JETSTEEL

With or without? 1 piece or 3 piece? I'm gonna be getting the 3 piece and paint it white

billschroeder5842

Not so much.....

Cruisinfanatic

Never saw the attraction

Nowhere Man

its a 80's thing. lucky since I was born in 84 I don't remember

Renfield

Yep, pure 80's. Louvers came on a used 1987 Honda CRX Si that I traded a Wrangler for back in the day.

The functionality is undeniable. But so is the hideousness and the blindspots. I took it off the CRX because it even made a HONDA look bad.

Nowhere Man

look on how many 80's Camaros, Firebirds, and Fox body Mustangs got the louvers . I one time I saw a 87 Monte SS areo coupe with them

CA1992C4

I had them on my 1982 Z/28 Camaro and they tended to rattle like hell. My Camaro was black, and the louvers made it look like the Bat Mobile, but the noise was just too much so I took them off.

1984Z51auto

I had a set like shown on the Grand Sport on my '84. It was a matter of staying cool during the summer. The louvers worked really well in keeping the temps down and made the AC much more effective. That huge rear hatch is a really effective greenhouse. A word of caution to the OP: the adhesive used on the mounts is good for about one season on a daily driver. The constant tension gradually pulls it off the glass. The lower mounts are especially impacted. Check them often and replace at least annually with a good (3M) double sided all weather tape.
One other thing... they turn cleaning the rear glass into a half-hour job.

CA1992C4

The louvers I had were like the brown C4 and the blue Camaro and they had clips at the bottom that you unclipped and the whole louver would rotate up at the top hinges to make cleaning the rear window very easy.

I don’t remember their brand name, but they were easy to install and remove.

1984Z51auto

The three piece ones like on the GS pictured had plastic quarter turn buttons that attached to mounts that stuck to the hatch glass at each corner. The center piece had a steel piano hinge bar that taped to the top of the hatch glass and "clipped" over it. The bottom of the center piece was held by two steel pads and "hairpin" clips. A little Mickey Mouse but... I didn't get cooked during the summer.

I think the ones you are writing about were made by CRAGER and were a higher quality and price (looked but couldn't find a set at the time).

Lingenfelter

No shutters on a car!

cdm747

Not happening.

GRIS

Same same on the Z-28 I bought my daughter back in the 80's. It did keep the heat down in the "goldfish bowl".

Cool Runnings

We had them in the 60's.

Nowhere Man

On Mustangs. They gained popularity in the 70’s and hit a high in the 80’s when a lot of cars had big back windows

Cool Runnings

Had them on a Torino. Think Dodge used them too.

WideVette

FOURSPEEDVETTE

I had one of those things on a 1977 Plymouth Arrow GT back in 1978. It got a ton of laughs from everyone even way back then! WTF was I thinking? Looks even worse on a Corvette.

Cool Runnings

They were nice, you could lift the rear to clean the window.

Cool Runnings

Dodge.