Overvalued....now that is a great term......so far that describes the modding process perfectly......I was amazed that most exterior parts are plastic.....and stick on with 3m tape.......but we keep buying cause we are hooked people....modding is addictive......but not cheap........

 

Thanks for the replies all. This was extremely helpful!

 

These are not painted, but they look great once painted and installed.(see my gallery for pics)

http://www.classicdesignconcepts.com...splay/629.html

 

Good Luck and post pics so we can see your progress....

 

There are cheap products everywhere and for everything. All I'm saying is that only time can tell the difference between a $170 part and a $300 part that serve the same function. Durability is something that only time can test especially when it comes to painted plastic on a car. If you're happy with what you bought. Great. Nothing wrong with that and my remarks re. quality are general, not advice geared to anyone. Sorry if I offended you.

 

i got mine from Classic Design Concepts...paid about $180 unpainted. you get what you pay for, so doesn't suprise me people are getting them painted for the same price and having issues with the paint job. most body shops wanted another $200 just to paint them. fortunately my uncle has a shop and his guy painted them at no charge ...turned out nice. i have had them about 1yr and have received many compliments.

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Anyone have info on this? I noticed it states "Removal of factory window glass is required".

 

There was a thread on this particular product a while back. I can't remember the subj. but it described how the rear windows were to be removed before the louvers were installed. I wasn't too thrilled about having to replace my window with a piece of plastic, so I avoided those like the plague, but they sure look nice. The flush look is definitley cool.

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i dont know about you guys, but i never look out my quarter windows while im driving thats why im getting louvers. i always turn all the way around to check my blindspots.

heres some nice new louvers i found



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Thanks for the compliment!

I guess I could shed some light on it for you... Sorry for any delay in the response, but I'm pretty busy, and don't get to surf all the Mustang web forums regularly - so I rely a bit on our webstats to catch where my attention is needed... that said:

To get a true flush-mount with the factory body line, and to have any visibility out of the piece (a prime design element for us) the part has to be recessed into the body of the car, as it should be. This requires the removal of the factory glass, and installation of our part to replace it. We are using BASF virgin UV-inhibited polycarbonate (Lexan) in the manufacture, so it will be transparent in the vent areas for the driver, and opaque in the rest of it due to how we are finishing the molds. The piece will be smoke-tinted as it comes off to further enhance it's UV resistance. Nominal thickness is over .130" - which is about the same thickness as the factory glass, but made from basically what you make bulletproof glass from, and what NASCAR and others use for race car windshields, so durability should not be a concern for you. This is why the part has to be molded and can't be formed from a much cheaper "vacuum form" process - you just can't get the detail, consistency of thickness, and overall quality that the 300 ton injection press will give you.

Installation you should expect to be between 2-3 hours, depending upon your aptitude, any help from a friend, etc... it only requires 4 tools, and I did the prototype install myself in about an hour, mostly because we had people saying it couldn't be done without either breaking the glass or scratching the paint, both statements which are not true. An experienced window glass shop should be able to do both sides for you in probably 1-1.5 hours.

The install of the new pieces uses the same factory-type urethane adhesive that the window is held in with, so leakage and retaining of the piece will not be an issue. We have researched the urethane with BASF, and they are saying that this will not be a problem "down the road". While we do use 3M products to adhere our honeycomb panel to the car, it is held with enough to hold 60 lbs. vertically on the car, and our part only weighs 2 - we also follow all of 3M's recommendations when installing it to the panel, and the tape is laid out in a way that releases any water that can get behind the panel, but minimizes what can get there to start. So if you've had a failure of a piece that was adhered to glass, I'd either guess that someone didn't follow proper installation procedures on the manufacturing end, it wasn't installed to the car correctly, the part wasn't shaped correctly (which can cause it to pull itself off over time), or the design criteria just didn't spec out enough of a safety margin in the amount of tape used for the weight / aero load. I've seen a lot of products using .250" or thereabouts sized tape, and on ours we are using .875" wide - more expensive for us, but better for you.

Anyway, any other questions about our products, feel free to post them here or email me directly. I'll subscribe to the thread just so I won't be such a stranger. Oh - shameless plug - we're having our Christmas sale now through Dec. 10th, and our louvers will probably be ending the pre-order about the same time as we get close to production.




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