55.2-59 55-57 one piece windows

[BBPanel]

Originally Posted by DransportGarage

I'd like to give you great news, but I just installed the Auto City Classic smoke door glass this week, and they don't fit well in the upper front corners. I'll have wind noise for sure, and can see the edge of the glass when it's seated as well as I can seat it (even without the mechanism). One of my pieces was bought 3 years ago and one was bought last month. I really like this company, but they've let me down on this one. Worthy of note, their smoke glass is made by a different company than their green or clear glass.

Thanks - not what I wanted to hear but it is what I needed to know. Have you by chance compared the glass to the template?

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by BBPanel

<snip> Have you by chance compared the glass to the template?

I was one of the stupid ones. I just ordered from ACC, knowing that it would be perfect. Oops...

[LDO]

I glued two pieces of 1/8 masonite boards and cut the template with my jig saw. Then, alot of trial fitting until I was happy with the fit. I am gonna try making my template bigger to reduce gaps, etc and see if i can make the changes and still have the glass go up and down easily. More to follow....

[BBPanel]

I asked previously about the Auto City Classic glass and if it fits properly. What I didn't mention is I purchased the one-piece glass kit from Brothers in 2001 - with all of the reading I've done in the last couple of years it appeared the Brothers glass was not cut correctly and I was resigned to eating the cost.

So out of curiosity, I put together the template and overlay-ed the Brothers glass and here is what I got. I tried to match the top and upper curves as best I could and let the rest fall where it may. There are some differences but I don't know if they are enough to cause problems or not. The biggest deviation is ~3/16" and the glass is taller and wider than the template. Thoughts?

Upper Left and Upper Right


Lower Left and Lower Right