Folcroft · Side & Rear Window Replacement

Side and Rear Window Replacement in Folcroft

$200–$500 fitted is the range for a door, quarter or back window at 448 Primos Avenue, and plain door glass for common cars is often on a shelf the same day you call. Tempered glass does not crack and wait for you — it releases all at once into thousands of blunt cubes, and getting those back out of the door shell and the interior is genuinely half the appointment. Call 215-608-1108 with the year, make, model and which window went.

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Where the cubes go, and why that is half the appointment

Tempered glass is made with its skin in compression and its core in tension. That is what makes it safe and what makes failure total: break the skin anywhere and the whole pane lets go at once. The pieces travel further than anyone expects. Most drop straight down inside the door and settle around the regulator and the lock rods, on top of the drain slots at the bottom of the shell. The rest end up in the door pocket, the slot the seat belt retracts into, under the seat rails, and on a back glass the trunk well and defroster vents. Cubes in a belt retractor stop the belt pulling smoothly. Cubes over the drain slots stop the door draining at all, so rain collects against the inner panel and rusts it from inside through a Delaware County winter. Vacuuming the seat is the part anyone can do at home; emptying the shell takes time, and it is why this is not a fifteen-minute swap.

With the cavity clear, the rest of a door glass is mechanical rather than adhesive. The trim panel comes off, the vapor barrier is peeled back without tearing, the new pane is fed into the run channel and clamped to the regulator at the right height, and the window is run up and down before anything goes back together — a pane set a few millimeters out will bind, drop crooked, or leave a gap that whistles once you are up to speed on I-95. The barrier is resealed properly, because that sheet is the only thing keeping rain off your carpet. Back glass is the exception: on most cars it is urethaned in like a windshield, so it carries a cure time and a safe drive-away wait that a door window does not, and where there is a defroster grid the terminals are reconnected and tested before you leave, not found dead in November.

“The guys at Stockers Glass are awesome, they are truly glass whisperers. I had them recently do glasswork on my 87 Buick Grand National and it looks incredible. Never go anywhere else for your glass needs other than to Stockers, I certainly will be coming back with my other classics in the future.”

— Chris Shetzline

If the car is sitting open to the street tonight, say so when you call. We would rather move the day around than give you a tidy slot on Thursday and leave you taping plastic over a door on a block in Collingdale.

What's included

  • Lifetime workmanship warrantyLeaks, wind noise or trim issues from our install are fixed free for as long as you own the vehicle.
  • OEM-quality glassMeets or exceeds FMVSS federal safety standards — matched to your exact year, make, model and features.
  • New moldings, clips & urethaneWe never reuse trim or seals. Fresh OEM-grade urethane, primed and cured to the safe drive-away time.
  • ADAS-readyIf your windshield carries a lane-keep or auto-brake camera, we recalibrate it in-house so you don't need a second trip.
  • Insurance billed directlyWe file the comprehensive claim and handle the paperwork — many drivers pay little or nothing out of pocket.
  • Full clean-upEvery shard vacuumed from the dash, vents and cowl, and your old glass recycled.
Why It Matters

Why a taped-up window costs more than the glass

A car with a bag and tape where a window should be is a car that gets opened a second time, and most of the side glass we fit is a break-in rather than an accident — street parking in Darby, Collingdale, Sharon Hill and Yeadon is where it happens, usually overnight, usually the passenger side. The sheeting also fails in ordinary weather. It drums at speed, it lets rain onto the door card and the seat, and a soaked door card warps and never sits flat again. That is why we would rather squeeze a door glass into today than hand you a neat appointment next week: the difference between one night and four is often the difference between replacing a window and replacing a window plus an interior.

How It Works

Side & Rear Window Replacement in three steps

Call with the window and the car

Driver front, passenger rear, quarter glass or the back glass, plus year, make and model. Call 215-608-1108 first thing — the shop runs 8:00 to 4:00 Monday to Friday, and common door glass ordered in the morning usually lands the same day.

Trim off, shell emptied

The interior panel and the vapor barrier come off, and the door cavity, the drain slots, the seat rails and the carpet are cleared out before the new pane goes anywhere near the run channel.

Set it, cycle it, reseal it

The glass is clamped at the correct height and run through its full travel to prove it does not bind or gap, then the vapor barrier is resealed and the trim goes back on so nothing leaks or rattles a week later.

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Updated September 2026 · Stockers Glass, Folcroft, PA

FAQ

Side & Rear Window Replacement in Folcroft — questions, answered

How much does a broken car window cost to replace?

$200–$500 fitted, and where you land inside that depends on the pane rather than the labor. Plain tempered door glass on a common sedan sits near the bottom. Privacy-tinted quarter glass, and back glass with a defroster grid and an antenna printed into it, sits near the top. Call 215-608-1108 with the year, make, model and which window, and you get one number before you drive down.

My car was broken into last night. Can you fit it today?

Often, if you call early and the pane is a stocked one — plain door glass for common cars usually is. The shop is open 8:00 to 4:00 Monday to Friday and closed on weekends, so a Friday break-in is the one worth calling about straight away. If the part cannot be here until the next morning we will say so on the phone rather than let you sit and hope.

Do I have to claim on insurance or file a police report first?

Neither has to happen before the glass goes in. You can pay for the work and deal with paperwork afterwards. If you are claiming, comprehensive coverage normally covers broken side and rear glass and we can bill the insurer directly — but check your deductible against the $200–$500 range first, because on a cheap pane a claim can cost you more than it saves. A police report is between you and your insurer; it is not something we need.

Will there still be glass in the car when I get it back?

We empty the door cavity, clear the drain slots, and vacuum the seats, the rails and the carpet, and on a back glass we go through the trunk well and the defroster vents as well. Even then, the odd cube can work loose from inside a door over the following weeks as the window cycles — that is normal after a break-in. If it is more than the odd cube, bring it back and we will open it up again.

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A fitted windshield at 448 Primos Avenue is $250–$450 — the glass, the urethane, new moldings and the labor, quoted off your year, make and model before a part is ordered. Chip fills are $60–$130. Door, quarter and back glass runs $200–$500.

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