Do you call it a REAR WINDOW or REAR WINDHIELD?!?!

I had a customer tell me I had sent him the wrong trim clips. He said he wanted them for the REAR windshield not the FRONT windshield. He placed the order himself and ordered FRONT WINDSHIELD clips but said he just saw the "windshield" part and ordered them so it MUST be my fault for not sending him the rear ones that he actually wanted. You can't make this ship up! I was under the impression the back glass is called the REAR WINDOW (and thats what the heck I'll continue to call it).

So I had to Google this dilemma and this is what I ran across. Kinda funny.

https://jalopnik.com/rear-window-or-rear-windshield-1786453562

I suppose I could call the rear window a windshield if I had a tailwind greater than my momentum? Other than that, it's rear window.

Come on "OLD GUYS" get with the times.

No different then going through say a 1975 mopar parts book and the terms they used for items we never hear today... some odd words in them books.

Ever hear of a cowl MUCKET filler.... that lil rubber part at the bottom corner of a new mopar windshield to cowl. me neither till I needed one.

Its still a rear window to me.

Old!?

Very nice!

It's a backlite.

Rear window.

We have a winner!

If yur backing the car up .... the rear windshield !

I have heard that numerous times but it doesn't sound right to me.
Ma Mopar did have some unconventional sounding terms.
Propeller shaft = Drive shaft.
Rear motor mount = Transmission mount.

It's not Mopar specific, it's the proper term as is propeller shaft and transmission mount.
What is a backlite?

What annoys me even more so is that now ANYTHING and EVERYTHING with 4 wheels is simply called 'a car'. Truck, van, bus, RV, etc, etc are all cars now.

It never really bugged me until someone sent me searching for a car, when it actually was a truck.

Rear glass, back glass, rear window, and now rear windshield . ranks right up there with with facing the front end and calling the drivers side the RIGHT side

Back light. I just got used to in the assembly plants.
KID

He ordered FRONT windshield clips. Enough said...



What annoys me more then that is how everything that used to be called a wagon or a crossover or even a hatchback is suddenly now called an SUV. Might as well start calling minivans that too since they're closer to an suv then some of the other vehicles labelled that.

So does that mean my '69 GTX has side windshields? Now when I'm inquiring about tinted door and quarter glass do I have to state "I'm looking for tinted front door windshields and driver's and passenger's rear side windshields"? What kind of reaction do you think you would get at the local Autozone if you asked for a replacement rear "windshield" wiper blade for your wife's minivan.......might as well pick up some blinker fluid and some 710 while you're at it

Actually to really confuse the issue.......the SAE calls it "glazing"

Mike

FMVSS 205:

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205 – Glazing Materials
Glazing standards are regulated by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205.

From 49 CFR Ch. V (10-1-04 Edition).

§ 571.205 Standard No. 205, Glazing materials
S1. Scope. This standard specifies requirements for glazing materials for
use in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment.

S2. Purpose. The purpose of this standard is to reduce injuries resulting
from impact to glazing surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of transparency in motor vehicle windows for driver visibility, and to minimize the possibility of occupants being thrown through the vehicle windows in collisions.

S3. Application and Incorporation by Reference.

S3.1 Application. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, slide-in campers, pickup covers designed to carry persons while in motion, and low speed vehicles, and to glazing materials for use in those vehicles. For motor vehicles and glazing equipment manufactured before September 1, 2006, the manufacturer may, at its option, comply with 49 CFR 571.205 revised as of October 1, 2003 instead of this version.

Rear window.

Rear window...gotta love it when non car people try to do car things themselves....

anyone that has worked in a parts business knows full well.....you don't give the customer what he asks for.....you give him what he NEEDS....

Rear window.


One of the terms that I hate hearing people use is when people call a front fender the front quarter panel.

Rear window unless of course your driving down the road in reverse, then I guess you could call it a windshield.

Back glass.

Most of people in the county I work in call the trunk the boot. It’s odd since I live in the next county over and never hear that term.

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Nope, neither. Backlite. If you went to parts, and asked to schedule a back glass replacement, you would be corrected. At least that’s the way it was in 1977.

A guy walks into an auto parts store and says "I need the clips for my back glass, rear windshield, rear window, back light."

Counter guy looking confused "So what do you want the clips for? Those parts all have different part numbers..."

Customer "Do you have any in stock I can look at?"

Counter guy "No, I only show I have clips available for the rear windscreen."

Customer "OH! OK. I'll take those."

Counter guy "Can't sell them to you, they probably won't fit."

Customer "I'll take the chance."

Counter guy "I'll have to get my manager's approval!" as he walks away commenting to the other counter guy on the stupid customer that doesn't have a clue what he wants.

ordering parts is so complicated these days.

Around these parts, they call it a veHICKle.

You mean like when someone calls it a rear window instead of using the correct nomenclature?
Many parts of a vehicle have been called by differing names. Some have been used by different manufacturers contributing to the confusion of what is proper. In short, while even the industry standards aren't always adhered to by all manufacturers, some incorrect terms become common place.

It’s called a rear window around these parts.

Yeah, it is....unless you are some kind of dork.

Well, on a Dodge or Ram truck with one that can be opened it's called a sliding rear window, whether it's manual or powered.
When it was on the window sticker (Monroney Label) they call it a sliding rear window.

They don't call it a sliding rear Backlite.

There is only one windshield in most cars made today, it is in the front facing forward.

Everyone that I know outside of the auto industry calls it the back or rear window or glass. At the assembly plant that I worked in it was always referred to as the back light. Never window or glass and definitely not rear windshield.

If you are going backwards fast enough to need a rear windshield then you are probably doing something wrong.

you got it i worked for mopar in the pdc - ware house and it was called a backlite

My old Mitchell crash book calls it a back window.

It's a rear window. Windshield is called that because it shields you from wind while driving. A window is for viewing, which you do to see through.

i worked at mopar in a pdc warehouse for 17 years that where the dealer would get there parts and it was called a back light when i first started there i though what the heck is back lite

when i worked in a body shop back in '68, it was called a back light.
it almost seems like a regional term from the responses.

On the site https://www.ramtrucks.com/bmo.ram_2...W7,X8,ESB,DFX,DME,Z2D,TWD,WDA,TX,UAA,2GA

Where you option and build out a truck they call its a "Rear Sliding Window".

Tradesman Level 2 Equipment Group
$1,745

Black Exterior Mirrors
Cloth 40/20/40 Bench Seat
Exterior Mirrors with Heating Element
Carpet Floor-Covering
Overhead Console
Overhead Cupholder-Lamp
Power-Heated Mirrors with Fold-Away
Power Windows with Front One-Touch-Down Feature
Rear Sliding Window
Remote Keyless-Entry
SiriusXM® with 6-Month Radio Sub Call 800-643-2112
Speed-Sensitive Power-Locks
Upgraded Door Trim Panel
Active Noise-Control System (Unavailable with some configurations)
Front Rubber Floor Mats by Mopar® (Unavailable with some configurations)
Front Floor Mats (Unavailable with some configurations)

THIS is correct. ^^^

[quote=A12]So does that mean my '69 GTX has side windshields? Now when I'm inquiring about tinted door and quarter glass do I have to state "I'm looking for tinted front door windshields and driver's and passenger's rear side windshields"? What kind of reaction do you think you would get at the local Autozone if you asked for a replacement rear "windshield" wiper blade for your wife's minivan.......might as well pick up some blinker fluid and some 710 while you're at it

Actually to really confuse the issue.......the SAE calls it "glazing"

Mike

Well, in the glass industry, someone who installs or services glass in buildings is a glazer. In the auto glass industry (I used to work in both), you have the windshield, door glass, quarter glass, & backlite. And that's just the way it is my brothers & sisters! When I worked for my first auto glass distributor in Detroit back in 1978, I was always eyeballing a clear Superbird backlite we had in inventory - it was a genuine Mopar one. One day I asked how much $$ if I bought it. As I remember, it was around $80.00. I think I was bringing home around $120.00 a week, so that was steep $$ for me! I simply could not afford it.

t's like the correct term, beltline weatherstrips, are called....

Window sweeps
Window wipes
Cat whiskers
Fuzzies
And a gal called me a few months back and called the "Dew wipes". I know what she meant
Another guy called me a couple days ago and called them "window anti rattle something", after much discussion he wanted beltline weatherstrips.

Yep, beltline weatherstrips are another piece most non automotive people don't know the proper term for. I do call them dew wipes sometimes just because it sounds hillbilly.

Back Glass

Aft windscreen

[quote=A12]So does that mean my '69 GTX has side windshields? Droplite is what there called in the Jensen service manual referring to windows that can be rolled down.

Can't believe it took 46? replies to get "windscreen" into the discussion, especially after the Phaeton reply

Back glass. On another note is it an engine or a motor?

neither. it's a "power plant".

Unless it’s not running

Don't put motor oil in your ENGINE.