Finally decided to get my `85 GS back on the road. Someone threw a 12" subwoofer through the windshield last year (I gotta give them credit for originality I guess). Anyways, I stumbled across a `79 at a junkyard and snagged the windshield. Now that I have it, I did a cross reference and they say `79-83 uses one windshield and `84-85 uses another. After comparing the 2, it looks as though the only difference is that my `85 has a black border on the glass and the `79 does not. Is that the only difference? If it is, then I'm cool. But I don't want to pull the shield out to find the `79 unit don't fit. Anyone know for sure if they will interchange? Thanks.

Bug

 

Man I gotta think they are the same ?! I know the "clip kit" that holds the trim/surround is different. A glass shop will be able to tell you, since they have all the catalogues-
Stu Aull
80Gs
Alaska

 

Well, Im wondering what harm it would do to pull whats left of the windshield out of your 85 to just try and test fit it if its broken already? I would think theyre the same shape also, but I dont know for sure. I think you may be right about the border and thats about it. I agree with calling a windshield place and finding out. Or maybe even Mazda would know.

~T.J.