Vent Lid Replacement for Forest River Stealth trailer
Here's a quick how-to for replacing the vent lids on your Forest River Stealth trailer. These instructions and parts may work on other Forest River or other brand trailer vents as well, but this is the process I went through for my Forest River Stealth FS2410 vent lid replacement.
You will need to remove parts inside the trailer AND on the roof, so bring a ladder for outside, step-stool/crate to reach the ceiling inside, phillips screwdriver, needle-nose pliers and something to clean the existing rubber seals.
First watch this great video from etrailer.com showing the install process:
http://images.etrailer.com/Merchant2/Graphics/00000001/video/install-ventline-enclosed-trailer-vent-cover-bv0554-03_web.mp4
Next determine the correct replacement lid - you need to know the vent size and hinge type, so measure your vent dimensions (not the lid) and look at the hinges. I forgot to measure my vent dimensions, but learned from several sources that most square roof vents are a standard size. The replacement lids I found with the correct hinge only came in one size.
http://www.etrailer.com/question-26988.html
Forest River says they use Elixir vents which match this hinge type: Ventline/Elixir (see image below).
Here is a picture of my lid with the hinge along the back.
Next, purchase your replacement lids. My existing lid had the words “Heng’s Industries” on the side so I Googled “heng's industries vent lid” and found this part on rvsupplyparts.com:
https://www.rvsupplyparts.com/catalog/jensen-rv-roof-vent-lid/rv-roof-vent-lid-new-style-elixir-90110-1-white-lid-8693.html
These others appeared to match the type and size as well:
Camping World:
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/replacement-vent-lid-ventline-pre-2008-elixir-1994-and-up-white/75289
--and--
Etrailer.com:
http://www.etrailer.com/p-BV0554-01.html
Once you get your lids, you should be able to follow the instructions in the above etrailer.com video and be done. The new lids should slide right on - the hinge match-up looks like this:
And the end result!
And while I was up there, I sprayed them all with Armor All, cuz I roll like dat.
Good luck - post any questions and I'll try to help.
You will need to remove parts inside the trailer AND on the roof, so bring a ladder for outside, step-stool/crate to reach the ceiling inside, phillips screwdriver, needle-nose pliers and something to clean the existing rubber seals.
First watch this great video from etrailer.com showing the install process:
http://images.etrailer.com/Merchant2/Graphics/00000001/video/install-ventline-enclosed-trailer-vent-cover-bv0554-03_web.mp4
Next determine the correct replacement lid - you need to know the vent size and hinge type, so measure your vent dimensions (not the lid) and look at the hinges. I forgot to measure my vent dimensions, but learned from several sources that most square roof vents are a standard size. The replacement lids I found with the correct hinge only came in one size.
http://www.etrailer.com/question-26988.html
Forest River says they use Elixir vents which match this hinge type: Ventline/Elixir (see image below).
Here is a picture of my lid with the hinge along the back.
Next, purchase your replacement lids. My existing lid had the words “Heng’s Industries” on the side so I Googled “heng's industries vent lid” and found this part on rvsupplyparts.com:
https://www.rvsupplyparts.com/catalog/jensen-rv-roof-vent-lid/rv-roof-vent-lid-new-style-elixir-90110-1-white-lid-8693.html
These others appeared to match the type and size as well:
Camping World:
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/replacement-vent-lid-ventline-pre-2008-elixir-1994-and-up-white/75289
--and--
Etrailer.com:
http://www.etrailer.com/p-BV0554-01.html
Once you get your lids, you should be able to follow the instructions in the above etrailer.com video and be done. The new lids should slide right on - the hinge match-up looks like this:
And the end result!
And while I was up there, I sprayed them all with Armor All, cuz I roll like dat.
Good luck - post any questions and I'll try to help.
