Convert Dodge Door Window Glass
Whether the window glass in any of your Dodge vehicle's doors is broken, cracked or otherwise damaged, you demand to modify it soon before it becomes all the more and poor. The window glass is held in deposit within the door in its regulator and fall channels. These screws normally lack a Phillips imagination screwdriver, and you may entail to pry out smaller trim panels to access them.4. Lift the trim panel upward to Proceeds it from its hooks or clips and remove it from the door. Unplug any electrical connectors that are carry on the door.
1. Disconnect the rejection battery cable whether the Dodge vehicle has any capability controls on it. Roll down the window, before you arrange this, provided the vehicle has efficacy windows.
2. Detach the window Eccentric person, whether the door has a instruction window, by inserting a hooked effects into the gap persist the Eccentric person to remove the clip. A stuff specifically for this effort is available at Car parts stores. Provided the door has energy controls, pry them off the trim panel with a trim stick and disconnect the electrical connector.
3. Remove the door holder provided needed--models such as the Ram lack this--by removing its screw extreme the handgrip. Remove all retaining screws to the trim panel--the most banal locations for the screws are near the backside, at the end the ear and near the rearview mirror. Provided you choose to alter the glass yourself, you itch to refer to with your mechanic or other Professional for the proportions glass you entail for your specific vehicle.
Instructions
Removing the Door Panel
On some models such as the Durango or Dakota, you Testament committal to disconnect the apply from the panel.
5. Peel away the plastic watershield on the door, making sure you don't tear it.
6. Disconnect and remove any speakers that are in the door by removing their screws with the Phillips head screwdriver, pulling the speaker out and disconnecting the electrical connector.
Replacing the Glass
7. Pry the weatherstripping off the top end of the door by grasping it near the outer edge and pulling it off.
8. Unscrew the bolts that secure the glass run channels--these bolts often require a Torx wrench. On most Dodge front doors, there is one set of bolts running near the inner edge of the door. The rear door has two run channels.
9. Raise the window until you can access the glass retaining nuts through one of the access holes and remove the nuts--these will likely require a socket wrench. Tilt the window glass forward and lift it out of the door; use extreme caution if the window is cracked or broken.
10. Lower the replacement glass into the door and slide it into position within the regulator. Install the nuts with the socket wrench to secure the glass.
11. Bolt the run channel(s) back into place within the door using the Torx wrench. Insert the weatherstripping back onto the top of the door. Reinstall the speaker.
12. Reinstall the door panel in the reverse order of removal, beginning with the watershield. Look for any clips that may have come out of the panel and reinstall them prior to attaching the panel.
