Rear Glass - backwards?

[timmycharger]

   Sort of a stupid question... just polished out my rear glass and was propping it in just to see how it looks but then I wasnt sure if the glass was in correctly. Is the writing on the glass next to the Chrysler stamp supposed to be legible from the inside or outside? meaning not backwards... I cant tell if the glass is concave or not as I did not put it down on a flat surface. 

[Troy]

The glass bows out. If you have a cardboard box or even a piece of paper you can put the edge in the center of the glass and see the curve. I believe you can read the markings correctly from outside but I'd have to look.

Troy

[ODZKing]

All of mine are readable from outside.

[sardillim]

agreed   outside

[timmycharger]

Ok, thanks guys, I had it backwards.. 

[terrible one]

For what it's worth, the logo on my glass is backwards looking from the outside, so it reads correctly from the inside. I checked what Troy said with a straightedge and the glass is bowed outwards so it's installed correctly. 

[charger Downunder]

Now this is confusing. If you put a straight edge across the outside of the glass and it is able to be rocked back and forth with the high spot in the middle.
Is this glass bowed outwards or inwards.

[Troy]

Now this is confusing. If you put a straight edge across the outside of the glass and it is able to be rocked back and forth with the high spot in the middle.
Is this glass bowed outwards or inwards.

That is bowed outwards and is correct. The rear window is more like a bubble than sunk in.

Troy

[ACUDANUT]

Now this is confusing. If you put a straight edge across the outside of the glass and it is able to be rocked back and forth with the high spot in the middle.
Is this glass bowed outwards or inwards.

That is bowed outwards and is correct. The rear window is more like a bubble than sunk in.

Troy

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[terrible one]

Now this is confusing. If you put a straight edge across the outside of the glass and it is able to be rocked back and forth with the high spot in the middle.
Is this glass bowed outwards or inwards.

That is bowed outwards and is correct. The rear window is more like a bubble than sunk in.

Troy

That's my understanding of the term as well, and mine is definitely bowed outwards. I guess it's not too weird of an idea to think that some pieces of glass ended up with the etching on a different side depending on the method used 

[six-tee-nine]

One of the few things still in place after 40 years on mine was the rear window. And when I removed it it was bowed outwards. Wich also makes the most sense to me, but if you look at it, it will fit perfectly turned over.... you need to pay attention to every little detail when stripping a car so it seems again....

[Mike DC]

   
Another vote that the stock placement is to have the glass bowed out in the middle, like a bubble.



It seems odd that they didn't make the piece totally flat from the factory. 

Maybe they just had a policy of avoiding perfectly flat glass because of reflective issues or something. 

   

[timmycharger]

I put a straight edge on it, and it did bubble outwards like described above, so that means that my Chrysler stampings are backwards... weird.

[six-tee-nine]

 Monday morning window? 

[dual fours]

The glass bows out. If you have a cardboard box or even a piece of paper you can put the edge in the center of the glass and see the curve. I believe you can read the markings correctly from outside but I'd have to look.

Troy

All of mine are readable from outside.

For what it's worth, the logo on my glass is backwards looking from the outside, so it reads correctly from the inside. I checked what Troy said with a straightedge and the glass is bowed outwards so it's installed correctly.  

When the glass was bowed the print/logo, already in place would have ended up on the convex (outside) or concave (inside) making it readable from inside (concave) or outside (convex) one or the other. In other words the glass was flopped before it was bowed.
My print/logo is readable from the inside.