Question about heater matrix

[britpop95 0]

Hi everyone been wrestling my heater matrix out over this weekend anyway its finally out, but during the process i broke the arm that comes out the matrix unix that sends air to the passenger vent. My question is can i still get the arm or do i have to buy second hand? And also is there a company that makes an upgraded heater matrix im thinking all metal instead of the plastic part on the top that fails? Any help much appreciated.

[Jim 1]

I would suggest just picking up a replacement duct / vent part to replace the one you broke from the various cars being broken on the forum - pm lilfuzzer for example as he is breaking several cars I think :) They're not a commonly replaced part so I can't imagine it being expensive.

 

In terms of the matrix itself, you have to bear in mind that in many cases most matrixes in Corrado's are the original ones - so maybe on 15-20 year old cars with 160,000+ miles on the clock. I can't imagine many Corrado's are going to carry on to do another 160k+ or live another 15-20 years so I'd just fit a good quality (e.g. from VW) replacement and be done with it :)

[britpop95 0]

Cheers for that jim mate really appreciated , the previous owner told me the matrix had been replaced a few months ago, but by the looks of it, it doesn't look even "newish" to me. I will order a new one then from vw cheers mate. :-)

[Jon_vr6 1]

Vw is expensive mate get one from here valeo same as Vw one

 

http://www.partshop247.co.uk/VALEO-exchanger-interior-heating-812031/dp/B00BIGRI6E?field_availability=-1&field_browse=2575936031&id=VALEO+exchanger+interior+heating+812031&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchNodeID=2575936031&searchPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12

 

or from here

 

http://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/valeo-1103706.html

[britpop95 0]

Thanks for that jon really appreciated mate! not looking forward to refitting everything but its all good fun :-)

[Jim 1]

Your previous owner probably replaced with a preowned one then or something crazy. The one I just swapped out of mine must be as a minimum 4 and a half years old (how long I've owned the car.. though I suspect has never been changed) and still looked in as new condition to be honest, just gone on the bottom corner.