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Paul Halliday - 19 Jan 2007 18:12 GMT

Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
poke yer eye out :)

Enjoy ...

<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/19_01_07_0919.jpg>
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/19_01_07_0918.jpg>

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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Al - 19 Jan 2007 21:07 GMT

> Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
> poke yer eye out :)
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> 1989 900 Turbo S
> http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

V nice...but what's with the wheels?!?

Al

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Paul Halliday - 20 Jan 2007 11:44 GMT

>> Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
>> poke yer eye out :)
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>> <http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/19_01_07_0918.jpg>
> V nice...but what's with the wheels?!?

They're my future track day wheels ... 7" wide 8)
When I bought them, they had mud and snow tyres on and it was just starting
to be mud and snow season. I didn't think my white wheels would make it
through the winter without damage, so they're stored for the spring. I have
got used to the wider track now ... It really does hang onto the corners, so
I think I'll have to use some spacers when I put the 5.5" wheels back on.

Does anyone know the precise wheel bolt I would need for running with a 10mm
spacer?

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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Jeremy Brown - 21 Jan 2007 17:37 GMT

Mine is louverlier.

(in very small lettering indicating I am muttering under my breath):
but I don't have any pictures, damn camera. mine looks better mutter grumble
bitch complain....
8-)

Looks good Paul.

My car's tail actually looks about the same as yours, though my louvers are
the metallic Saab ones. I also have the red insert on the tailgate and the
OEM whale tale. Hopefully I can get the right side finished this year, I
need a new fender (the whole where the air damn fastens rotted out and is
the size of silver dollar) and repairs to the quarter panel (it looks like
something has taken a bite out of the wheel well.) Once those are done,
those beautifully refinished SPG panels can come out of their bubble wrap
and get put on. Yeah!

I really have to get some new pix up on my site, I am 8 months behind.

Jeremy

>>> Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough
>>> to
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> 1989 900 Turbo S
> http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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Paul Halliday - 22 Jan 2007 23:16 GMT

> Mine is louverlier.
>
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>
> Looks good Paul.

Cheers :)

> My car's tail actually looks about the same as yours, though my louvers are
> the metallic Saab ones.

Ah! How does that one fit? That's the one with the SAAB lettering down the
side, right? I have a topic running here on my Special Editions forum and
hope to write up a page about SAAB Louvres for the website at some point:
<http://c900se.freeforumsite.com/c900se-about71.html>

> I also have the red insert on the tailgate and the
> OEM whale tale. Hopefully I can get the right side finished this year, I
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> those beautifully refinished SPG panels can come out of their bubble wrap
> and get put on. Yeah!

I just got a brand new décor panel. Anyone want to buy an old one? I took
mine off to fit the new one and discovered that the old one had been drilled
again to fit the mounting screw outside the standard SAAB holes. I'd hate to
drill a brand new one, so I'll wait until my new tailgate arrives and get a
new numberplate at the same time.

Here's mine with the décor panel:
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca/020420_orca_back.jpg>

In fact, that picture is pretty much when we first got the car.

> I really have to get some new pix up on my site, I am 8 months behind.

You should ... I'd love to see it.

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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Elder - 21 Jan 2007 22:15 GMT

>They're my future track day wheels ... 7" wide 8)
>When I bought them, they had mud and snow tyres on and it was just starting
>to be mud and snow season. I didn't think my white wheels would make it
>through the winter without damage, so they're stored for the spring. I have
>got used to the wider track now ... It really does hang onto the corners, so
>I think I'll have to use some spacers when I put the 5.5" wheels back on.

Azev A wheels aren't they?
Ex boss's 9k Aero had a set on. Very nice wheel.
proper performance rim, not just looks but weight and strength too.

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Paul Halliday - 22 Jan 2007 23:10 GMT

>> They're my future track day wheels ... 7" wide 8)
>> When I bought them, they had mud and snow tyres on and it was just starting
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> Ex boss's 9k Aero had a set on. Very nice wheel.
> proper performance rim, not just looks but weight and strength too.

I think they might actually be Mille Miglia (Were they the company that made
the thin five spoke Viggen wheels?). There are no markings on the wheel and
I can't find them in Azev's catalogue. The other thought was Borbet, but no
joy there and OZ (there were similar wheels made by OZ for Lotus a few years
ago) don't seem to show anything like them.

This is a close-up:
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Super_Star/20_09_06_1121.jpg>

... Compared to the Mille Miglia star:
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Super_Star/Miglia_1000_Star.j
pg>

There was a wheel on the old Audi 80 that looked similar, but was six spoke:
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Super_Star/Audi_Six_Spoke_Whe
els_003.jpg>

... Here's showing off the "dish":
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Super_Star/DSCF3616.sized.jpg

If anyone recognises the wheel, I'd love to hear. I really like them.

At 15", they have a kind of "Mustang" look to them, especially with big
195/65 ratio tyres straight off a 9000. I'll be running 205/55 or perhaps
225/(50?) when they're ready for some track tyres.

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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Craig's Saab C900 Site - 22 Jan 2007 11:01 GMT

>Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
>poke yer eye out :)

Very nice Paul! Now that I have my red 89 16V hatchback I'm thinking about
louvre-ish ideas. I have no idea if it's possible to get any sort of brand
new louvres to suit a hatchback c900, so how did you come by yours?

Anything to keep the sun out but still provide almost perfect rear vision
has good to be a good thing. Short of tinting, which is illegal I think for
front and rear windscreens at least in this part of Oz.

Craig.

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Paul Halliday - 22 Jan 2007 18:52 GMT

>> Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
>> poke yer eye out :)
>
> Very nice Paul! Now that I have my red 89 16V hatchback I'm thinking about
> louvre-ish ideas. I have no idea if it's possible to get any sort of brand
> new louvres to suit a hatchback c900, so how did you come by yours?

Mine was an eBay special.
Hagstom's of Norfolk, UK list them for purchase at about 170 GBP, but they
seem to be permanently out of stock.

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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johannes - 22 Jan 2007 11:09 GMT

> Hope you have some eye protectors on ... My new louvre is sharp enough to
> poke yer eye out :)
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> <http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/19_01_07_0919.jpg>
> <http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/19_01_07_0918.jpg>

Hmmmm. Makes it look reptilian!

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Paul Halliday - 27 Jan 2007 19:38 GMT

... and one from my "gratuitous three-quarter angle" :)

<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_Louvre/DSCF3970.jpg>
<http://www.saabphotos.com/gallery/albums/Orca_SWD_2007/DSCF3975.jpg>

Looking at that, I should really get my new décor panel fitted.

Paul

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