98 & up sliding rear window replacement

[JDMopar]

Has anyone here ever replaced the rear sliding window in a 98 & up Dakota? Mine was leaking like a sieve and messed up the headliner in my 2004 quad cab Dak. I bought a new window because it was the seals in the slider were dry rotted. I've put glue in windshields and back glass in Challengers before, so I'm not afraid to do it. I just wondered if anyone here had, and if you used the same rope type seal like a Challenger, or used the urethane type from a cartridge? I've got a glass guy who will do it, but just wondering about DIY install. I've already got the headliner done. The worst part of that is getting the fiberglass backer board in n out the truck!

 

[JDMopar]

Update: The guys at the glass shop worked their asses off to get the back window installed. The new back window assembly came from a glass dealer on Amazon. It measured the same dimensions as the old one on the frame where it glues to the inside of the window opening, but it must have been different from that point outward towards the outer rubber seal. The old seal sat proud of the opening. The seal on the new glass fits inside the opening. That was the part the guys struggled with....getting the outer seal into the opening while not messing up the glue bead between the metal. Knowing what I know now, I would not do this job myself. As the saying goes...."You can't beat a man at his own game!" Those guys did a good job and in the end, it looks good and is sealed up tight.

 

[Cranky1]

Took a 1990 Dakota in for a slider (in 1990) and the place said they had one that fit but they didn't and didn't realize it until after the stock glass had already been removed. Well, there's a slight crown to the stock glass and it was reinstalled with the crown facing inwards. I pointed it out to them and they were about to remedy that but told them so long as it didn't leak, don't bother since it was going to come out anyways once the right slider came in. At least there was no glue involved.....