King Cab Rear Suicide Door Glass Configuration
If you drive a Crew Cab, your rear doors carry full-drop roll-down windows, meaning this stationary quarter glass does not exist on your truck. Nissan reserved this fixed glass panel exclusively for the King Cab extended-cab body style on the D41 Frontier. Because the rear access doors open backwards on reverse-hung hinges, the glass sits directly inside the swinging door frame itself rather than inside a welded cab quarter pillar.
When you look up this glass in the Nissan factory parts catalog, you will not find it listed under body quarter panels. It is indexed strictly as rear door glass assemblies because of how it integrates with the outer door shell (part numbers 82101-9BU1B for the passenger side and 82153-9BU1A for the driver side). Even though it is physically fixed into a swinging suicide door, it has no regulator tracks, sash channels, or window motors tucked behind the interior door cards. It is an encapsulated, stationary pane built purely to give rear-seat occupants outward visibility without any moving mechanical parts to fail.
Hardware Details and Border Frit
The glass panel relies on a perimeter black ceramic frit band baked onto the inner surface. This heavy border masks the bonding line and shields the interior framing from ultraviolet rays. Nissan engineered this unit without any electronic complications: you will find no integrated radio antenna elements, no glass defroster grids, and no driver-assist sensors mounted to the panel.
I usually pull up roughly sixty minutes after you confirm an appointment, ready to deal with the broken glass without pulling apart electrical harness plugs that you would typically encounter on front doors.
| Component / Position | Nissan Reference | Configuration Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Driver Side (LH) Glass | 82301-9BU1B (earlier 82301-9BU1A) | Stationary encapsulated panel |
| Passenger Side (RH) Glass | 82300-9BU1B (earlier 82300-9BU1A) | Stationary encapsulated panel |
| Outer Weatherstrip Seal | 82831-9BU1B | Perimeter rear door surround |
Weatherstripping and Rear Door Alignment
A common complaint on King Cab trucks involves highway wind noise and whistling around the rear passenger area. Drivers often suspect a failed glass seal, but on this cab setup, the sound almost always stems from the full perimeter rear door surround weatherstrip (82831-9BU1B) or a misaligned rear door latch mechanism. Because the rear-hinged door latches directly against the cab opening without a fixed B-pillar, any latch slack pulls the weatherstrip away from the body opening.
When replacing the side glass, isolating the stationary window panel from the surrounding door perimeter seal ensures that the replacement pane sits dead flush with the outer door skin, eliminating potential points of wind drag along the cab flank.
