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Adapting a design for an interior rear window shade I originally constructed back in '93 for my leased Saturn SC2:



Car sits out in the sun a lot more now, and I don't want to put a heavy tint on the glass.

Goal is to make louvers barely visible, or at least unobtrusive. Functionality is a must, convenience would be a plus.

Should be done next year, sometime ( ;) )

keep us updated on it, ull deff be a first

you tease, go ahead i like it....

We had a guy that was in the Canadian military that was doing something like this to his car that was going to be like a race car. He got shipped off to the Middle East and haven't heard from him since then.

Make it easy to take out and put in man. Got a feeling cleaning the back glass with that in there would be a real PITA!

wow I will follow this build. Nice to see that someone is doing something no one else is doing.

Eh_nigma. He scrapped his project a while back and was moving on to something else.

His interest changed.. :glare: :(

Nice!!!
Can't wait to see this but why the long wait... next year?

Ok, moving along, another prototype :)

Made an adjustment to grade of the "steps," still not quite right. Need to construct a center mount, if possible from the rear deck.

Final version will most likely be flat black, white is good for illustration, though. Not too bad since it matches the car.

wow the prototype looks good.

sooo.... whats with the on and off switch?

drag strips require it as a safety precaution.

Now some minor changes to report, latest version is 3/16 foamboard instead of thin cardboard, cleaned up the spacing of the steps. I made a mistake on the very first cut, and had to recut the first step smaller width and larger spacing. But the main reason the bottom can't fit flat is the speaker grills stick out and interfere. :)
I will let that slide for a while, though, till I get tired of the sloppy look. Next need to remake the support bracket, and see how it wears.

I like it. It's a very unique mod that I haven't seen on an Alero. Way to keep it original :thumb:

beautiful! whats the "on off" on the bumper? Im liking that a well.

Lol looks like would be kinda sick amp rack

on off on the bumper is a battery kill switch required for the race track wow greg looks sweet !!!!!wanna make one for my GAGT LOL You always come up with some innovative projects !!!

I thought it was on the outside?!?!? will it be?

OMG it's 1984 all over again :lol:

Nice license plate!

Photoshop ;)


:lol: Bite me, Redog, you guys were not even born yet back then.
In flat black, you won't see it anyway ;)


No, intended to be removable mounted inside


Thanks, I think the windows are the same ;)
The concept is easy, I think somebody could come up with a perfect fitting, and therefore better looking unit if they had enough time and patience.

Plus there are no doubt better materials to use, at more expense.

I've been wonder for the last several weeks...whats the point...is it just for looks? I thought they went on the outside of the car?

Wouldn't this give the same effect....j/k...lol?

To protect the rear deck and seats from the deadly solar rays, of course :p

If you like the looks, then it's for the looks! Do it in body color or even 555 nanometer green!

If you hate the looks, do it in flat invisible black, because you know functionality rules!

But the main reason is I've still got creative demons lurking inside that must be excor-sized

and the very, very slim chance I come up with something that costs $5.00 to make and can sell for $20.00

For God sakes, man it's the American dream, don't you understand? :awesome:

Well by all means have at it...lol!

In 1984 I was in second grade :p

Ten years later, I finished high school

Ten years aafter that, I was working at pepsi for 9 years

Ten year after that, hasn't happened yet

Got a mounting bracket in place. Made out of 1/8" x 1/2" x 3' aluminum stock. It survived the first test drive. :)



Since the material is so fragile, I don't expect it to last too long. When it starts to discolor, I'll see if it can take a coat of paint. This grade of foamboard is only paper covered, after all. It's $11.00 / sheet retail. The better quality stuff, "Gatorboard," is plastic covered, and about $60.00 / sheet. (That's when mistakes get costly).

I might go back in and try to correct the cutting mistakes, which are too obvious in that white color. Only other thing is you lose 2" of headroom to the rear glass. At 5' 8", there's room to spare for me, but if you're tall, you'd have to slouch over :)

Serious greg i understand about the demons LMAO !!! And it looks great ! We must be pretty close to the same age LOL at least pretty close keep up the good /manic work !!!! I am 6" 2" and have no intention of sitting in my own back seat

actually its pretty cool.. I mean it would be nice if I could have one of those to block out sun light for when my baby is in the back seat.

Did I say flat invisible black? Damn near, almost doesn't photograph w/o flash lol

I like the idea BUT i think it would look a lot more bad ass if it didn't have the "steps" on each side....idk how to explain it but if it was just a flat piece from the top to bottom on each side i think it would make it look more slick. Get what i'm saying? :drunk:

Yeah, I think I do, actually, it would black out the sides for a cleaner look. Then maybe light tint on the side windows.

I like, but I take it that there isn't any material out there to be able to place them outside like this?



I honestly feel they would look good on our cars if they had your "steps" but outside like this. Would give it a more sporty look in my opinion.

^ yeaaa that's pretty sexy. A lot of double sided tape would do the trick ;) lol

3M double sided tape would be best

For an alternate approach, I wonder if some power rear sunshade could be adapted? These are options on a number of higher end cars nowadays. (My wifes car has one. It is pretty nifty.)

It would be sweet if when parked you could make the louvers fold shut like blinds, so it blocks the sun.

That mustang looks terrible with it!

I'm going for something different, more recessed but low cost and maintenance. Still, I need to get a rear window glass piece to do better mock-ups, a perfect fit will look much better. It did on the Saturn I had decades ago. But another problem with the white color was the reddish defroster lines messed with the looks, you can't see them as much with the black. Might go black metalflake :p

hey now i was born in 1984 lol, and those louvers were around on cars around here till i was like 15 damn i feel old now. i see a lot of trucks around here on farms with them its kinda stupid looking on a pickup but cars it looks way better

Theres an rx7 around here with external ones it looks boss