The possibility of busting the glass when (carefully) removing it didn't occur to me, I thought the risk was putting it back in. This is why I asked before going to town on it, glad I did. I was hoping for a reply that said "it's easy, you just do this....", but it looks like that isn't the case.
I bought the cab used. All the panels have minor rust on them (more than minor on the very bottom of the doors). There's some rust right next to the rubber, and there's a few minor, wide, "pushed in" type dents here and there. It looks like swing stops were never installed on the doors. On one door the hinges and surrounding metal are going to need adjusted with what might become some heavy swings with a BFH. I'm going to completely sand each panel, cover the worst areas with POR, then prime and repaint. Covering the glass isn't an option, it has to come out. I already started sanding the lower parts, well, grinding actually - used an angle grinder with 40/60 grit flap disks to remove the heavy rust and scale on the bottom of the doors and the foot well pieces, but I need to get the glass out before I make a bone head move and break one of them.
I planned on having a glass shop put the glass back in, I wasn't going to attempt it, but after reading these replies it's probably best to have a shop remove them as well. The closest local glass shop is the only one for many miles around, I only deal with them when I absolutely have to. They should have a mask and a gun for the the prices they charge for replacing window glass and screens. Based on my previous dealings with them it's a pretty safe assumption they're going to flat out refuse to do it anyway. I'll have to search around for a local guy further away.
George - tried to search for Evil Pray to price new rubber but couldn't find it. The search results were quite interesting, but none had anything to do with window rubber. Can you give me a link?
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