Surely many remember from their youth or even childhood "Zhiguli", which have something like plastic blinds attached to the rear window. Surely, the purpose of such tuning is not at all obvious to many compatriots. So it's time to figure out what it is and why it is actually needed.
Remembering the blinds on the rear window of a Zhiguli? you unwittingly travel to the 1980s and 1990s. All blinds were divided into two types. In the first case, they were presented as one large, integral part. In the second case, they consisted of two halves. The people also called this tuning element "grill". Today such tuning is considered to be a rare "collective farm", but at one time (especially from a great distance) the "grill" looked very good and even stylish.
It's hard to believe, but installing blinds on the rear window of the Zhiguli was not as easy as it might seem at first glance. To do this, it was first necessary to remove the edging of the seal, then install the grille, and then put the edging back. It sounds simple, but in practice, even experienced craftsmen during the tuning operations escaped a lot of swear words.
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From the outside, it may seem that such a grille obstructs the view. In fact, the installation of "Zhiguli" affected visibility not as much as many tend to think. In addition, grilling in temperate latitudes had unexpected benefits in winter. In most cases, it was easier to clean the "blinds" from snow than to tear the ice off the glass.
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The rear window grille came to the Soviet Union from the West. The tuning element was very popular not only in the Soviet Union, but also in European countries. The culprit of the "fashionable verdict" was the 1972 Lamborghini Miura sports car. It was he who first got a stylish grille on the rear window already in the factory configuration.
Continuing the topic, you can read about how the fastest Zhiguli were created in the Soviet Union specially for the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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