louvre

[spike4073]

hi, i understand that there were louvres available for the 300 series back in the day?

does anybody know if you can still get these or anyone have one for sale?

thanks

[L14MNP]

I seem to come on this site whenever one of those threads pops up lol.

They're only available second hand or NOS now mate. I was successful on eBay last year after around a year of looking on and off I found two suitable for my car (outbid on first).

What shape/year is your 300? I'm guessing it's a mk3 (last shape) and if so those are apparently the hardest shape to find a louvre for (saloon more so).

All you can do is keep an eye out, do some searching and you will turn one up. I've seen a few spoken of on here, and a couple adveritsed.

They are really cool aren't they . For a piece of cheapo, brittle 80's plastic! Good luck.

[spike4073]

i see... its a 1987 340 dl... out of intrest,,, how much would you say im looking at spending when one does pop up?

[L14MNP]

Mk3 then. Unlucky mate

I paid £80 for mine, and it had no fitting kit. I got a bit carried away with my bid on the other one (I only bid at the death) and £170 odd wasn't enough to get it!

So at a guess I'd say expect to pay about £100. Unless you find one yourself you will probably have to join a long queue on here. I know I was quite a few places from the front.

If I was you I would take a look on eBay.au.

[spike4073]

hmmm, in that case i think if i do manage to get one ill use it to have a mould made and get 20 or so nocked out ........ i reckon with a mould i could get them made for around £20 a peice,, profit margin sounds good to me:)

[L14MNP]

hmmm, in that case i think if i do manage to get one ill use it to have a mould made and get 20 or so nocked out ........ i reckon with a mould i could get them made for around £20 a peice,, profit margin sounds good to me:)

Yeah, I considered that too. I like the rarity though. Even though the roads aren't exactly overrun with these cars.

I'd also be concerned about using an original one to make a mould. imagine if that release agent doesn't work *SNAP!* It's not like a wing or something. It's mad how hard they are to acquire these days. I bet hundreds of them have been binned/scrapped on cars.

The main deciding factor here imo is people who have V300's are tight (tin hat on!) You might be able to prize £20 from them, but not much more (:lol:)

I see what you're thinking though.

[spike4073]

good point...

i know what you mean about some bits getting very rare.

i spoke to a guy at a breakers yard who had a few 300s and when i asked about a snowcap he told me that he had one but just a week or 2 before i spoke to him he had let it go to someone for £5!!

from what he was telling me he had to haggle pretty hard to get him to part with a fiver for it, so i see what you mean by tight

[L14MNP]

In fairness that may have just been the typical scrapyard scenario. I know If I asked for a price on "this plastic thing from that old 340" I would try my best to get it as cheap as possible saying no-one else will buy it etc. However who knows!

A lot of people do run these cars as they are cheap, which is fair enough but it means they expect to get everything for buttons.

I've never been fully sold on snow caps tbh, they look a bit too much like a non-functional (due to location and engine rotation) stick on scoop. They can be cool on the right car, but I'm not sure if they are £60+ cool.

A lot feel the same way about louvres though!

[spike4073]

true,, ive long since given up on finding a snowcap.... the words rocking horse sh*t spring to mind, went to get one from another 300 in a scrap yard and it wasnt genuine.
the previous owner had found an after market hood scoop that fit over the grill in the bonnet and glued that on :S

you deffo see some strange things in scrap yards

[volvosneverdie]

I've never been fully sold on snow caps tbh, they look a bit too much like a non-functional (due to location and engine rotation) stick on scoop. They can be cool on the right car, but I'm not sure if they are £60+ cool.

Anything made of plastic that sticks on a car is cool.
Or is that just me?

[L14MNP]

Anything made of plastic that sticks on a car is cool.
Or is that just me?

[Speedy88]

I'd have a saloon louvre, I wanted the one that was around a few months ago but was skint at the time. Along with a slammed car and duckbill front splitter, I think it'd look pretty rad on mine.

[volvosneverdie]

Anything made of plastic that sticks on a car is cool.
Or is that just me?

Thats not a Car.

Its a Vagina.

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
Good luck in finding a louvre. I got mine in Holland.
I was out bid by laim on the e bay one . After that i
thought i would never see one again but i got lucky. You have to keep looking.
A replica run would be great.
I donn't think we are all tight, just bloody skint most of the time
Cheers Mark.