You definetally don't have one of the later precut 83 vents back
there. That one was sawed out, and either the crumbling effect is
due to the material being dried out and is now brittle with age.
Only real way around this is to replace it. If mine looked like
that. I'd give houston a call and ask for a new one asap.
Ask if they have any later styles with the antenna hole already
there, will look a lot nicer.
Joe
2524 & 16634
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike Walsh" <yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> I uploaded a couple of pics from #17084 showing the vent and the
cut-
> out for the antenna. Like I said it looks rough. I don't think the
> antenna caused it - it seems to move freely up and down. A side by
> side comparison of other cars showed a inconsistency in the way
the
> louver in the vent was carved out. My only guess is that these
vents
> were old stock from when the antenna was in the windshield or
maybe
> they are made like that?
>
> - Mike