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jonno_racing

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:07 pm

the air vents in the center of my dash are loose.. is this a common problem? and can i just pull them straight out??? i plan on "shimming" the contact part with some modelling plastic to make them "tight" again..

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:10 pm

My jims were loose.

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alien

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:31 pm

can you heat up the plastic and "stretch" it to make it tighter??? that worked for one of mine

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:42 pm

yeah mine does that on one so guess it's a little common.
mine has the older square type vents.

when it's hot it's tight but when you put the air-con on ond it cools down it gets loose.

chewy wrapper work a charm

BertZook

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:04 pm

same happened to mine, I just bought one of those little adhesive carpet-ish thingys that u buy to put like under furniture to not scratch the floor, painted black with a marker and put it on top of the vent so it create nough friction in order to make them steady..... much better than the trick of folding a little piece of paper till is thick nough for the gap lol :lol:

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:33 pm

I put a repco receipt in mine.... Ace!

zukenutter

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:25 pm

I had a business card in mine. Was very faded after a few years of direct sunlight.

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Benz

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:40 pm

as a piece of paper is the more popular choice I would say it must be better!

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:41 pm

VVT Jimny vents are much better

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Benz

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:03 pm

aww...

maybe!

you could put a vvt dash in your jimny!

problem fixed

BertZook

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:13 am

Benz wrote:

as a piece of paper is the more popular choice I would say it must be better!

yeh but in my fix u dnt see the paper, they look like factory

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Benz

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:24 am

BertZook wrote:

Benz wrote:

as a piece of paper is the more popular choice I would say it must be better!

yeh but in my fix u dnt see the paper, they look like factory

i know... i'm just being lazy

steak_knife

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:34 am

BertZook wrote:

I've done very similar but with a single side adhesive foam..

even became a factory fix for a rattle in the Jb's center vent's....

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jonno_racing

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:29 am

fixed. moddeling plastic, black paint and some superglue

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drewhoo

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:48 pm

haha there is a fix for everything around here, now how about when the (structural) paper falls behind the vent, ive got a few sitting there!

Birdman1985

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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:23 am

Yeah i had the same issue. Business card did the trick but i like the sticky felt idea.

When i installed my fm and uhf radios i found a heap of business cards in behind the dash....so someone else had the same idea.

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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:12 am

zukenutter wrote:

VVT Jimny vents are much better

Only issue with my A/C is when i turn it on sand and dried up mud come out vents

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