Boot lid glass and rust

[JS2004]

I've recently spotted some of the dreaded rust around the bottom left corner of my boot lid, underneath the rubber seal. It's not terrible, but has caused some bubbling. 

 

I've used silicone grease around the entire rubber seal of the glass as a temporary fix, but ideally need to sort the rust.

 

Reading a few posts here people talk about the glass itself being a problem to find, and some body shops can't guarantee they won't break it etc. 

 

How hard is it to find replacement glass? I don't mind going aftermarket if needed, but I'm worried that I might need new glass and be unable to find any.. any thoughts or ideas ? 

Cheers 

[rider]

I think Keron said recently that he holds the rear glass in stock. Give him a call before you take your glass out just in case it does crack or shatter in the process.

[The Raven]

Just out of interest do people carry insurance against breaking the screen trying to remove it?

I wouldn’t be keen on “we will try not to but you know poop happens” types

[blythmrk]

43 minutes ago, The Raven said:

Just out of interest do people carry insurance against breaking the screen trying to remove it?

I wouldn’t be keen on “we will try not to but you know poop happens” types

I one word NO

[mwilkinson]

Is it true that Keron can get rear screen glass, either OEM or aftermarket?

When I had the rear screen removed on my car I was also given the warning about breaking it.  I think they have to say this in order to cover the rare occasion where it does break being removed.

[rider]

I was told by Autoglass, when I had them remove my rear screen many years ago now that they cover glass for breakage - their fault. They won't cover glass that they don't retail and they didn't retail Supra rear glass. So your only chance back in the day to have it covered was having a Toyota Dealership arrange the work. Maybe they would have come up with their own provisos to?

You could easily get into what is their fault, if a 30 year old screen cracks I'm sure they could simply say pre existing scratches would have weakened the glass. So, it probably comes down to if they butter fingers dropped it.

This was the thread I started when I was looking into having rear screens manufactured.....

https://www.mkivsupra.net/topic/250258-heritage-glass-front-and-rear-screens/#comment-3560885

[keron]

so when all the rear screen glass got discontinued duing lockdown, i had the last few and autoglass had two off me for jobs for members on here..... i was looking into reproduction ones and had it all lined up but toyota have re-released them again.... inflated price as usual but they are back out... nobody has a replacement except toyota (glass anyway) 

[mwilkinson]

Thanks for the info Keron.  This is good news.  Even at the stupid heritage inflated prices its better to be able to get this than not.

Edited August 11, 2023 by mwilkinson (see edit history)

[JS2004]

Yeah thanks for that info Keron. At least for now there's an option, although maybe I should look at a fiberglass boot lid instead of fixing rust in one place to only potentially have it show up elsewhere.