Reply To: Fitting new seals
Hi Marc,
Thanks, but I’ve already ordered this vent cover from Dormobile Ltd in polycarbonate. Maybe others can join you, though.
It’s an expensive part but I decided to buy it to save some time that I need to spend on the other parts of the car. We’ll make up the cost by sewing our own cots from striped awning fabric. I’ll report here what the new vent cover is like when I receive it.
I have read on websites about model building (model airplanes and such) that Perspex/Lucite (Acrylic) plastic sheets like the original vent covers can be made pliable with a relatively low amount of heat, such as boiling water. You could maybe soften the sheet in a bathtub and then press it into your mould. I considered doing this but it seemed a lot of work, even if the plastic sheets and a mould were handy. So I decided for the luxury of buying one.
There are apparently two types of this sheet and it’s important to get the right type or you can’t form it. The Lucite web page had information on the type of plastic and where to get it.
-Jeremy
