1985 Rear Window replacement
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1985 Rear Window replacement
My son just shattered the rear window of his 1985 F150 extended cab. We have access to others out of a couple of newer trucks. Can someone tell us what years will interchange with his '85 so we don't get the wrong one?
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The glass is the difference, as in thickness, up to 86 are identical, newer to 96 I believe was a bit thinner, but I may be wrong on that, as I also seem to recall that back to 73 may be the same as well, but without a doubt 80-86 will work.
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Yeah, that was all the difference was on whatever year it was. Went through this a while back, my sister broke out a rear window on a 90's model, and that was what I was told, there was a glass thickness change, and it just required the seal to match.
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It may well be the 73-9 window that was thicker, and from then on was the thinner, and swaps...
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Thanks for all the info, guys. We got a glass and seal from a 1987 and it worked like a charm. I think the glass is the same thickness as the '85 but we used the '87 seal anyway. Ours was dry-rotted and in pretty bad shape. So the glass is in and thanks again for all the help.