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racerkilla
AMC Nut Joined: Mar/08/2010 Location: Jeffersonville Status: Offline Points: 359 |
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I have honestly never found any louvers to buy online anywhere. This is why I was hoping to try to remake the side ones somehow. The factory side ones are less then 1/8 thick and made very cheap. I was hoping to make them out of 1/8th or a bit more.
The full set was on my red amx and black amx when I bought them. The other full set was on an sx/4 parts car that I was actually paid to take it. They went on my white amx. I have never had an aluminum rear one. I keep an eye out for it but highly doubt I will ever find one. Very lucky to have the ones I do.
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DaleG
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Hi. I'm new here but would be very interested in a set of louvers. A top spray of clear coat would probably keep them from getting UV damage. I used to do that with the Neon colored double wipers back in the 80's.
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racerkilla
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I will be in contact with mirror images in the next few days to see if they can make a mold and figure out a material. This is the same company that a member here used to reproduce the 79 amx air dam, which looks great by the way.
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racerkilla
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So talked to mirror images... The side window louvers would be made out of a urethane plastic.
They would run around 180 plus shipping I think. I need 15 preorders to start the molding process. After the 15 sets it would be 4-8 weeks after they receive my originals to finish the molds and start production. If you are honestly 100 percent interested in a set at that price please pm and go from there
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83GT
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PM Sent! WooHoo!!
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uncljohn
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Living and dealing with the destruction of plastic and rubber in Arizona's environment of Heat and U.V. problems, it almost makes rust look good. Clear coated automobiles paint job's are destroyed after about 5 years or even less. I have one car that the Clear Coat lasted only 3 years. And it was a PPG product. I'd have to have some very serious explanations as to the UV tolerance of a product. As it stands at the moment, while $180.00 would be a fair price, it is not something that I can support. Sorry about that. I have a 1980 AMX and a Spirit that could stand a set, but not enough to gamble the price asked at the present. |
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garsod
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I'm in for a set or two. PM sent
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83GT
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I've seen you post on this issue a couple of times (UV and Paint), and I can certainly understand the concerns. Unless the parts crack or warp under the constant heat, what's wrong with a new coat of paint after a few years? |
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billd
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I know my nephew WOULD take a pair, in fact, I bet my family would support 2 pair of side louvers.
I'll say yes for my nephew - and not even have to ask him and say yes on a second set as if my niece doesn't want them, i'd take them for spares as the ones I have I had to repair with epoxy - the split between the "slats" at the edges. I have 2 styles of mounting tabs - I used the stick-on set, the other set is the sort that slips under the seal but knowing how old the window seals are and how likely such things are to leak, I opted to NOT mess with seals. Besides the profile on the GLASS is identical between the 2 sets of mounts I have, and they all use the nuts to hold the side louvers to the mounting pieces, be they stick-on or "under the seal" types. My car came out of California and set in a yard in the sun for roughly 10 years. Some parts were toast, yeah, like the bumper ends, but others were still fine. There wasn't any paint on the horizontal surfaces but no biggy, at least there wasn't rust, either! |
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racerkilla
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