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Update: Personally I wanted a new TC like nobody's business, but there were none to be had. When I bought her in 2019 there were so many on the lot we had to go to the overflow lot to find the one I had my eye on. Not so in 2020 or even 2021. Long story short we got us a Maverick instead to replace the van. Wife's happier, to be honest. That said I'm afraid I have to leave this little community but I want to thank you all for letting me be part of it and all the well-wishes, not to mention the plethora of good information in all the threads. Cheers.

Thank you.

That's factory glass covered in aftermarket perforated vinyl. The same is on the rear windows. Wonderful alternative to tinting.

Thanks for the well-wishes, and you bet the next van is going to be exactly that. Funny you mention the wiper blades, I was lamenting buying Trico Ice blades as they were causing the wipers to malfunction.

I was recently involved in a crash in my 2019 TC, a car lost control and drifted into my lane. We struck, my van went into a spin, hit the embankment and rolled into the ditch striking the treebank. The van was inverted. All airbags deployed, though my seatbelt came loose by itself. My wife was still tethered in her seat upside down. I unbuckled her and we were able to crawl into the cargo bay and out of one of the barn-doors that opened on impact. This van saved our lives. We walked away from the damage you see with superficial injury. Though I'm not thrilled about my seatbelt malfunction this shows how durable this vehicle is in a crash. The van is a total loss, but we're alive.

The OEM protective cage installed on the Van version's sliding-door windows on the driver-side for the small wheel base. I don't have a part number.

I've got what you need. I've just developed a prototype of a space-age phone mount specifically designed for the 19-21 TC. Behold. Now, I know what you're thinking; it looks like a belt-clip for an Otterbox attached to a length of black-painted plywood via rubber bands from the grocery store, but I assure you this is made from the highest quality of materials. Slip this baby into the slot in the dash and you're good to go. I accept Paypal and most Cryptocurrencies.

If anyone has a window screen they removed from a SWB on the driver side, I'm interested.

No, mine didn't have screens installed factory, I just drilled them in, no trouble. Now, to remove the rivets, simply choose a drill bit slightly larger than the head of the rivet and drill it off. The rest of it will fall into the door cavity, I guess. Take the screen off and tint your window. If you want to replace the screen, just screw in self-drilling screws a hair larger then the hole created from the rivet removal. The metal is pretty thin so you can always choose a larger screw. Or sell the screens on the secondary market. I'd trade good value for a driver-side, SWB OEM screen

Rivets need to be drilled to remove them. I mounted my screens after the fact, and used self-drilling lath screws that I painted black to match.

For anyone toying with the idea of RV windows or Portholes on their van but isn't 100% sure of what it'll actually look like installed, this little gem out in the wild has pretty much all of them on the same vehicle.

I went with the OMAC branded ones for $140 and the install wasn't terribly labor intensive. Very solid and give it a good look.

You bet. And I asked how they did it, and they were more than willing to let me in on it. Apparently they have an automatic machine that does it in no time flat. I dropped it off at 9 a.m. and drove away at around noon. Be sure to keep the plastic panel to either sell on the secondary market or use as a patch in case the window gets broken for some reason.

I only did the passenger side, and purchased the glass from Winner Ford. If I'm being honest, I probably paid more all in than I should have, but if it means being able to save myself from a blind-spot accident so be it. Also auto-glass places really want to supply the full-tint version and I wanted non tint because my rear windows aren't tinted and I wanted it to look factory. I can't stand clear and tint on a car, it looks uneven.

$125 for the job and I supplied the glass.