I'm SOOOOO mad!

[Action Girl]

Just got back from taking the kid out for a snowball. I just parked the car walked around to her side to help her out and closed the door behind her. My side window now has a crack that runs the entire width of the glass. I didn't even slam the door.

Guess I have an excuse to tear that door apart now and replace the window channel, I just wish it hadn't happened now.

[133]

you know the saying, shit happens. no seriously, that sucks. hope you get it fixed.

[DrJ]

I hate it when I do that!...too. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Sounds like you know why it broke...like glass hiting metal instead of that fuzzy stuff thats supposed to be in th channel?
Anyway, figure out what caused it to break or it'll do it again... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[AHotRod]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Now you can put the new glass in you always wanted!

[Action Girl]

Yea.. the window channel is pretty shot. I replaced the drivers side which was actually worse. I was expecting for it to be a few hours worth of work and it ended being more like an entire day. I already have the window channel but I wasn't motivated to tear the other door apart knowing what a chore it was. In any event, it needed to be done and all the glass on the car is old and needs to be replaced. No big deal I suppose...

[Flat Ernie]

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I was expecting for it to be a few hours worth of work and it ended being more like an entire day. I already have the window channel but I wasn't motivated to tear the other door apart knowing what a chore it was.

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I know the feeling well - last fall I replaced the passenger door window channels, felts, seals, etc on my truck. The drivers side? It's still original! To make mine just a tad bit worse, it was a cobbled together bunch of unoriginal bits, so it was a true weekend affair to get the passenger side done!

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[Spedley]

You want bad luck with door glass?? I was walkin to my truck one nice summer morning, when I happened to scuff my foot on the ground and proceeded to fire the tiniest pebble right through the drivers door window. Watched the window shatter and fall all over the place. Damn I was mad.

[yorgatron]

hate to say it,but spedley's got you beat by a mile http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif sorry to hear about it though,i gotta do both doors on my car.only been putting it off the last 5 years...

[McGrath]

I managed to blast a rock through my back window with the lawnmower last summer. Probably the only rock in the whole damned yard and it managed to hit the glass dead center...

[flamedcoupe]

Maybe your dad will help you.I hear he's a real cool guy. But I hear he's going to York this weekend.

[Nappy]

At least you closed the door and not your Daughter. Parents have disowned their kids for less.
Good luck with the repair... do they make clear duct tape???

[KCsledz]

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do they make clear duct tape???


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Yes, but is still has a fiber of sorts running through it you would still be able to see.

[marq]

Always make side glass from toughened glass and not laminated glass then you won't have the problem again.Ok so you have to take a pattern to the local glass merchant they then cut it and send it away but 2 weeks later you got nice new glass that won't crack ever.The only way it will break is if someone breaks into your car,or sommit real hard hits it..............Marq

[tredboy]

wait...

you guys roll the windows in your cars up?


huh.
interesting... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif


tred.

[TINGLER]

Last year I was swinging a broom around and it hit the edge of my garage door.....
The head blew off and went right into the middle of my Fairlane windshield....

$50 and 3 hours later, I had the windshield replaced. BUT, I am STILL kicking myself for doing that! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Petejoe]

When I was younger,( now that was 40 years ago mind you. I remember seeing many cars during the summer months with the rear glass totally cracked into millions of pieces but staying intact. We always thought it was from the extreme heat inside the car. You don't see much of that anymore.

[jalopy43]

what's a window??

[CptStickfigure]

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When I was younger,( now that was 40 years ago mind you. I remember seeing many cars during the summer months with the rear glass totally cracked into millions of pieces but staying intact. We always thought it was from the extreme heat inside the car. You don't see much of that anymore.

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You know, I was just about to mention something about that.
The rear door windows in my car are both cracked but intact. It's sat outside in a couple of torrential downpours with no leaks, so you may be able to squeak by for a while until you get a chance to fix it.

That still sucks though.

[Action Girl]

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You want bad luck with door glass?? I was walkin to my truck one nice summer morning, when I happened to scuff my foot on the ground and proceeded to fire the tiniest pebble right through the drivers door window. Watched the window shatter and fall all over the place. Damn I was mad.

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You win! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif That REALLY sucks... At least I still have glass in the door (for the time being)

Stacey

[hotrodladycrusr]

You have roll up windows? Your a lucky gal..... I bet you even have a top huh? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Quite a few years ago I was at the NSRA show in Springfield, MO in my '47 Ford convert and closed my drivers door and the glass shattered. Was a nice 12 hour ride home in the rain with no window. I was a "goldchainer" then with a nice interior and everything. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Spitfire1776]

Why yes ....yes they do, I just asw it the other day.

I kid you not.:)

Sorry to hear about the window.