Replacing rear window

[xanf]

Hi! Unfortunately, today I came to my car which was parked in front of the building to find out my rear window is destroyed. It was either done on purpose (I think so) or was destroyed by out-of-energy bullet from our anti-air defences

Obviously, will contact lotus dealership, but it's literally thousand miles away (I'm in Ukraine) and they are not the fastest to either respond or ship (especially to Ukraine). Maybe there is other place to "buy" rear window and glue it?

I'm aware of JUBU replacement but I don't like carbon one

 

[scc.131.fe]

I feel for you, man. Like you needed one more thing to worry about. Hoping that 2025 brings a repreive for all of Ukraine!!

 

[brise]

Hi! Unfortunately, today I came to my car which was parked in front of the building to find out my rear window is destroyed. It was either done on purpose (I think so) or was destroyed by out-of-energy bullet from our anti-air defences

Obviously, will contact lotus dealership, but it's literally thousand miles away (I'm in Ukraine) and they are not the fastest to either respond or ship (especially to Ukraine). Maybe there is other place to "buy" rear window and glue it?

I'm aware of JUBU replacement but I don't like carbon one


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I'd be heart broken, very sorry to hear that, Really hope you get it sorted.
It doesn't look deliberate to me, as that would of looked like a crazed bullseye, and would of been done in the middle of the screen not just top & bottom.
I know some owners was having problems with the glass smashing on it's own, but I think that was the front windscreen, either way, I would of thought you could get it done under warranty, as looks like the same thing
Personally I'd just leave it as it is for now, perhaps put some carbon or shiny black tape across the top & Bottom.

 

[xanf]

I'd be heart broken, very sorry to hear that, Really hope you get it sorted.
It doesn't look deliberate to me, as that would of looked like a crazed bullseye, and would of been done in the middle of the screen not just top & bottom.
I know some owners was having problems with the glass smashing on it's own, but I think that was the front windscreen, either way, I would of thought you could get it done under warranty, as looks like the same thing
Personally I'd just leave it as it is for now, perhaps put some carbon or shiny black tape across the top & Bottom.

It literally shattered (as expected for any glass) - so it is not impossible to "leave as it is for now"

Warranty unfortunately is not an option (I'm not bringing Ukraine-related stuff to this forum, let's keep it totally on-topic), since man are not allowed to leave the country so bringing car to the dealership sucks

Actually on CCTV it is visible that some man spends ~10 min around the car "looking at" at night, and when the sun rises the window is cracked. Unfortunately no details available. The crazy idea around that is that the end of the glass (not the top - the top shattered because there is some load) was heated with something like lighter. Whatever, it's already happened

I'll wait for dealer quote anyway, cause it seems that this part is nowhere on internet

 

[CarrHarris]

Slava Ukraine!!

 

[JonFuller]

I fitted a new rear glass myself, in my case, it was because I wanted the factory tint (privacy) on the rear only, not to include the side rears, so I ordered without privacy, then changed the rear.

The hard bit was getting the old one out, and you don't really have that issue, from there in, it's easy.

I managed to break mine getting it out, very nearly succeeded, but got too keen at the very last bit, and 'bang'.

You might find the paint on the rear of the tailgate is peppered with tiny marks from the exploding glass (goes with a big bang, lots of energy released). mine made thousands of small chips in it.
Fortunately, the tailgate was removed from the car at the time, so it was limited to just that part, and, it was PPF'd, so the actual paint was protected, and I just got the PPF film replaced on the tailgate.

My replacement tinted glass cost £372 here in the UK, which I thought was reasonable, given it's low volume manufacture.

Note that there were some small rubber spacers set in place to level the glass with it's frame, so that the PU adhesive doesn't compress too much before curing, leaving the glass lower than it should be. They were taped in position, outside the glue line, obviously once the PU has cured, you can just dig them out if you want to.

Some details in this thread:

📓 Journals - My DV Emira and modifications

I was due to pick it up on the Friday, but ended up picking up on Sunday, thanks to Scott . I'm 3500 miles in now and after initial issues its been fantastic

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