Window question on vinyl top removal

[BuickLove]

Can someone tell me before I yank these quarter windows out....I'm doing the vinyl top delete on 86 regal and I saw somewhere that I needed to get hard top windows to replace them, why is this?? WI'll the hard top windows go right in?? What if I use the old windows what's the difference? I wanted to avoid taking the windows out but the rust is behind one of the corners of the windows.... I know it sounds awful but we're patching the rust with fiberglass as we have no knowedge on how to weld. (We =my husband and i)

 

[pontiacgp]

The only difference is the hard top windows have a rubber seal. It's the same window and metal trim and with the vinyl top the window uses the vinyl as the seal. Welding isn't really a hard skill to learn and it's a great skill to have. And while your learning to weld you will become an expert with the grinding disk...

 

[BuickLove]

Gotchya, thankyou!! We just picked up a grinder to grind the little notches off the roof

 

[mr evil]

Can someone tell me before I yank these quarter windows out....I'm doing the vinyl top delete on 86 regal and I saw somewhere that I needed to get hard top windows to replace them, why is this?? WI'll the hard top windows go right in?? What if I use the old windows what's the difference? I wanted to avoid taking the windows out but the rust is behind one of the corners of the windows.... I know it sounds awful but we're patching the rust with fiberglass as we have no knowedge on how to weld. (We =my husband and i)

Depending on how much you are patching and how visible it is, there is a product called por patch, by Por-15 that works at least better than a band aid....used some a few years ago, not bad stuff...