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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (7/17)
6/12/08 6:31am

manget1

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I used to have a late model Orange C3 with those louvers and I thought it looked GREAT!

Of course, it was manufactured by Monogram, not GM LOL

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (8/17)
6/12/08 12:03pm

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dave,

no reason to look back !!!

unless you want to see who you just passed !!

even then, they would be but a blurr !!!! Big%20smile

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (9/17)
6/12/08 7:39pm

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ok... got a few pictures of blue uploaded on photobucket...

http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/nn297/jimmy2liter/BlueVette/

there's one or two there that the rear louvers can be seen...

nice picture there Tux.... thought i felt like i was being watched from over there in the bushies.... me paranoid?.. nawwwww...

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (10/17)
6/12/08 8:58pm

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Having worked on many C3's I have seen a lot of different louvers. Some of them are cheap, some are nice quality. I don't know about the set you have. The good ones stay in place well and provide most visibility. I have never had a problem seeing behind while driving or parking a C3 with them.

They do keep the rear carpet from fading in the sun, and provide a bit of privacy, but not much. Some of them lift off easily, some require a basic screwdriver to bit to remove them, some just stay put and make it hard to clean the window.

It comes down to the quality of the individual set, and your personal taste.

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (11/17)
6/12/08 10:49pm

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"BIGBRRD" arrived with a louver set on the rear window. It was the first thing to come off of the car and still resides in the attic of the garage never to go back on. Also still trying to buff out the scratches on the glass. Will be putting it out on eBay sometime so hopefully some other 2nd gen Camaro/Firebird owner will want to own it.

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (12/17)
6/13/08 2:39pm

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These come down to personal choice. If you get them get a good quality set that won't scratch your glass and is easy to access the glass for cleaning and also good visibility. I tend to think they look better on a dark colored car. As for me I don't have that big a## rear window. LOL

That's not a bad thing. LOL

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (13/17)
6/27/08 9:29pm

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I have a set of cragars on my 80, they came with a little church key type lock. They are aluminum, all one full blade from side to side. Great vision nice contrast against the white that had all that glass. Never have seen any scratches as noted from these. They have been on the car for 25 years. If I could find another set I'd buy em for the project car.

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (14/17)
6/28/08 10:10pm

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I ran across this tonight on Ebay during my daily louver search.... Thought that some of you might be interested in this (for the price) with all of the talk about them in this thread.

C 3 REAR WINDOW LOUVER

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (15/17)
6/29/08 7:08pm

ebo

Thanks Tux, not a bad starting price. I myself do not care for that style they look like they belong on a mustang.

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Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (16/17)
6/29/08 9:01pm

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yep i dont think i would buy it used... the one on ebay looks bad ..

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Re: Astra Hammond Rear Window Louvers?? (17/17)
10/6/14 1:26pm

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Hey Albo....Still lookin for a set of these?

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