Cars With Vent Windows

Vent windows differ from quarter glass when they can tilt open.

Cars with vent windows.

For those too young to remember vent windows vinyl seats that left branding marks on your thighs and car interiors that felt like ovens cars used to have small triangular windows in front of the driver and passenger windows. For drivers with older models the vent windows may still be a central part of their driving experience. This may be a side window between the b pillar and the c pillar and in the case of us minivans between the c and d pillars examples include the chrysler town and country power operated venting glass. I worked on the design engineering and testing of one of these back in the mid 80 s probably one of the last ones on an american vehicle.

Those vent windows could be unlocked and then angled outward so they would catch the wind and blow it directly onto your face. In the last 20 or so years almost no vent glasses open on passenger cars. As automobile air conditioning became more popular front window vents disappeared by the 1980s. Some vehicles also have glass that rolls down like a regular window or have hinged opening vent quarter windows for rear seat passengers.

Auto ventshade 194109 in channel ventvisor side window deflector 4 piece set for 2009 2018 dodge 1500 crew cab 2010 2018 ram 2500 3500 w crew mega cab. Auto ventshade 92956 original ventvisor side window deflector dark smoke 2 piece set for standard cab 1999 2007 silverado 1500 1999 2004 silverado 2500 2001 2004 sierra 2500 2001 2006 silverado sierra 3500 2001 2006 silverado 2500hd classic 2001 2006 sierra 2500hd also fits 1999 2007 sierra with extended cab. The purpose of a vent wing was to provide a channel for the front edge of the front door glass to provide. 4 1 out of 5 stars 2 599.