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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: feeutfo on 13 May 2012, 12:32:27
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Fairly easy one this. Remove glove box and you'll find a knock through section on the back about the same diameter as a pound coin. Knock this out, no subtlety required.
Then fit the glove box vent within so the external inlet pipe points upwards. Push it firmly home, it will just click in.
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/015bad9d.jpg)
Inside view
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/ddd0385b.jpg)
Now locate the ac feed pipe Vauxhall have provided, top right of foot well, rear of centre console, above the footwell vent. Screw driver in the back ground shows general location. Your looking to remove the rubber cap shown in hand. A coat hanger wire with a hook bent over on the and helps here, and fit the end of the feed pipe in its place. Fiddly this bit, unsighted, feel your way. There is a bit of moulding partially obscuring line of site, but it does go on.
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/a1159be8.jpg)
More detailed closer pic of the outlet with cap removed.screw driver shows exact location.
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/a508da3c.jpg)
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Once fitted leave the vent pipe hanging over the BACK of the lower bar running across the footwell or the glove box won't go back in. Now re fit the glove box, connect the electrical plugs and offer the box into position. You'll see the newly fitted pipe fouls the glove box, lift the pipe up out the way to clear and slide the glove box into position.
Once the screws are in and glove box is securely in place, reach under and connect the new pipe to the nipple on the vent previously fitted. It just pushes on. Re fit the rest of the surrounding glove box gubbins. That's it job done.
Note, there's a lot of extra wires in the background of some of the pictures. These are not standard, you wont have these.
Also, the ac feed is constantly cold, but only works with engine running obviously. Don't expect Mars bars not to melt in there with car parked up on a hot day. ;)
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Part no.s
Housing. V00 90275452
Hose. V00 90457630
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>adds to list< Top man :y
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looking good, how much were the bits?
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Housing £3.52
Hose £10.85
Plus vat
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I guess this applies to all models by the way...?
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It's a nice idea, but would be much more useful if the glovebox held more than the owner's manual and a pen!
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Oh, bigger stuff like cd's and a pair of sunglasses in the pic you mean?
There is room for canned drinks and small bottles. Etc. long journey stuff though admittedly.
Removing the leaflet pocket moulding at the top would help... One day.
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Might keep a pack of minstrels unmelted for me, seeing as I have a 2015 telematics in there.
Not even space for the stringback driving gloves in there, let alone a mars bar.
Cracking right up though!! :y :y
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I had my Telematics moved to the boot (Thanks to VXLV6 and TheBoy) Then fitted a standard glove box that had the knock through moulded in.
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Bonus, think I'll try this out. Even if it's not that cool it'll be another bullet in the gun of "omegas are better than your shitty fwd shed" aimed at robots
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Haven't done a journey more than 30mins but so far...
...it does not appear to be particularly cold. :'(
;D
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Haven't done a journey more than 30mins but so far...
...it does not appear to be particularly cold. :'(
;D
Will it not depend on your climate setting? So will only get properly cold if you've got yours on a fairly low temp?
Or is it from a separate feed?
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How well does it work though? Omega climate is asthmatic at the best of times
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Hoses are not easy to get hold of new either I have one on order coming from VX Germany apparently
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Asthmatic cc? Aye? Works well IMO.
The outlet behind the dash appears to be Independent of the cabin vents. Hot or cold, fast or slow, it's output appeared unchanged during the brief test as we installed it.
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I am having mine regassed tomorrow as it is not as cold as it should be , just in case we get any summer ;)
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Law of sod says save your money Lff. Historically, any attempt by myself to plan for summer, be it garden furniture, holidays, buying summer clothes, or fitting ac glove boxes, instantly dooms the rest of the year straight back into winter.
That's it now. Go buy a snow shuvel ;) ;D
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So then Chris....with a few days behind you, would you do this mod again knowing the performance (and probably why it was dropped)?
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actually, can you type up an afterthoughts paragrap?, covering comments since your 1st post....and ill move the original, and summary over to the guides section and get rid of the rest.
Cheers
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Ok, after a bit of time with this installed.... day to day, short journeys with average outside temps, the benefits are minimal. But on a longer journey, ESP in hot weather where ac and fan speeds will be working harder, there is greater cooling involved. It's never going to reach fridge temperatures, but it will make an otherwise warm tepid drink cooler and more pleasant than it was.
Reading between the lines this option was available on the pre face lift, but dropped as an option on the face lift, I suspect due to the ncdc 2015 telematics being installed in the glove box, some customers, i suppose, might drop the more profitable phone option in favour of the ac glove box. I guess GM took the choice away on economic grounds.
Obviously owners with ncdc2015 telematics in the glove box won't find this usefull, unless the telematics is re sighted and looms extended with help from Vxlv6 (Thanks Andy and TB for thier help with that) :y
But there we are, a cheap and easy install generally speaking, and you never know, it might help the re sale value... Maybe. :)
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Ok Jimbob, I reckon that's good to go with replys 22 and 23 :)
Ta
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cheers, ill do the biz later, thanks very much