Eric,before you get all geeked about closing in your quarter windows-those panel sections are only available with the complete body side frames(i.e. the door openings and the quarter panels)at about $530 each side.Your alternative would be to locate a wrecked HHR Panel and cut the sections from it and weld them into your car.

 

I wouldn't go to those extremes. I am thinking that if I matched the color of the car with vinyl I could just cover the windows and get the same look. Probably not as nice mut maybe functional.

 

Eric....... Check this thread. https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-tutorial-library-21/diy-1-2-panel-23392/

It's one way to do a half panel.......

 

I think you have my car confused with the Panel SS. Mine is a standard SS with only the windows in the hatch blanked. If you look closely it has four doors. Therefore the factory mod done while it was new does not need the " door openings and the quarter panels", only the quarter panels.

 

My mod was not done like the one in this thread. It is metal over JUST the back most windows. I'll post better pics when I get my car back.

 

The link I posted is just the back windows also, just done differently...... No welding and it would be "removable" if needed.

 

That does look good and I think it has about the same look as if it had vinyl stuck to the outside of the window.

Thanks for all the good info guys.

Does anyone have a line on sunburst orange vinyl?

 

Sorry Eric for the delay (just got the car back today), but below are the pics I promised. The first two from the outside appear that the quarter panel is separate, but when I looked under the molding inside the door, I found Tony is right. The whole side is altogether as one section. up to the front doors. The second two pics are from the inside. That black panel where the glass should be pops right out and does not look expensive if you wanted to blank the inside.

However I think you are better off with the vinyl mod Greybeard suggested. It's less expensive, easier to remove if you get tired of it and most important, it doesn't create a blind spot if its the porous kind that is see through from the inside. I must admit the only thing I don't like about my blanked windows is the blind spot. Thats why I have the spotter mirrors.

 

wow, that looks nice. That is the first one I have seen. Do you have the production numbers on that option? I bet it is very rare.

 

It's called an AA5......

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