I was wondering if any of you third gen owners had a rain deflector on your car ?, i cant seem to find any but i know they exist cause i have seen pictures from overseas diamante clubs with them on, they are thin and sleek similar to what tufftr has on his car, magna's are such a pain in the arse when its raining :tired:

any ideas?

lol there were like 7 made ever.

Seriously though, they're near impossible to find. Hojo on the forums has been looking for many moons.

Not the answer i was looking for :iough:

Do you mean the one-piece slimline weathershield which glues onto the trim, and runs above both front and rear doors?

Didn't realise these were a rarity. I popped about $180-oo as a spare part for my birthday one year. Sadly (or not), that car is now dad's.

Because of the frameless doors, the weathershield cannot be very wide at all- only about an inch. Even so, its touch and go fitting it so the curve of the rear window glass doesn't snag the weathershield. There are only about 2 metal brackets along the whole length, mostly its just priming and self-stick tape onto the window trim (the black curved bit hiding the rain gutters). Luckily, there is one metal bracket that you can coax up-and-out a bit to ease the "snagging" issue on rear glass.

They make wind noise, definitely, even tho they are so slim. They are next to useless for rain protection - that was my aim, wanting to have windows open slightly in hot location and uncovered parking while at work.

Tho it sounds like I am pissing on them a bit, I did score another set for $60-00 off EBay once, which I'll fit to my TJ if I get the bodywork tidied-up and paint buffed (been a couple of yrs so far getting around to it).

Found a few set's at the wreckers before so they are definitely out there. but like with most things, it's going to be one of those random occasions you go to the wreckers and find a set. not many out there

Do you mean the one-piece slimline weathershield which glues onto the trim, and runs above both front and rear doors?

Didn't realise these were a rarity. I popped about $180-oo as a spare part for my birthday one year. Sadly (or not), that car is now dad's.

Because of the frameless doors, the weathershield cannot be very wide at all- only about an inch. Even so, its touch and go fitting it so the curve of the rear window glass doesn't snag the weathershield. There are only about 2 metal brackets along the whole length, mostly its just priming and self-stick tape onto the window trim (the black curved bit hiding the rain gutters). Luckily, there is one metal bracket that you can coax up-and-out a bit to ease the "snagging" issue on rear glass.

They make wind noise, definitely, even tho they are so slim. They are next to useless for rain protection - that was my aim, wanting to have windows open slightly in hot location and uncovered parking while at work.

Tho it sounds like I am pissing on them a bit, I did score another set for $60-00 off EBay once, which I'll fit to my TJ if I get the bodywork tidied-up and paint buffed (been a couple of yrs so far getting around to it).

yeah their the ones , so basically they are useless and hard to come by? lol sounds promising

and 180 bucks when new? wow, 60 sounds alright

dont suppose you have any pics with them installed?

Ya missed a bit! They are (apparently) hard to come by, NOISY, and useless. LOL.

No pics at hand. I put the new $180-00 set onto a TJ EXec which has since been passed to my dad. They are a smoke/grey plastic, and incorporate a chrome strip into the plastic.
Don't think they would show up too well on a photo - particularly on dad's car (plastered with mud and road grime, they are on a farm and about 10kms dirt to get to town).

Anyone else got pics of the 3rd Gen one-piece slimline weathershields?

Oh

I think Danuta has a set on her car