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Dec 3, 2005 | 09:45 AM

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STOCKLS1

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Louvers on any vehicle were always ugly in my opinion. Just my $.02.

Dec 3, 2005 | 11:54 AM

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Dec 3, 2005 | 12:36 PM

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i dont tihnk it would look too bad on a black car. out of place a little yeah but it adds a bit of personality kind of like a fin on a shark

that being said, nothing i would do to my car.

Dec 3, 2005 | 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by paper doll

i wanted to beat this guy up! does anyone think this is a bad appearance mod besides me?

LOL , no no .....your most likely in the vast majority . Crap like that is always a great way to destroy the looks of a car . God , I remember when you order them as an option on a brand new 3rd gen . I thought they all but died , guess not . YIKES

Dec 3, 2005 | 01:55 PM

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A guy at the gas station yesterday asked me what exhaust I had on my car. He was drivng a '98 Mustang GT...black...with louvers on the back. Didn't look bad, but did look out of place. Apparently he just bought his Mustang....so maybe he was gonna take them off. Louvers = 80s

Dec 3, 2005 | 02:22 PM

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Actually, louvers = 70's. Thats when they looked good. I used to have a 79 10th anniversary T/A, and when I bought it, it had the louvers on it. Looked ok, but I took them off anyways, not for me, and certianly dont belong on our cars.

Dec 3, 2005 | 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by juicdta

the only car that looks good on is old mach 1 and boss mustangs. other than that hell no!!!

Dec 3, 2005 | 02:31 PM

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that is nasty

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Dec 3, 2005 | 08:51 PM

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lol, louvers and mullets have never been my thing

Dec 3, 2005 | 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by STOCKLS1

Louvers on any vehicle were always ugly in my opinion. Just my $.02.

Amen. I've bought three new Camaros in my life, a '83 Z28, a '90 RS, and my current '99 Z28 and never once considered putting those fugly, vision-blocking rattletraps on any of them.

You can achieve the UV protection with tint that doesn't kill the sleek lines of the car.

Dec 3, 2005 | 09:24 PM

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Hideous.

Dec 4, 2005 | 01:26 PM

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yep those things are pretty ugly

Dec 14, 2005 | 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jezzabelle

I didn't say it looked good on 80's cars, I just thought the idea died and people got over them. BTW what are they called?

They're called headache racks. I think the name speaks for itself.

Dec 14, 2005 | 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by skippytheloon

lol, louvers and mullets have never been my thing

Does the mullet lead to the louvers or the louvers to the mullet? You can't have one w/o the other.

Dec 14, 2005 | 05:46 PM

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Noticed a local mach 1 with louvers last night. Black hood, roof, louvers and spoiler on a yellow car. Didnt stand out too much on that car, would look better with just the bare tinted winders IMO though.

its mullets first, then louvers.

Dec 14, 2005 | 05:53 PM

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It makes me think of those glass/ color painted plexi-glass louvers that moble homes used to have back in the day for window shades.

Dec 14, 2005 | 06:25 PM

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did the guy at least have a mullet? lol jk

Dec 14, 2005 | 06:55 PM

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Actually the history of the mullet goes back a lot more than this and doesn't normally associate itself with the "louvers" The type of related hair is known as the "skullet" A more severe case of "rockititus" that brings about the "louvers"

Example-
"skullet"