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We were talking about headlight covers at the GEN 3 meeting and the louvered headlight covers came up. I have never seen them before. Has anyone seen them before. Better yet anyone got pics.

 

i havent seen them before either, i would be interested in seeing a set on, and off of a car

 

Hers's a picture from a previous post:

 

Now, the real question, do you know where i can find them. Even if you have a product brand and or name that would help. I have googled headlight louvers, headlight grill, headlight styling, i cant get lucky. does anyone know where you can get some of these?

 

well im getting a chubby. i want them too.

 

Those, my friends, are truly hideous. But, you could try JC Whitney, or similar places that sell cheap Chinese crap.

(And maybe you can even get a discount if you buy curb feelers, dingleballs & a stick-on hood scoop at the same time...)

 

IIRC those are discontinued, might have to look on ebay or classifieds. Maybe there is a shop out there that still has a set? I asked about these years ago and never found any. Good luck.

P.S. I no longer like the look. Obstruction of light emittance.

 

they would be a prefect match for my oem grill which looks exactly like that.
and i dont see much difference in add on do nothing hoos scoops and the add on do nothing hood scoops gm put on our cars that had no function at all.

 

I would love to get that frontlip for the 84 front

 

No totally ugly, IMO. But it does give the car a kind of Mad Max look.

 

ditto, sorry to hijack but is that custom gfx or a kit?

 

yeah i asked where to find those like 2 or 3 months ago. never got a real response, but i most people said youd REALLY have to search ebay, or make your own. i think they're something you should run on a show car.. not much of a daily driver though.

 

I don't know about those headlight louvers but that red car is HOT. I just love the drag look of it.

 

Could be custom or a discontinued kit. I have never seen anything like that style.

 

I think thats actually pretty cool looking! Would be really BadAss to design them to where when the lights are off, they close like blinds. Turn on the headlights and they open up!

Might even help to spare headlights from rouge rocks and road debris during the daytime...

 

I've been looking for those covers for years. I reached out to the site that the picture came from, they said they didn't know who made them or where they got them from. They said the picture was taken to show off the hood, had nothing to do with the covers. Couldn't even give me contact info for the owner of the car.

 

there used to be ones that electronically opened, and closed, they ocassionally show up on ebay very pricey though

 

In the 5000 + pics I have of TG's , I have never seen someone using them...

 

Those things are gross.

 

they look good if thats what you like. But in my opinion i really dont care for them. I would just rather put blackouts on myself.

 

The last of the V8 Interceptors.....

 

Wow, im realizing that this mod is almost mythical because I know it exists, but I cannot find a single example outside of that picture . Now im really intrigued.

 

it looks like the car is wearing a pair of kanye west "stronger" glasses...

 

NOW thats FUNNY!!

 

hahahaahha i hate kanye west.

 

I still believe that these could be done "properly". Someone must have them. Who made them ?

 

those are absolutely hideous!!! stuff like that is what brings down the good name of 3rd gen

 

Mad Max called and wants his headlight covers back.

 

Do they come with strings so you can open and close them?

 

i think that gfx along with another and one for a trans am is in my classic industries catalog, im having trouble scanning and trying to post it though

 

ew that is not wats up

 

It's funny that you mentioned these as I was thinking about them not that long ago. My older sister had those on her 82Z back in the 80's. I thought they looked pretty cool back then, but lets face it, I was only about 13 at the time. It was a black Z with gold ground effects and no I don't have any pics.

 

I worked with a guy that moved out to CA from MA and brought his '82 Z28 with him. He couldn't register it in CA because all the emission controls were gutted.

It was a 350 (cam, heads, etc.) with a 5-speed and it was fast car. I'm usually not scared of fast cars, but he gave me a ride in it one evening and frankly, after 30 seconds in that car, I was frightened by it. Like Speed Racer and the GRX. Just the sight of that car and I would break out into a cold sweat.

Anyway, when he was packing up and moving to Philly, he sold the car and gave me a box full of new spare parts; lug nuts, brackets and that kind of stuff. In the box there was a few sets of GTS headlight covers and a set of louvered covers.

I should have kept that stuff for you guys, but I tossed most of it.

BTW, he traded the car for a new Mazda pick-up at a dealership in Salinas, CA. The car might be gone, but that evil engine might still be lurking in the shadows.

 

I saw a car on ebay that had a set. I even asked the seller if he would sell me them, but he wouldnt seperate them from the camaro.

That was a long time ago, though.