2007_Stang

Well I have the Astra Hammond aluminum louvers and I love the looks of them, but like others have said the coating is a little thin for my liking but I'll have them painted this fall to match my car. I also have to agree with the rattle, but mine starts at 50-60mph. I have to deal with the wonderful Kansas wind all the time so it may be a little different situation than their's. I would however like to know how Nuke got them to stop rattling with the weather stripping on the brackets though. The cleaning isn't bad for me but I usually only take them off once a month along with my roush side louvers to clean the windows, so it's not much of a hassle to do every now and then. By the way +1 on the comment about keeping the car cooler. After I installed my louvers my car was quite a bit cooler in the summer, as well as in the winter i never had to clean off my rear window because the snow wouldn't pile up on the louvers like it would on the bare window. If you'd like any more info or some pics of them let me know and I'll see what I can do for you.

P.S.-Nuke could you post pics or PM me how you fixed your rattle problem??? It'd be greatly appriciated

Leos06gtLL

I personally like the mrt ones they just look smooth

Joolander

hesrs a view out the back with astra hammonds




I should have shot from the rearview mirror (this is a few inches lower), but oh well

anyway, yes leo, the MRTs are smooth... and that is my problem with them. to each his own though

executioner

Hate to be a PITA but can someone with the Astras post a closer pic of how the louvers line up across the top roof line. Looking from the doors back at the top of the louvers. Thanks

Nuke

I'm still working on it. I added some thin sweather striping to the 90 degree support brackets that turn to go up to the next horizontal louver (you can sorta see that in Joolanders pic from the inside). This is most likely where I'M getting what sounds like glass-to-metal tapping. I'll try to get some good close-up pics the next time I remove them but it won't be for awhile. I'm heading to Chicago again this weekend.

Joolander

mines not the glas on metal, is aluminum on aluminum, and its on the passenger upper bracket

just needs some padding


executioner, does this help?

executioner

Actually I am wanting to know what they look like if I was looking at them from the front of the car across the roof. Just wondering if they are flush with the roof line or do they stick up with a gap tween the roof and the top louver. But thanks for the pic.

Well I just ordered a setGuess I know what I will be doing next week[8D]

Leos06gtLL

true Joolander , I am not knocking on the Astra's I think they look great also......like you said to each their own

wthalliii

Don't have time today to get you a picture, but they fit flat against the glass. Because of the angle of things right there and the fact that it's not that thick, it doesn't stick up. It just meets the roofline with the same gap that the glass already has. It forms a slightly different angle with the roof than the glass does because the top of it is a slat. You don't see them sticking up from the front of the car. In fact, unless you're very tall or standing on something, you won't see them from the front of the car at all, just as you don't see the back window from the front of the car unless you look through the windshield.

Sorry, that's probably as clear as mud. I think you will probably be happy with them. I like mine.

executioner

Actually that was very clear. Sounds like just what i was looking for. Thanks so much.