So, I was being stupid and trying to dislodge a bolt that fell down the hatch during spoiler install. I unattached the hatch struts and was shaking it. Too much flex apparently and boom. $425 to replace it...

What a morning.

 

damn that sucks

 

And the mother-focking bolt is still in there... Annoying as all hell.

 

Sorry to hear that man, **** happens. $425 thats an expensive mistake, any chance your insurance would cover it?

 

Never work on cars when tired, or angry.

 

I had no idea that the rear glass was so fragile. Did the window shatter or just crack? Need photos.

 

Entire window is shattered/cracked, but it did not fall in. I'm guessing a hard door slam or even dropping a quarter onto it might set it off to cave in. Thats going to cause a huge mess though, so I'll wait for the auto glass place to get here and see if they know a better way to remove it without the mess...

 

I took a pic, I'll try to post it sometime soon...

 

OMG! There must have been a moment of WTF after it happened

 

+1,000,000

 

.....I had one of those days last week. Good luck getting the bolt out.

 

should have got lexan glass for $300.