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Posted 07 March 2021 - 04:38 PM
I've just put an unused Fezzasus heater/blower kit on Ebay. Search for item: 274711032140
I bought it from another VX220 enthusiast but like them, I've since sold my car before getting around to upgrading the original, faulty heater. It's quite a few years old but never installed or used. Due to its age it does have a number of marks from storage.
So annoying I got my own room.
Posted 08 March 2021 - 04:48 PM
Great product that, fitted quite a few of them back in the day
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Posted 08 March 2021 - 06:42 PM
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Posted 08 March 2021 - 06:51 PM
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Posted 09 March 2021 - 11:11 AM
Great product that, fitted quite a few of them back in the day
Have you been away?
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Posted 09 March 2021 - 01:02 PM
Great product that, fitted quite a few of them back in the day
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Posted 12 March 2021 - 07:53 PM
Great product that, fitted quite a few of them back in the day
No they are shit. Sorry to post this in a FS thread, but they are. Think of this as an Amazon review. 1 star.
Most come out looking like this
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Posted 12 March 2021 - 07:58 PM
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Posted 12 March 2021 - 11:52 PM
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Posted 13 March 2021 - 12:52 AM
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Posted 13 March 2021 - 10:17 AM
They aren't though. They may be temporarily better heaters, but they leak cooling fluid, whereas the OEM is not a very good heater but the rads are very solid.
The rad in the Fez is a computer cooler and just not up the job at least not now that they are a few years old. Add the failing valves from Ford and the dodgy electronics and you have a bit of a recipe for unreliability.
I ripped it out because I was worried about reliability not heating proficiency.
The T7 is much better. It has a proper rad, no electronics and is very nicely made.
Fez heaters were a triumph in design for DIY, amazing really, but not one to keep in the car now.
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Posted 15 March 2021 - 08:46 PM
They aren't though. They may be temporarily better heaters, but they leak cooling fluid, whereas the OEM is not a very good heater but the rads are very solid.
The rad in the Fez is a computer cooler and just not up the job at least not now that they are a few years old. Add the failing valves from Ford and the dodgy electronics and you have a bit of a recipe for unreliability.
I ripped it out because I was worried about reliability not heating proficiency.
The T7 is much better. It has a proper rad, no electronics and is very nicely made.
Fez heaters were a triumph in design for DIY, amazing really, but not one to keep in the car now.
Completely agree. Ironically I copied the use of the computer water cooler from T7designs, as he used these a lot in his early designs and I really struggled to find anything designed for a car that would fit in the weird space we have. Worse still, the packaging meant I had to mount the fan upside down. Combine cold days with stiff suspension and that puts a lot of stress through the fan mount and lead to them breaking. The T7design doesn't actually get away from that issue as his is a derived from my packaging approach. It's likely the reason he's not selling it any more.
What would I do if I had another go at it? I'd pull the plastic cover off the laser cut vents in the footwell, make a duct that fed all of those and put the largest automotive heater core on it. However I'm not sure I could cope with any more issues so that's not something I'll ever do
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Posted 16 March 2021 - 09:01 AM
[It's likely the reason he's not selling it any more.
Whipping Boy
Posted 16 March 2021 - 12:33 PM
He is selling it.[It's likely the reason he's not selling it any more.
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Posted 16 March 2021 - 12:44 PM
They’re out of stock because he’s sold out. They were in stock a couple of weeks ago.They've been out of stock long enough for people to reach out to me for heaters. Every time I direct them to T7design I'm told they're out of stock. If I were Adam, I'd want to keep a stock over winter...He is selling it.[It's likely the reason he's not selling it any more.
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Posted 16 March 2021 - 02:34 PM
They’re out of stock because he’s sold out. They were in stock a couple of weeks ago.
They've been out of stock long enough for people to reach out to me for heaters. Every time I direct them to T7design I'm told they're out of stock. If I were Adam, I'd want to keep a stock over winter...
He is selling it.[It's likely the reason he's not selling it any more.
Brexit in it! Customs hold ups. Paperwork. Mailing charges and the fact you can't even put a wee bag of Haribo's in without a vets certificate too.
Bloody Brexit. Life was peachy when we just had to give them a £15bn a year bung to "forget the paperwork" at the borders.
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Posted 16 March 2021 - 10:43 PM
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Posted 18 March 2021 - 09:46 AM
The winning Ebay bidder for my Fezz heater just cancelled the order so it's back on Ebay if anyone wants to bid again:
https://www.ebay.co....tm/274724401308
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Posted 07 April 2021 - 03:06 PM
Hi all,
Just an FYI for any future sales of these Fez heaters.
I purchased this never used but assembled Fez heater (needed some replacement parts for mine) and unfortunately the fan snapped at the mounting points in the post.
Theres quite a few cases of this happening while installed in the car after a few years. I would suggest anyone else posting one of these, unscrews the fan from the mounting plate to avoid the same issue.
Me and the seller came to an amicable arrangement.
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