Dash vents, can anyone clarify!?

T16 · 10th July 2014, 14:55

looking here:-

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID001836

Specifically item 7, why two different part numbers? I thought all the plastic vents where the same and remained unchanged?

Item 9 too, looks like the same part, two different part numbers separated by what seems to be the facelift change over.

I thought that all the vents were identical, is there something I am missing?!

trikey · 10th July 2014, 19:07

Different vents for different years, the early cars fitted 'flush' whereas the later ones had a gap around them.

bikerdude666 · 10th July 2014, 19:14

I thought that was cos of the real wood dash? So can the early vents be fitted to a later dash and have no gap?

FrazzleTC · 10th July 2014, 19:15

I have seen some vents which have the white dots, and others do not, so I suspect that explains the difference in part numbers, but I may be wrong.

Duotone · 10th July 2014, 19:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrazzleTC

I have seen some vents which have the white dots, and others do not, so I suspect that explains the difference in part numbers, but I may be wrong.

The white dots disappeared around the introduction of the facelift models, otherwise the vents are the same.

Dave T

T16 · 10th July 2014, 19:31

So if I want to replace a Rhodium mk1 dash with a later technical grey one, I will have to buy a bunch of "newer mk2" vents?

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T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	So if I want to replace a Rhodium mk1 dash with a later technical grey one, I will have to buy a bunch of "newer mk2" vents?