Vehicle Glass Names

The glass on your car may have an odd name: If you have one, the triangular glass in your front or rear door is labeled as a vent glass. It does not open, or vent, but in classic cars it does! It is a legacy glass name that has not changed.

Is it a sunroof or a moonroof? In the glass industry it is simply roof glass with descriptors; movable, or fixed; and front, middle or rear. So, a classic sunroof is: front sliding roof glass. Moon-roof or Panoramic roof can be used to describe a roof glass with multiple parts; front/fixed roof glass, middle/sliding roof glass, and/or rear/fixed roof glass.

The driver’s side is on the left, and the passenger side is on the right, the description is based on where the driver perspecive when sitting in in the vehicle’s drives seat. The door directly behind the driver’s seat is the rear-left door.

Rear vs back? rear is on the side, behind the driver while back is the back of the vehicle; i.e. the in the tail-gate, above the trunk or above truck-box…

Honestly it can be a bit confusing… please refer to the photo above