[davepl]

I don't know what level of restoration this is for, but I'll say this:

On my "high end restoration" (not my truck, that's a mid-level at best) of my 2+2 we put in all new glass, all 6 pieces.

Having new side glass, particularly with properly polished stainless trim, made it like new. Now when I walk up to other "no expense spared" restorations I almost choke from looking at their pitted and scratched glass.

On an "even higher end" restoration you'd get the glass date coded, but I'm not that hardcore.

My truck, fortunately, had almost perfect side glass, so I just kept it. Got lucky there!

My point, I guess, is that it can make a big difference in the appearance of the truck if the rest of the truck is anywhere near up to that standard. Or if it's really scratched up, even on a regular truck it'll make it that much nicer. As people have noted polishing is a lot of work and can only do so much. It's also not cheap for materials, so new side glass can even be cost effective compared to polishing.