this is for the couple of guys wondering how the PO did my back window.
option for back window
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if you guys need more angles let me know
That is great. Thanks for posting. That is exactly what I was thinking of doing to my bucket.
Looks great, and it can be locked.
BigSal likes and wants.
(or ambi doors or a hand crank).... even with a new brass gear and new window rubber, the back window is my nemesis!
(or ambi doors or a hand crank).... even with a new brass gear and new window rubber, the back window is my nemesis!
I think it looks a lot more useful then the rear window though. Even on my parents 02 4runner I find it kinda annoying compared the the flip up window there old grand Cherokee had.
Slightly disagree. With a rear bumper mounted spare, one would have to swing out that spare to lift the window. With stock rear window, I can raise & lower at will.
the lift-type rear window might be nice in camp, to keep the rain off the tailgate, but I like being able to adjust my rear window from the driver's seat...
Interesting idea... any idea what window and gasket that is?
I'm not hugely fond of it though... to me, it seems like the famous "I'm going to spend serveral hundred on a custom solution because I don't want to spend several hundred on stock replacement parts"
yes, but we all know that the "stock" replacement parts for this design are either a mortgage away or unobtainium. I have a similar(rudimentary) option going on out back. I am not satisfied with it, but do not miss the roll down wondow at tall.
I thought this was hacked out of an early Scout. I always look for the rusted out ones with a nice back window for this. I know where one is in North East Washington state.... just sitting there....
that's almost as big a crime as chopping a pig in half. Also hear that a 45 pick up has about the right size glass and a similar shape as the one Deans got. SOR has the gasket for like 40 bucks. The glass itself can be had in tempered with rounded corners in any radius and in thicknesses from 316ths on up from ADM glass(online) can come tinted, frosted, cracked, or clear with or without tempered label and will run about 75 bones shipped for the clear in 1/4"(which is for some reason cheaper than 316ths) with 2" radiused corners. So then a guy just needs the frame, hinges, latches and shocks. I was looking at the bearclaw style of latch and was thinking about placing one, in the middle of the bottom span, and then I was going to find a nice lockable push button/ handle(screendoor loooky like but mo mo stronger)something chrome and about the size of the cruiser handle-which would work by itself given proper placement of release lever to push rod- but does not has intergrated lock, so would complicate fab of linkage on the inside. also. rear seat(fj55) upright hinges look promising with a small tab added(welded) to the body where they would bolt on at and the rear seat latches are what I am using currently on my bastardization of this concept. I figure, we could use almost all FJ55 hardware if we were inclined. But that a cleaner and simpler install would involve foreign to out truck latch and release. When I bite into this again, I am going to include some intricate body work type fab and make a frame for the window that will fill in the recess of the tail area(loss for words...)kinda fj60ish, but with the pig lines. will incorperate full length top seal so as to keep the rain from dripping on the tailgate when open. notch into the top of the tailgate to mount the latch and add some material to the body to mount a waterproof seal on. er somethin. Bottom line is, I like the idea. I know that it was seeing the pics that Dean had posted a while back that reinstilled the hope of having a mo better rear window....thing
Yeah, I can see that. Bucket is going to be my camping truck this year if I can get it running good again soon. I didn't like that if I didn't have the keys in hand I can't open the rear tailgate. I could totally see how that would annoy the heck out of me real fast.
I think it's kinda a personal preferance thing. Either way, the window in my pretty blue pig doens't work at all and the one in bucket works great... so bucket gets to trade and I needed something to replace the window and this seems like it will work nicely.
Key in hand? Lol, most of the Pig tailgate window locks respond to almost anything stuck in and turned. If I have a penny in my pocket, I can use it to lower or raise my rear window.
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yeah i will post some more pics later. my back window is plastic doesn't leak i will take measurements of it for you guys
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He's right. I saw him do it once.... and I went and tried it at home.
Ha ha.. I don't doubt it. Mine is far too tight though. I also tried it after reading that. Only the right key worked, I tried with some of the other Toyota keys I had (between the GF and I we have 4 Toyota 4x4s). None but the right one works.