HELP! Removing Rear glass - Honda Prelude Forum

kpaii_t · 01-30-2012, 06:20 AM

How do i remove the rear glass (behind the drivers door) without damaging it i need it removed to have the car repaired and it leaks.

minilogoguy18 · 01-30-2012, 06:00 PM

Let the body shop do it, the guy who painted my car had a special electric tool for it that cut through the glue since it's glued in there with 3 clips, 1 in each corner. Pretty sure the Helms manual covers it or if you are doing the body work yourself maybe you can pay a glass company to remove it.

S-LudeDan · 01-31-2012, 04:35 AM

^ yeah definitely like he said, if you wanna do it yourself get a Helms. I think Chilton's also covers that.

kpaii_t · 01-31-2012, 09:36 AM

I cannot find the book here for my prelude. and i want to do all the work myself so if someone could look in the book at let me know how to do it that would be cool. the car is all stripped only have the 2 sides to do.

S-LudeDan · 01-31-2012, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kpaii_t

I cannot find the book here for my prelude. and i want to do all the work myself so if someone could look in the book at let me know how to do it that would be cool. the car is all stripped only have the 2 sides to do.

just go to ebay and buy a Helms manual, they are cheap as hell. You can also pick up a Chilton's. If you wanna go all out and have some money to spend you can get the Honda OEM bodywork manual from the dealership. I hope they are not discontinued.

I will go try to dig out my Manual from storage and take some photos of the removal process for you. Let me see what I can do.

kpaii_t · 01-31-2012, 10:37 AM

Thank you. ill have to look online for the manual but pics would be great also so i can get it done without haveing to wait lol

S-LudeDan · 01-31-2012, 10:51 AM

I looked in Chiltons. They dont have much info. All it says remove weather stripping and then the screws that hold the glass lol. What a crap manual.

what gen is your prelude? I just went to Google and there is a ton of info on how to remove the rear quarter glass.

you should just search on Google. check this thread there is some info here: How to remove rear quarter windows (5th gen)

u need a special tool for this. There are also many things that can go wrong.

There are a few DIY online for this, but all the pics are no longer hosted.

S-LudeDan · 01-31-2012, 10:53 AM

so after doing a ton of research on this matter, I'm gonna go with what Miniloguy said.

Let the pros do it.

minilogoguy18 · 01-31-2012, 07:52 PM

While the Helms manual does cover it you need special tools, I may not have painted the car but I was there every day I had off to help out so and watched him remove all the glass. I can say I've taken my car completely apart and put it back together again since only I work on the car minus the body guy who painted it.

kpaii_t · 02-22-2012, 08:13 PM

well it solved my problem when someone broke the windows in my car and the only one i cannot find is the rear side glass if anything has a parts car ( even if they cant get it out and car around the window ill buy it!

minilogoguy18 · 02-23-2012, 04:35 AM

Make sure you get one from up north where the brutal heat hasn't made the rubber around it curl back so it doesn't sit against the body like mine did. There is a for sale section btw.