FLUSH DROPPABLE GLASS ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OR TAILGATE OF A VEHICLE

An assembly for a vehicle, including exterior and interior door panels forming a door body and a glass extending from a top of the door body in a closed configuration and being disposed within the door body in an open configuration, lower and upper corners of the glass including lower and upper protruding structures, respectively. An upper guide element is secured to or formed in a pillar of the vehicle and receives the upper protruding structure. A lower guide element is secured to or formed in an interior portion of the door body and receives the lower protruding structure, an upper portion of the lower guide element including a curved guide piece. When the lower protruding structure translates inboard through the curved guide piece and vertically downwards through the lower guide element, the upper protruding structure translates vertically downwards through the upper guide element.