Hello, I am looking for a rear window to put in my truck. I broke mine over a month ago and Geico/Saflite does not seem to be able to get one.
From my searching the only one I can find is in Colorado Springs and nobody will accept shipping it from there. They are all to worried about UPS breaking it.
I have been told over and over that it is a "Vender item" and is on back order from them. Every week they push the next shipping date off again.
I don't know what the hell I am going to do?? Looks like I have to drive to CS to get my truck fixed. How wants to do that this time of year or pay for that much fuel to get there and back.
Does anyone have any ideas??
TIA

 

Nope. No ideas.

We have no idea what year truck you have, whether or not you have a solid or sliding rear rear window, and if sliding, whether or not the slider is powered or manual, and in any case, if equipped with a rear defrost circuit or not. All of these factors make a difference, and without knowing the facts of your truck, we have no idea.

Assuming that you have a 1999-2016 Super Duty, model year still makes a difference, due to earlier models being gasket set, and later models being urethane sealant set. For a leak free installation, the gasket should be changed with the glass, as the feathering glands that keep the water out of the cab deteriorate with age and with removal. All it takes is one little nick in one of the feathering seal layers to cause a leak that rolls water into the cab corners, under the C pillars, out of sight.

Solid glass backlights (without a moveable window) can list for higher NAGI prices than sliders. It's a bigger sheet of glass.

A leading supplier of aftermarket windows is CR Laurence, and CR Laurence was the OEM supplier to Ford for the original Super Duty Power Sliding rear cab window.

CarLite is known as the Ford OEM brand of glass. Back when Ford created and spun off supplier subsidiaries like Visteon, Carlite was under the umbrella of Zeledyne, but Zeledyne sold the Carlite brand (and glass manufacturing plants) to a Japanese automotive glass company called Carlex, in a deal which Ford helped facilitate.

Carlex has two sides to their current automotive glass business, OEM (engineering / manufacturing / supply) and Replacement ( collision repair ). Since Carlex is in the Ford glass manufacturing business, then seeking Carlex glass as replacements presents a better bet of getting OEM quality glass.

 

True, sorry for that.
2015 F250 4 door, power slider, defrost, privacy tint. Last 8 of VIN FEC78477
I am thinking that is has to be some overseas problem since it has taken so long.
At this point I am not picky as long as it works like the original one.
Thanks

 

If you want "NEW" I don't what to tell you. But if you want a good clean rear window check eBay for $375-455 with the options you described.

 

Thanks, but I expect Geico to pay for this since they have been charging me for this insurance. That is the problem, no one wants to risk the shipping. Even though it was shipped to where ever and a new one if it is ever available will have to be shipped. But no one will do it. If I buy one off of Ebay, first, I have to deal with trying to get reimbursed from Gieco and hope that its shows up in on piece. If I could find a glass shop that would buy one off of Ebay, I would be all over it.
Thanks for the help though