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You can purchase new guy lines like these......

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/outwell-luminous-style-4m-x-3m-camping-guy-line-p107633

Your tent material shouldn't let water through, but will lose its repellency over time. I used nix-wax to re-proof my small Coleman Phad tent. The best thing to do is visit your local camping store and seek proper advise before carrying out any maintenance on your tent.

Not sure what you would do with the zip. If it isn't a major problem, I would perhaps live with it rather than risk making it worse.

Thanks

Andy

We have the old style, 2005 model and its still near damn perfect now. i cant believe this tent is now discontinued, we are strugling to see a tent on the market that will serve aswell as this one.

Bring it back Vango.

Still got fond memories of our Diablo days they are a great tent and feel so different to anything else inside, im sure its because they are double skinned and the shape feels so much more spacious than a tunnel. Those who have said about the XP are right the extra pole does make a world of difference though over the standard model.

We found that playing with the position of the guy lines made a big difference to how the tent stood and put far less stress on the internal zips if the guy's, for example the ones either side of the bedroom pods, where not pegged out directly in line with the face of the pod.

I wish we had kept our 600XP now just to use now and then

Oh and if anyone is looking for some guy lines then these are maybe worth looking at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vango-Guy-Ropes-/110538767360?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19bc9fbc00

The Diablo is one of the great classic tents. When I first joined UKCS almost everyone either had one or wanted one.

You don't need to reproof unless the flysheet is starting to delaminate and when that happens it's really time to start thinking about a new tent. If you want to change the guylines for something a bit snazzier it's an easy job. Zip? Treat it gently. If you think it needs a little assistance use a tiny squoosh of Fabsil on it. Apart from that, it should be fine.