Chrome Trim on Vents
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Chrome Trim on Vents
Hope everybody have a great holiday weekend. We have a bit of a heat wave here in the north east today. First thing I did when I jumped in the car was turn on the AC and adjust the vents. That's when I noticed the chrome trim on 2 of the vents is chipping away. Not a big deal, just wanted to see if anyone has had this problem. Any ideas about what to do about it? Sorry for the bad iphone pic.
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when I bought mine (at an auction) I noticed one of those "chrome" vent trims was missing altogether. I was already having a bit of "successful bidder's remorse", having missed the black one, but my broker quickly went down the sold line to a car that had been purchased by an out of state bidder and returned with the piece. Moral of story: it's a replaceable part. Good luck finding a part number though.
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Nice, pass the buck...lol..Good to know the part could be replaced, now to find it. Do you remember what it looked like? Is it just the knob or the whole vent?
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Neither; just a plastic tab with chrome colored tape on it. Slide yours out using a little eyeglasses screwdriver. Maybe you'll decide to paint them all or CF wrap!
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Hope everybody have a great holiday weekend. We have a bit of a heat wave here in the north east today. First thing I did when I jumped in the car was turn on the AC and adjust the vents. That's when I noticed the chrome trim on 2 of the vents is chipping away. Not a big deal, just wanted to see if anyone has had this problem. Any ideas about what to do about it? Sorry for the bad iphone pic.
I think you need to change your dash to repair that.
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Wow interesting to see this post, I was looking for a post on this exact thing last week and came up empty. I have the same problem with 2 vents. I found that the A/C vents are replaceable; www.parts.com You can search there for your specific year and model and they have the corners vents for like $25 and the center a bit more since it is 2 vents together.
I would be more interested in finding the chrome tape and opening the tab and replacing it. Kind of sucks to replace the entire vents for such small flaws. Let me know if you find a chrome tape somewhere.
I would be more interested in finding the chrome tape and opening the tab and replacing it. Kind of sucks to replace the entire vents for such small flaws. Let me know if you find a chrome tape somewhere.
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No I didn't cause I wanted to see if I could find the tape first and DIY instead of spending over $50 for vents that really don't have nothing more than a cosmetic defect.
I am going to look for the tape though, hope i find it. Maybe I'll get creative and re-tape with something else
I am going to look for the tape though, hope i find it. Maybe I'll get creative and re-tape with something else
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mother f'er! I was reading this thread on my Blackberry while in the car and now I see that I too have one peeling! Where on parts.com are you seeing the vents? I see them HERE, #14, 15, and 16, but isn't that the whole vent, not just the "chrome" tab? I guess I was lucky, as mine was half-peeled, with the chrome tape hanging on:
I took some of my wife's clear nail polish and painted the plastic under the loosened "chrome", then stuck it back down.
A little bit over at one end was gone, so I put it in reversed, so that that part was nearest the door, and I can't see it that easily.
I will say that when squeezing it back in, the "chrome" tape that would have been on the bottom of that tab squeezed out, as I didn't paing that down, I guess.
I took some of my wife's clear nail polish and painted the plastic under the loosened "chrome", then stuck it back down.
A little bit over at one end was gone, so I put it in reversed, so that that part was nearest the door, and I can't see it that easily.
I will say that when squeezing it back in, the "chrome" tape that would have been on the bottom of that tab squeezed out, as I didn't paing that down, I guess.
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