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Just noticed the hinges on the roof vent are broken. If I was to drive it it'd fly off. Another problem is I'm off to bestival in a couple of weeks so I've gotta drive the old girl from London to Southhampton onto the Isle of wight I don't think fiamma don't still make the size anymore, I think it's a 36cm, so it's gotta be a bigger one. My questions are.
How hard are they to fit?
What sort would people recommend?
Will I have to replace the head lining or could I get away with cutting the new hole without damaging the lining?
Does anyone sell replacement top bits (you know the clear plastic bit)
Andy

Hi,
We replaced our vent which had a badly broken / cracked cap and was the same size as yours. I managed to find and buy 2 direct replacements for these after taking it off and identifying the original manufacturer stamped on the lid - Elixir Industries in the US.
Unfortunately, the did not appear to ship to the UK but I Googled 'Elixir' and found the 2 replacements I mentioned - I think they were both via Ebay in the end.
In summary, you can still get these if you search for them and at a reasonable cost - mine was £24. My PC at home is down at the moment which had all of the details on of the supplier sorry but as I say try Googling!
Chris

I bought a new one off fleabay, £30-00.

Marked the roof with a black felt tip & used a 3" mini grinder to cut a nice neat hole (sized according to instuctions).

Then i cut the interior with a stanley knife & the vent was dropped on top with a good spludging of sealer & the bottom bit screws on from inside and the vent trim hides the cuts. Perfic & I even made a blackout with the square piece of roof that i cut out, so it can slide into a slot i made & no early morning light gets in the high top. Cutting the hole and fixing took 30 mins...Measure twice chop once....

Kev

cheers for the replies I've managed to get a replacement top for it so for the time being I'm gonna stick with that. Looking around I see fiamma do a turbo one with a built in fan, has anybody fitted one of these? Are they noisy? Where did you run the wires

There was a 36cm one on fleabay, it could still be there.

TR

el sketcho wrote:cheers for the replies I've managed to get a replacement top for it so for the time being I'm gonna stick with that. Looking around I see fiamma do a turbo one with a built in fan, has anybody fitted one of these? Are they noisy? Where did you run the wires

I fitted a 3 speed Omnistor to my van, but I had to make the hole bigger, which is quite tricky as the hidden glass fibre pop roof reinforcing frame is very close to the old hole. I ran a wire from the leisure battery, under the roof lining material to the fan. It works a treat, and on the 1st and 2nd speeds it is virtually silent. On hindsite I should have fitted the model with the inbuilt thermo, then It would work on autopilot.

TR