Hi all

I'm looking for a leather gaitor for my Fabia, and also one individual louvre for my centre vents...

I've tried my local dealer but they tell me the parts are not available individually and I have to buy a whole new vent unit and a gear **** with gaitor...

Has any one got any ideas how I can best source these? Or, indeed, has anyone got either of these parts lying around they'd be prepared to part with for a suitable price...??

Cheers

Craig

Best bet would be a scrapper or one of the skoda spares sites I suppose

Your dealer is feeding you gob****e - you can order the VRs Gaitor seperately. Stick a wanted post up for the vent louvre

As far as I know you cant order the gaiter seperately

Any how are you going to change a single vent louvre? Take the slat out and pop the new one in? They tend to break off when trying to refit them.

might help for the leather gear gaiter ??

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKODA-OCTAVIA-FABIA-REAL-BLACK-LEATHER-GEAR-GAITER-NEW_W0QQitemZ8052488349QQcategoryZ72224QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You're looking at about £40 plus VAT for an Elegance leather gaitor including the kn0b or £57 plus VAT for an RS one.

Around £36 plus VAT for the centre vents complete.

The link has too many 'http' in it, try this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKODA-OCTAVIA-FABIA-REAL-BLACK-LEATHER-GEAR-GAITER-NEW_W0QQitemZ8052488349QQcategoryZ72224QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The issue you may have with that is seperating the kn0b from the original.

I've no problems with replacing one single louvre - took one out to take to the dealer, so I know I can pop them in and out with no damage...

The leather kn0b I have has no gaitor attached currently - I broke the last one trying to remove it from the old gear kn0b!! Cheers for the ebay link Stu - will look at that.

I would think as WW says that the Scrappy is your best bet then. As far as I can see from the parts catalogue it is a single item for the vents so Skoda will not be able to sell you them individually.

Same again for the gaitor - get a complete one to save any hassle unless it's for a vRS then you might struggle to find one.

As far as I know you cant order the gaiter seperately

Any how are you going to change a single vent louvre? Take the slat out and pop the new one in? They tend to break off when trying to refit them.

my mistake, completely misread what the bloke said, - i read gaitor as 'gearknob and gaitor' ahem.

Anyone know how to remove the louvre assembly?

I tried to cure the squeeky dashboard problem manually whilst driving and missed ... it's a bit mashed now.

I've got two centre vents laying about if you want to make an offer on them?