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From: Nixa
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I use a trailer alot with my Excursion. I have (had) a bad habit of opening the back window to see the trailer when backing up and aways worried about it hitting the top of my garage door. I guess I did not worry enough because I did it and it broke out the rear glass but that looks like about all the damage. Anyone know where I can pickup a new or used back glass. Its a 2001, dark tint, and heated, I can do the install. Thanks Charlie
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From: The Great White North!
time to invest in a backup camera. WAY cheaper, and never too late. Haven't price out a side window, but I think the back one is more. But who am I to say.
When you install the back window, make sure it is adjusted to still close and not interfere with the bottom doors. When I bought mine, the back window was replaced a few years earlier and who ever installed it put it in a little low and the bottom of the glass took paint off the doors. there seem to be studs attached to the glass that you screw on when you glue the glass in, so you can adjust before the glue sets. I had to adjust the top hinge to get the glass to sit high enough to fix problem. Good luck.
When you install the back window, make sure it is adjusted to still close and not interfere with the bottom doors. When I bought mine, the back window was replaced a few years earlier and who ever installed it put it in a little low and the bottom of the glass took paint off the doors. there seem to be studs attached to the glass that you screw on when you glue the glass in, so you can adjust before the glue sets. I had to adjust the top hinge to get the glass to sit high enough to fix problem. Good luck.
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From: Apex , NC
Got one better than that. We use to own a 92 Suburban. Wife and I busted out the rear glass not once , not twice but THREE times in about 5 months (me once, she did it twice) 
My insurance covered it all three times but the glass folks had fun with us ! Price was the same the first two times ($1200) , third time it was $1600. The X does not go in the garage !
APEXDUCK
My insurance covered it all three times but the glass folks had fun with us ! Price was the same the first two times ($1200) , third time it was $1600. The X does not go in the garage !APEXDUCK
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The Mito back up camera / 3rd brake light assembly is the way to go. Best camera I have out of 4 vehicles with them - clear, wide picture and fits in with the vehicles. Pictures in my gallery. That with the bumper sensors has saved me a lot of grief (so far)...
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From: WARRINGTON, PA
i think that the side windows are about $1000. and the problem with the top rubbing the paint off the barn doors, thats a common problem with almost everyones X.
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Got one better than that. We use to own a 92 Suburban. Wife and I busted out the rear glass not once , not twice but THREE times in about 5 months (me once, she did it twice) My insurance covered it all three times but the glass folks had fun with us ! Price was the same the first two times ($1200) , third time it was $1600. The X does not go in the garage !
APEXDUCK
My insurance covered it all three times but the glass folks had fun with us ! Price was the same the first two times ($1200) , third time it was $1600. The X does not go in the garage ! APEXDUCK
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Where did you find the camera set-up?? What I really,really,REALLY like though were the rear door compartments..If I had those most of my on board tools would be there instead of the box they're in now...Where did those come from ?????
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From: The Great White North!
yep, but I think I took care of mine, now that I raised the top glass door.
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From: New York
The camera is from Mito corp and replaces the 3rd upper brake light. It's hooked to a pioneer avic nav / satellite entertainment system. That was maybe $1000 installed, the camera a add on a week later for about $400. There are lesser cost camera's, but like the poster and photo's above, I didn't want to mount the camera low (even though it can be tilted) because I sometimes put a rear cargo carrier on the back with a giant marine cooler...it would block the camera completely. Truckaddons.com offered the Mito also but after 3 mos. of being told it's on backorder from the manufacturer, I called them (Mito) directly and had it within 3 days.
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From: WARRINGTON, PA
hey, i just saw your camera. i like it. i think i might get that one. mine just got broken last week along with all my sensors, bumper, trailor hitch. i got rear ended while sitting still by a windstar minivan going 50 mph. i can bet that people are saying how stupid i am backing up into something being i have a camera and sensors. lol. oh yeah, the thing about seeing with a cooler on the hitch, your right. when i have my car trailr hooked to it, its great though.
