Center dash vent enhancement.......

[Brakebuster]

as we all know, the XJS has a bit of an asthmatic ventilation system , and this isn't helped by the huge vent in the middle of the dash ,


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it has been a known upgrade to fit the later facelift vent and or a modified one from a 40 or something, the facelift vent if you can get one is £100 or more though , so not a lot bother with carrying out this minor work

I had a slightly different idea ,

why not blank off the middle fixed section and force what little air there is to the two adjustable side vents of the outlet

with this in mind I purchased a good used centre vent for the XJS , and proceeded to chop it up

but I did have a plan , I bent some sheet tin , and formed a ' pocket ' and then covered it in period looking flock that has an adhesive backing , and ended up with this


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not bad if I say so myself

I then went to my car and removed my perfectly sound original vent, this is easily done by dropping the glove box door and gently prying off the walnut trim with a suitable tool , and
then removed the vent which is just a push fit


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and then installed my modified vent grille , and put the walnut trim back in place


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I still have my original vent should I wish to go back , but now have somewhere other than the ski slope to put change or keys etc , slightly too small for my iPhone though

and as for the extra air ?? , well , its a little better , lmfao

BB

[poprivet]

An interesting alternative. I did the Facelift vent mod many years ago as below. It does make a great difference. I seem to remember that the new vent was quite cheap, I don't know if they are still available new now though.

[ng4xjs]

I remember the exact same issue on a previous 3.6 I had. May have been wrong to do it, but I blocked off the vents to the rear passenger compartment. This gave a fairly substantial increase in air force at the front, dashboard vents.

Nick

[poprivet]

Yep, the favoured way is to stuff some old socks in the air duct (Washed of course )

[Brakebuster]

i don't wear socks...............or is that pants ?


never mind , i did wot i did




BB