This is warning to anyone thinking of buying one of the f43 van specific side panels.
I purchased one of these, the pro model which is a substantial bit of kit with support poles and high quality fabric panel. I didn’t get the chance to try it out before heading off to snowdonia but as there was only one model available to fit my 370 awning what could go wrong?
So the first time I tried to fit it, it wasn’t having any of it. The support pole that fits between the awning box and the wind out section was too long by approx 225 mm. No matter how many times I read the instructions it just wouldn’t fit. I gave up and contacted the seller on my return. They were equally puzzled and contacted Fiamma direct for advice. It turns out the panel I was supplied was for the first production run if the f43 awning with a 225cm canopy. This had problems so they stopped production and released a modified v2 with a 200 cm canopy hence why mine didn’t fit as I have the latter.
The seller and Fiamma have been great and it will be collected pending stocks of the new shorter 200cm panels.
So the upshot is, there are two versions of the 270 awning model with different canopy sizes so you might want to confirm which one you have if you are planning on ordering one of these panels. It may also apply to the private room panels or the f43 300 awning model.
I purchased one of these, the pro model which is a substantial bit of kit with support poles and high quality fabric panel. I didn’t get the chance to try it out before heading off to snowdonia but as there was only one model available to fit my 370 awning what could go wrong?
So the first time I tried to fit it, it wasn’t having any of it. The support pole that fits between the awning box and the wind out section was too long by approx 225 mm. No matter how many times I read the instructions it just wouldn’t fit. I gave up and contacted the seller on my return. They were equally puzzled and contacted Fiamma direct for advice. It turns out the panel I was supplied was for the first production run if the f43 awning with a 225cm canopy. This had problems so they stopped production and released a modified v2 with a 200 cm canopy hence why mine didn’t fit as I have the latter.
The seller and Fiamma have been great and it will be collected pending stocks of the new shorter 200cm panels.
So the upshot is, there are two versions of the 270 awning model with different canopy sizes so you might want to confirm which one you have if you are planning on ordering one of these panels. It may also apply to the private room panels or the f43 300 awning model.
