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Old 10-10-2011, 07:30 PM
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Default 88 mustang gt 5.0 convertable

Was the original rear window glass or plastic?
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Old 10-10-2011, 07:38 PM
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Welcome to MF! ....I believe they were plastic back then, but check in the 5.0 (Fox Body) Section!
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Old 10-10-2011, 11:12 PM
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Old 10-11-2011, 03:23 AM
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Old 10-15-2011, 04:21 PM
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Just put a fresh glass in my '89 :-)
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Old 10-15-2011, 06:11 PM
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Old 10-15-2011, 07:16 PM
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Mine was originally glass but I changed it to plastic. From what I was told by the installer, they were all glass back then. He had to rig it up for the plastic window.
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Old 10-18-2011, 04:59 PM
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They were definitely glass. I've installed plenty of '83 to '93. Plastic is a good choice though.

Some of us installers wonder if the heavy glass was a good choice by the 'Stang design engineers. Sometimes the plastic ones last as long or longer than the glass windows with the problem of having delamination issues of the topping coming loose from the glass.
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Old 11-23-2011, 10:37 PM
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well i can say that they did come with glass windows but no rigging needed when replacing it with a plastic one..., i know because iv done it!!
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