Skylynx Posted Monday at 12:13 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:13 AM I'm going to try my best at recreating the Original rear window louvers that were a VERY rare option in out trucks, but despite my best efforts i can only find two pictures of them online, i need as many of them as i can get to try and recreate them as faithfully as i can so PLEASE!!! if you've got any pictures of them please post them here to make this little experiment easier! These are the only two pictures of them that i've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted Monday at 12:29 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:29 AM The top pic is @Sugarfoot’s right? I think he parted out his truck but never got back to me about the louvers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted Monday at 02:36 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:36 AM 2 hours ago, fiatslug87 said: The top pic is @Sugarfoot’s right? I think he parted out his truck but never got back to me about the louvers. Yup, that’s where i got it from! I’m so sad that he never really posted more about such a unique piece, it would have been massively helpful on this… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted Monday at 11:02 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:02 PM Bottom picture is mine….. I don’t think I ever posted or took many pictures of it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted yesterday at 04:46 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 04:46 AM do you still have it? is there a way fr you to take more of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted yesterday at 04:57 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 04:57 AM 5 hours ago, 88mjsally said: Bottom picture is mine….. I don’t think I ever posted or took many pictures of it though Sorry forgot to quite you on the last message so it would ping you about it, i'm so filled with hope that you still have it ohmygosh, if you could provide any pictures of it at all it would be a massive help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted yesterday at 03:53 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:53 PM That second picture was from an eBay listing, was @88mjsally buying or selling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM 20 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: That second picture was from an eBay listing, was @88mjsally buying or selling? I bought it for one of my trucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM 11 hours ago, Skylynx said: Sorry forgot to quite you on the last message so it would ping you about it, i'm so filled with hope that you still have it ohmygosh, if you could provide any pictures of it at all it would be a massive help! I can pull it out and take a couple pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted 23 hours ago Author Share Posted 23 hours ago 4 hours ago, 88mjsally said: I can pull it out and take a couple pictures You’re literally a godsend!!! Thank you yes that would be great! Before you do that also take some pictures of it mounted to the glass so we can see how it attaches onto it if you can! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 31 minutes ago, Skylynx said: You’re literally a godsend!!! Thank you yes that would be great! Before you do that also take some pictures of it mounted to the glass so we can see how it attaches onto it if you can! Thank you! It’s not mounted at the moment. The truck I might eventually put it on is in a million pieces at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago I will have to get some of the mounting brackets too but they stick to the glass with double sided tape then it mounts to the brackets with the twist lock clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eagle_SX4 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago That is cool to see. Is it aluminum or plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactical Bacon Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago I'd love to have some louvers for my Manche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted 11 hours ago Author Share Posted 11 hours ago @88mjsally you have no clue how grateful i am with you for this, this is amazing!!! Thank you you so much for the pictures, i would have never guessed that’s the way they attached to the window otherwise, i can confidently say that these images have taken me like 90% of the way to understanding how i wanna approach this project, but if you’d be willing to provide a tiny bit more detail on this i will be forever in your debt, honestly those pictures may have been enough but the image compression in this site is quite aggressive, and i think it’d be easier to ask question that to be chasing blurry pixels. my first and biggest question would be about the materials it’s made of and the gauges, i’m 99% certain this is aluminum but knowing how thick the louvers are and how thick the “supports” are would be a game changer! i’ve highlighted here in some images the other questions and doubts that i have, i know i’m pushy and bothersome and that i’m asking a heck of a lot but it would be SO COOL if i could clear up these questions too before i go and start spending money to replicate this things, i’ll repay you in beer and a big heckin’ steak one day i swear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 8 hours ago, Eagle_SX4 said: That is cool to see. Is it aluminum or plastic? It’s aluminum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicJames Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Off topic, but these were a $171 accessory option back in the day. A small price for looking cool 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, MagicJames said: Off topic, but these were a $171 accessory option back in the day. A small price for looking cool 😎 That’s almost $500 in today’s dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjsally Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 7 hours ago, Skylynx said: @88mjsally you have no clue how grateful i am with you for this, this is amazing!!! Thank you you so much for the pictures, i would have never guessed that’s the way they attached to the window otherwise, i can confidently say that these images have taken me like 90% of the way to understanding how i wanna approach this project, but if you’d be willing to provide a tiny bit more detail on this i will be forever in your debt, honestly those pictures may have been enough but the image compression in this site is quite aggressive, and i think it’d be easier to ask question that to be chasing blurry pixels. my first and biggest question would be about the materials it’s made of and the gauges, i’m 99% certain this is aluminum but knowing how thick the louvers are and how thick the “supports” are would be a game changer! i’ve highlighted here in some images the other questions and doubts that i have, i know i’m pushy and bothersome and that i’m asking a heck of a lot but it would be SO COOL if i could clear up these questions too before i go and start spending money to replicate this things, i’ll repay you in beer and a big heckin’ steak one day i swear! It’s aluminum and appears to be riveted together. There is rubber on the vertical pieces to cushion it from the glass as well. I don’t really have the stuff to measure thickness correctly. Honestly it’s a pretty complicated assembly so it would be hard to replicate without having one in front of you to copy all the dimensions and angles from and a full metal fab shop. That’s at least my personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, 88mjsally said: It’s aluminum and appears to be riveted together. There is rubber on the vertical pieces to cushion it from the glass as well. Oh okay! So even the parts that i circled in blue that i thought were spot-welds are actually rivets? If they are then that honestly makes this build way easier then! 1 hour ago, 88mjsally said: I don’t really have the stuff to measure thickness correctly. yeah measuring the exact thickness on things can be quite hard without the correct tools, but i don’t need exact measurements! Like, would you say the material on the louvers is as thick as a quarter? Slightly less? Slightly more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, 88mjsally said: Honestly it’s a pretty complicated assembly so it would be hard to replicate without having one in front of you to copy all the dimensions and angles from and a full metal fab shop. That’s at least my personal opinion Oh Yee of little faith, I await the day in which the world shall stop doubting my Hyperfixation! Honestly, they look a little intimidating for sure, but i don’t see anything on them that i won’t be able to easily replicate, your pictures actually made me realize that these things are actually way simpler than what i had thought they were before! I’ve already ordered some new tools to work with aluminum sheets so i can start cranking at this thing, so glad i didn’t place the order for a spot welder since apparently it’s all just rivets, yeah? IF IT’S AT ALL POSSIBLE AND NOT TOO BOTHERSOME some more extra, more up close and detailed pictures of the areas i marked would be beyond incredible and you’d be my hero forever and ever <3 Again, THANK YOU so much for all the help and the info, this has been so productive and helpful already ahaha i was hoping for maybe one or two extra esoteric pictures from far away taken with a $#!&ty smartphone 15 years ago or something, and here i am getting detailed looks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylynx Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago Actually, thinking about it maybe the easiest thing to do is to just take a quick video of the thing just slowly going around it and focusing on some details by getting the camera up close to it and then just uploading that to youtube, That way we’d have way better image quality and from there i can rewind and pause to just look and reference anything that i’d need to at whichever point, that way i’m not pestering your existence with this or that particular picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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