Any tricks to removing a boattail rear window?

If I get mine painted I want to get the tinting done properly on the rear window. Thats the only reason I want to remove it, the tint I have on it does not go all the way to the bottom because the technition that installed it could not reach to the bottom 1/2 inch of the glass. I'm afraid I will crack the glass removing it. Is their a special trick to it? Are their any new tinting techniques that would do a better job?

 

I had mine done by the shop they said they don,t garranty it,s not not gonna break ,but I was there to make sure and took 14 min to take it out after 35 years it was piece of cake ,mine was actually leaking,but I only paid 80$ cash to take it out and reseal it

 

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I love the two-tone on your Riv. Do you have any more pictures?

 

more pic of two tone riv

http://home.comcast.net/~avesta here are some picture when I bought the car last march.on one of the pic you can see tree growing in side the car!!!!!!!!!!!! lol,and every time it rained I could swim inside the car ,the old man didn,t take care of the car,and that was the first thing I took care of it.It looks better now but I,m waiting to come up with some money to put new ENG in the car,I have set of 255/60/15 firehawk ss right now and I love it, looks nice.Interior looks nicer now but I don,t have camera yet. those pic are taken by my brother,good luck with your windshield and keep us posted

 

Years back I removed mine. First I removed the chrome molding. Be carefull doing this as you may crack the glass. There is a tool for that (sorry don't know what it's called) I also borrowed a hot cutting knife (don't know the correct name) from a friend in a body shop. It plugged in the wall socket had a real sharp end with a handle. The blade gets real hot to touch. Very slowly with the hot blade inserted into the rubber seal it cut threw the old harden window seal. I repeated this 2 or 3 times until the window can actually be moved. Then with two other people we gently and evenly lifted it out.

Do it slowly and carefully and use at least 1 or 2 extra people to help out.

 

You don't need a hot knife for the original butyl tape.
See the article on our site on how to remove front and rear glass.
Get a cold knife from any auto parts store or auto tool store.
Costs about $10-12.

 

I used a linoleum knife (shaped like a sickle kinda) with a flexible blade to remove the quarter windows on my car. It worked great.