gasket seal that i took off the old window back into place. basically this just gives it a finsihed look.
6. I let it dry for 2 days in my garage.
Finished! The urethane caulk tube cost about $13 from NAPA and the butyl tape was $9 from autozone. Took me about 3 hours to do. most of that time was cleaning & scraping the old window out & making sure my replacement window was clean as it was taken from a junkyard.
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Re: replacing quarter glass on a pathfinder? (xscorex)
Sounds like you got it beat, keep us posted on how it holds up. My truck has a window that the tracks wield was broke so I drilled two holes and put some screws in it but I have not used anything to glue the glass back in the regulator.
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Re: replacing quarter glass on a pathfinder? (jdansmith)
I just realized there is a dedicated pathfinder forum so i posted this over there. I thought the pathfinders would be lumped in over here as my haynes manual I have for my 95 hardbody covers thye pathfinder as well.
Also I had a rear window of my HB busted out. i went to the junkyard and got a replacement. The whole thing popped out without any caulk or adhesive, its just held in place with the rubber gasket. A few times I have locked myself out of my HB and gotten in by taking a screwdriver and popping out the back windows rubber gasket, pulling the window back a little and jamming my arm inside.Then it pops back into place
Also I had a rear window of my HB busted out. i went to the junkyard and got a replacement. The whole thing popped out without any caulk or adhesive, its just held in place with the rubber gasket. A few times I have locked myself out of my HB and gotten in by taking a screwdriver and popping out the back windows rubber gasket, pulling the window back a little and jamming my arm inside.Then it pops back into place