pictures of S30's with louvers

[logan1]

Like the title says; I'm looking for pictures of S30's with louvers on rear hatch glass.

Trying to decide if i should use them on my car.

thanx for any picture you might post.

[Inf]

Here you go! The caption didn't say so, but they sure look like lovers to me.

[Inf]

But really, here's a good place to start:

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/index.php

Search for louvers.

[ChrisZ]

Here is some photos of my car from the time it still was a CA car

Chris

[Travel'n Man]

Hope this helps.......

[ajmcforester]

I don't have a set, but had them on a different car. They are nice at cutting down heat from the sun and can reduce fading in the interior. They don't affect you view, unless one gets bent. The disadvantages is cleaning, make the hatch heavier (so make sure the shock is good), and some people don't like the look (they tell you about it also). Personally I like them

[Bonzi Lon]

And the box they came in.

Bonzi Lon

[FastWoman]

Well, you've already seen enough pics to know what it looks like, so it's pointless to upload my own. I used to really hate the look of louvers until the 70's ended, and then I sort of missed them. I bought a '75 280Z in 1983, and it came without louvers. I thought it looked better that way, so I didn't add any.

Now, many years later, and long after having sold that car, I bought my '78 280Z, which came with louvers both on the rear and on the quarter windows. My first thought was whether I should remove them. I pulled them off, but them on, scrutinized, head-scratched, and concluded that I'd keep the rear louver but ditch the ones over the quarter windows. The ones on the quarter windows were cheap plastic and did nothing but obscure the view and make the car look less aerodynamic. They also chopped up the clean lines of the body and roof. The ones on the back, though, weren't all that bad. They GREATLY cut glare out the rear window, protected the interior from sun, and kept the cabin cool. What's more, they were a throw-back to that cool late-70's look, for better or worse -- Saturday Night Fever, disco, polyester leisure suits, etc. Rather than turning my nose up at it, I decided to embrace it. My '78 came out the very year all that started, and I felt it should wear the rear louvers proudly. Besides that, the additional horizontal lines sort of complement the projected front bumper of the 280.

BTW, I saw a disco mirror ball Christmas ornament and thought briefly about hanging it from the rear view mirror as a lark. However, good taste got the better of me.

Edited November 27, 2010 by FastWoman

[FastWoman]

BTW, a tip to any of you trying to figure out how to mount the thing without the proper double-adhesive pads at the bottom (the super-thick kind): Use black 5200 caulk instead. You can't just build up multiple layers of the ordinary double-side adhesive pad material. It will come loose. My louvers came with the adhesive partially given way, and this was the only method I could find to re-stick it.

[FastWoman]

And sorry for the thread-jack, but is the louver at the bottom supposed to be bowed? Mine is, and the two I see in the above pics are too. Bonzi Lon, is your "new" bottom-most louver bowed? I can't figure out how to straighten mine, but maybe they're just that way.

[mgood]

My louvers have been on for about 32 years. I have lots of other images at my web site listed below under Outside view.

[Jeff G 78]

All of the pics so far are of the on-the-glass louvers. Is that the style you are looking for? If you are looking for pics of the larger body mounted louvers, let me know and I'll scan a 25 year old pic of a '76 Z I had. I currently have two sets of louvers, but none are currently mounted. I'm not sure if I really want to drill or not. I will say they they help keep the interior cooler in the summer.

Edit: Michael beat me to it. He has the body mounted louvers.

Edited November 27, 2010 by Jeff G 78