arai corsair advice please.

[terrific tom]

hi all.

great forum you have here

maybe someone could help point me in the direction with my arai corsair rx7

basically...

i have owned it since february, never dropped or mistreated, and not used very often, in fear of ruining it

and noticed that the polestyreine type material within the chin piece has kinda....collapsed
so would like to know, would this be replaced by a new helmet at the dealer i purchased it from?

or can this piece be replaced?

i have 2 pictures here, but are only from my phone as i dont yet have a camera, so they will probably not be of much help.
so i do apologise.

but if anyone could help, i would be very pleased.

https://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5158/arai3333333gs8.jpg

https://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7945/arai22222222gc4.jpg

tom.

[The Tot]

I'm looking into my corsair at the moment and i can only thing that you might have been carrying your lid around the chin bar applying pressure to it with your fingers? Because if you did, chances are they wont replace it because it states in their manual that it's best to carry the lid with a closed and secured chin strap - i.e. you do the double D up and carry it like that. So i probably think that with sufficient pressure, it can lead to that. If you got your lid from a 5* arai dealer, they'll send it back to phoenix distribution and sort it out. But i don't reckon it can be replaced. But i'm pretty sure it wouldn't affect the performance (looks into vent of corsair).
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[terrific tom]

ok thanks titz.

do you think having this piece erm..collapsed, is a serious problem?

i guess i will have to ring my local dealer, and tell them that i always carry it by the chin strap surely they couldnt tell me how iv been holding it ?

[The Tot]

It shouldn't affect the performance much because the external shell will take the impact - the structural net composite. The polystyrene absorbs any elastic energy. Should be OK i should think. I do suspect i was because of the way that you carried your lid because the arai has an unusually complex ventilation system.
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[Noxious89123]

Afaik, the only purpose of that inner piece is to direct the airflow depending on where you set the vent. It's the same in the Chaser.
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[Type_Mo]

the front vent can be purchased, tis the same on all arais

not sure about whats happening inside tho

ttake it to a hein gericke as they are a 5* dealer for arai

and if its a no uk import then good luck
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