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Quarter window on automobiles and closed carriages may be a side window in the front door or located on each side of the car just forward of the rear window of the vehicle. Only some cars have them. In some cases the fixed quarter glass may set in the corner or "C-pillar" of the vehicle.

Older vehicles frequently separated their side windows into two separate pieces. The main window resembles the ones we know today, and could be raised or lowered through a handle on the door. The second piece is triangular in shape, opened outward, and listed in manuals as a "quarter window" or "quarter glass".

In regards to the '87 model year, Ford has changed to a much cleaner-looking rear mustang quarter windows assembly for the Mustang hatchbacks and hardtops. Built from vulcanized rubber, along with the actual window glass embedded, the one-piece assembly was very hard for the mustang quarter windows, but its purpose was met being it blended the roof into the rear quarter-panel. However, with over time and many hours of hot sun baking the side windows, the exterior rubber melted, leaving the perimeter of the window pitted and discolored.

In the past ten years or so, people who have owned '87-'93 Mustangs have all be forced to deal with the weathered and unsightly mustang quarter windows. If the owners painted over the problem it then made things worse, while there is a repair kit which is available but only provides temporary improvement.

Late model Restoration Supply has stepped up with the best solution: brand new 1987-1993 rear quarter windows for mustangs made by original-equipment manufacturers. Priced at $599.95 for a pair and available for both hardtops and hatchbacks, these windows are the same as the original Ford assemblies, down to the Mustang lettering shown on the glass.

Replacing the rear mustang quarter windows is a fundamental R&R process. Getting to those nine retaining nuts for every ford mustang window is the toughest aspect; essentially, for hatchbacks, you must take off all the plastic trim in the rear of the interior. However, mostly you will deal with small Phillips head screws, though you will need the right socket to unbolt the front seatbelt mechanism on either side of the vehicle.