240 rear window plastic louvres

Angus242164

This is just a "maybe wanted" at this stage, asking on behalf of someone else. I might be after one or more sets of aftermarker plastic exterior rear window louvres to suit 100/200 series sedans, like this:

If you've got some you want to sell cheaply please send me a PM.

Anthony

Comment: 240 - I've owned a few, best design was Volvo factory unit, and it had a cut out for a brake light switch.
It makes a 240 look extra cool and sporty.
Aunger made them similar to the pic.
However the issue is with the holding method. The genuine Volvo unit was removable yes when you pressed in about 8 round clips with a special tool, but the locking method was glued permanently to the rear window was via plastic strips with super strength bonding tape.

With the Aunger units, a design used on many cars, and when used the clips you couldn't get anymore, so the louvre was then useless.

The pic of the unit shows a hinge type clip that does seem reusable.

timbo

You can buy the aunger style mounts brand new for approx $40

familyman

I had the type in the photo once - those flat metal tabs, over time make the 'hole' in the rubber 'permanent'. They also allow water in. A tiny amount, but still - when the louvre finally breaks, you're left with larger holes that let a bit more water in.

Later we had an Aunger, where you stick plastic tabs to the glass with double-sided tape, and a packet of clips pushes through holes in the louvre, you rotate them with a screwdriver to lock into the tabs. This was the best type. But both eventually sag and crack.

There's the metal blinds that go inside the glass. But it also leaves permanent marks in the rubber when you remove them. Which you eventually have to do, as they corrode/rust.

We have original Volvo twin-roll up blinds in this car. The original owner fitted them. Wish he hadn't! The clips that the blinds lock into are screwed into the headliner. And I've seen the roller blind type torn in other cars. First thing I did was unhook them and let them coil away.

Although the Aunger type sags and cracks, I'd like one again. But only if it were new - and I could buy a few and store them until they were needed (when the previous one broke). Wish someone would get them remade in China. (As if that's ever going to happen.)

Ghettobird

The issue with getting them remade - No one will buy them, there isnt enough demand & people never front up with the cash

I know of a few sets, can find out on Wednesday if interested

Smitty

I remember having the external louvres in the 80s and remember the recycling that occurred in most flea markets where you purchased a second hand Aunger to replace the one that was stolen off your own car the week before!

The anti theft kit required the thief to obtain a hard to get Phillips head screwdriver to remove it!

The louvre was the main reason that Armour All became successful. Maybe they were co owned?

I remember mum and dad having an internal aluminium louvre in the valiant and 144! Didn't really do very much!

Remember the colour coded awning over the windscreen or the sticker across the top of the windscreen displaying the brand of your car!

iceton1975

Volv-rek has about 7 sets on the shelf you will need new clips, call me on 03 98745544 monday to friday 8 till 5, Postage will be a hassle, best for pick up.

familyman

Smitty;63446 wroteI remember mum and dad having an internal aluminium louvre in the valiant and 144! Didn't really do very much!

It does do something... If you clean the window properly before fitting one - and people don't purposely stick their fingers through the slats - the glass may never need cleaning again!

(I removed one once, cleaned the glass, put it back - removed it again months later to clean the glass again - but it didn't look any different, the rag was spotless, and after washing the car and cleaning the outside a couple of years on - I could tell the inside still didn't need cleaning. ;-)

familyman

Ghettobird;63445 wroteThe issue with getting them remade - No one will buy them, there isnt enough demand & people never front up with the cash

Yeah - they always require a minimum order before they'll make anything. Then there's the problem of them getting it just right - they don't seem to understand the concept "identical". I've heard stories too where the first unit they show you is great - then you go home, wait for the rest to arrive, but they go into production after changing everything to increase the money they made from the job.

There's a USA louvre I'd like to get (if it were like new). It came in two 'different' versions - one 'original' Volvo - the other a 'copy'. But I think they we're both made by the same company - just with "Volvo" removed for the ones they sold for themselves. From the pics I've seen, it *seems* to be more robust than the ones Australia got - no sagging maybe - and has an opening for the rear window brake light (that some pen-pushing government goose decided was necessary).