skin5050

Guys, I found a set of quarter louvers on ebay I liked for $185 painted. In the description, it says they are made from high impact ABS plastic. However, the 3D carbon louvers, for example, are also on ebay and made from polyurethane. They also cost a little more. I really like the look of the ones for $85. But my question is, are the plastic ones going to be cheaper and not last as long as the polyurethane? Is there a big difference in the 2? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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nonstopred

they look nice, umm about the plastic, not sure havent had experience yet with aftermarket stuff, but i dont think it should matter, dont take too much of my advice, were they 85 for 185 jw. You didnt install them yet did u? Keep them off till someone else responds just incase u could return em, probably fine. Good luck

dmhines

Those are the same ones on my car ... I am very happy with them ... the fit and paint are perfect .....

petepete

only problem with plastic is if those are open vents and water sits on the inside they will most likely mold

dmhines

Vents are open so visibility is actually still quite good ... The louver actually mounts to the glass .. not the body. The tape does not go completely across the bottom so any water that does get in there simply runs out the bottom ...

RoadLizard

I don't have much experience with window louvers, but I have worked with injection molding quite a bit. We made some parts out of engineering grade ABS and I can tell you it was harder than superman's knee cap. It was really durable too. The only plastic we worked with that was stronger was polycarbonate (lexan). I don't have any experience with polyurethane though, so I can't advise as to the relative strength of the two. I bet you could hit that high-impact ABS with a bat and it would be fine though. When a resin says "high-impact" that means the polymer molecules are packed in at a much, much higher rate than for medium-impact (MIP) or low impact resins. This gives you a great deal more strength. I'm not saying go with the ABS, just that it is tough as hell. I would bet that you could put a better coat of paint (shine) on polyurethane though as it is much smoother (gloss) coming out of a mold.

Hope that helps a tad...

Roadlizard

skin5050

Roadlizard, that makes complete sense. Thanks all for the input.

LegallyTorchRED

Why would a person put a "Mach 1" decal on a 6 cyl ? and add GT fogs,.... might as well put the GT badge on the trunk while ur at it.
With a few more "glue on mods" you could have afforded a GT.

JMO

EmperorOfChicken

Dude he was doing a throw back to a 69 mach1, looks great imo, maybe you should ask why he was doing that before calling his car rice.

LegallyTorchRED

I said JMO............... ain't this a forum ?
So back in ' 69 they had 6cyl Mach's ?