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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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Hello guys,

i am thinking of purchasing the cervinis c-series windowscoops. The only doubt i have about them is because there is an opening to the windows and as far as i can see on the pic, you can´t reach the window to clean it with the scoop installed. Does anyone have a clue if i am right? (hopes he´s wrong and there is a way to clean the windows):
[img=http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7812/4305450x3007ny.th.jpg]


Thanks and greeting from Germany

Endemo
Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: Endemo

Hello guys,

i am thinking of purchasing the cervinis c-series windowscoops. The only doubt i have about them is because there is an opening to the windows and as far as i can see on the pic, you can´t reach the window to clean it with the scoop installed. Does anyone have a clue if i am right? (hopes he´s wrong and there is a way to clean the windows):
[img=http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7812/4305450x3007ny.th.jpg]


Thanks and greeting from Germany

Endemo
With most windowscoops, forget about cleaning the windows behind them. I think there is one brand where you can unscrew them to get to the window. But most are stick on and thats it. Those look great though!!!
Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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The Cervini's scoops use the 3M tape all the way around the unit and it adheres to the window. The opening has an aluminum grill insert that I was told cannot be removed. So, no cleaning once applied.

Roush louvers: Mounting brackets using 3M tape are applied to the window and then a ubolt is applied. Then the louvers screw on at 3 points (I think its three points). So these can be removed to clean the windows,
Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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yah they do, whats the price on those?

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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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yah they do, whats the price on those?

Paul
If you menan the cervinis ones, they are about 150 bucks for the window and also 150 for the sidescoops.


@amystery2u

Hmm and thats the problem. If there wasn´t an aluminum grill insert it wouldn´t matter cause you couldn´t see the dirty windows anyhow. But this way you can see the dirt, that will be a lot over time, from the inside and the outside. I don´t know if its enough to steam blast thru the grill to get the roughest dirt gone.
Well, the cervinis ones are the coolest looking sidescoops currently available (at least from the ones that i know of) and ill probably just buy em and see how i get it cleaned. An alternative would be the xenon scoops.

Anyone here that has the cervinis scoops on his car for longer than, lets say 3 months, that can talk about his experience with those scoops and dirt?

Thanks for all the quick replies!

Endemo

PS: sorry for my maybe ****ty english at some points
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