Identifying Front and Rear Vent Glass Configurations
Determining which vent window pane needs replacing on your car comes down to confirming whether the damage is on the front corner glass ahead of the side mirror or the partition pane in the rear door, along with checking your factory glass shading. The front door vent glass sits directly against the side mirror sail panel and uses clear single-layer tempered glass with a standard green solar-control tint across all trim levels. If you are looking at the rear door quarter section, however, Subaru supplied these cars with two distinct tint options: a standard green solar glass that matches the front panes, or a dark factory privacy glass commonly fitted to higher trim levels and hatchback editions. If you hold a plain white sheet of paper behind your opposite, intact rear vent glass, the difference between the pale greenish solar glass and the dark charcoal privacy tint is immediately obvious.
The distinction matters because each rear shade requires a distinct piece of glass to maintain uniform appearance with the rest of your vehicle. The front door panes share their design across the GJ sedan and GP hatchback builds, as well as the contemporary XV Crosstrek. These front pieces carry distinct left and right designations, matching the factory references 61012FJ010 for the driver side and 61012FJ000 for the passenger side. For the rear doors, standard green glass pieces follow the factory references 62012FJ210 on the left and 62012FJ200 on the right. When you book a replacement with me, I usually pull up to your driveway roughly an hour after we confirm the appointment, carrying the exact matching tint so your doors retain their factory uniformity.
Framed Architecture and Partition Channel Hardware
Unlike earlier Subaru models that relied on frameless door windows, this vehicle uses fully framed door stamped steel with a dedicated vertical division bar separating the movable roll-down window from the fixed vent pane. Neither the front corner window nor the rear partition window is glued to the vehicle body with urethane adhesive. Instead, each piece is mechanically retained within the door frame channels using molded rubber weatherstripping and secured against the vertical partition bar.
Because there are no integrated defroster grid wires, antenna elements, or rain sensor brackets on either the front or rear vent panes, the structural stability of the installation depends entirely on the condition of the surrounding run channels and the partition bar itself. On the rear doors, the glass seats directly inside dedicated partition channel weatherstripping, known under factory part code 62284FJ011 for the left side and 62284FJ001 for the right side. During replacement, ensuring that this vertical steel partition bar and its corresponding rubber channels are cleanly aligned prevents the highway wind whistling that often occurs when the rubber is pinched or seated incorrectly against the outer door belt moulding.
