Windshield Vents

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I got some excellent metal vents from Rizzo here. I am having my dash redone right now and these will go in. It looks like a perfect solution to this ridiculous problem.

 

Take a close look at them. Yes, it is a Ferrari "mistake" as the glue has failed and the leather has shrunk thus the vents have popped up. The solution is described by Sherpa.

 

Are the vents loose or are they just different? They may have already been replaced if they are not loose. If they are loose, get ready to spend $5K on new dash leather.

 

Having same issue with my car. Does the dash need to come out to replace? Seems like very little space to move near the bottom of the windshield.

I believe I've seen Rizzos fix, so maybe a bolt and small wrench can be used?

 

In terms of how they press mount, its not a great design -- but for the moment they are still available as new/original Ferrari parts:

65018200 Upper dash air outlet (right) - Ricambi America, Inc.

and

65018300 Upper dash air outlet (left) - Ricambi America, Inc.

You can see the underside of the vent in the second picture on our site for item 65018300 and here:
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Mine was perfectly flat on the dash cover with only a small amount of wrinkling around the airbag, which is far from the dash vents. I think that the vents themselves warp over time and the tabs break from the pressure of the warpage.

As I mentioned, I am getting my dash recovered and I'll put in Rizzo's vents. I'll post pics when it's done.

 

That's how mine looks, I believe it's becaus the leather is stretched in that area, causing the vent to pop out of place.

How does the vent attach to the dash? Based on the Ricambi picture, 96 pops in? Or does it screw in? How does the aftermarket attach?

 

leather shrinks and pulls the vents up. Mine is same way. happens to many cars in the hot sun.

 

The A/market vents are bolted into place and once fixed in place the leather will never lift again if your vents have popped then the leather on the dash will need to replaced there's no way of stretching the old leather back into place unfortunately it's dead. Here is my dash with new leather and new vents.
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Looks like the leather around the vents has dried and shrunk that much that it's levelled out with the main part of the dash, there will be a gully under there where the vents sit.

 

My dash being stripped down. You can see how the sponge that's glued to the leather then glued to the dash shell has started breaking down.
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Rizzo can the aftermarket be installed with the dash in the car?

 

No dash needs to com out if ur vents have popped then it won't be long before the rest of ur dash sh#ts itself.

 

When I bought my car she was in need of a bit of TLC. The dash was in bad shape couldn't bare to look at it lots of bubbles and vents all warped and popped engine bay panels all chalky and faded. I know the belts and bearing hadn't been replace that was a worry I think I put 100 khs on her then drove it into my garage started stripping her, yeah! my mate's say i got a wee bit carried away u no the drill while im in there I may as well do that and then may as well do that yada! yada! and before u no it 12 months has pasted u by but I can say I absolutely enjoyed working on the car every minute of it. I agree Ferrari definitely fkd up sticky sh#t, pissss week variators, cheap ass headers, etc! ect!. My car pretty much got it to where I want it I just need the CS side skirts and then next yr i'll upgrade the brakes to 380 mm all round.
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I bought from Rizzo and his vents are perfect in fit and finish. I will be installing them this winter.

 

One thing I did with the metal vents was to chamfer the holes and use countersink socket screws for a cleaner install.

 

I wish there was something out there that wouldn't require the dash coming out!

 

Let me know if you go that route, would be good to know how difficult it is from up op, seems pretty easy.

Although I hear the windshield Ia $5k to replace!!