Rear Defrost Kit

1988 Cherokoo · Feb 9, 2010

My rear defrost doesnt work. The light on the switch will turn on. I also accidentally scraped the bottom two lines with a razor. I was taking off a sticker. Are those rear defrost kits any good?

http://www.frostfighter.com/prt2100.htm

$20 for the grid repairer
Tab bonding kit $30
complete kit $50

TRCM · Feb 9, 2010

1988 Cherokoo said:
My rear defrost doesnt work. The light on the switch will turn on. I also accidentally scraped the bottom two lines with a razor. I was taking off a sticker. Are those rear defrost kits any good?

http://www.frostfighter.com/prt2100.htm

$20 for the grid repairer
Tab bonding kit $30
complete kit $50

Don't know about their kits, but that is where I got the timer switch for mine and for the heated towing mirrors I added to my truck

I just need to install it....I killed the battery yet again today by forgetting to turn ther defrost off

winterbeater · Feb 9, 2010

I got the a combination grid repair and tab bonding kit for $14 at a old style auto parts store. It has silver epoxy that you mix up. Works good.

tommyr · Feb 9, 2010

Permatex makes a tab kit and a grid kit. Each about $12.00 at Amazon, or should be at your local parts place (probably for more $$$ though)

kastein · Feb 9, 2010

I'd spend 25 bucks at the junkyard and pick up a whole new rear glass with nondamaged conductor stripes, personally.

Aside from that, winterbeater's suggestion sounds the best.

1988 Cherokoo · Feb 11, 2010

Ya I know the junk yard window idea works good, I am hesitant to do it.
Is it hard to pop out the old and throw in the new one. I do have good rubber.

PhotographerMike · Feb 11, 2010

It's not hard to R and R the rear glass, but you will need to pull the inside panel to disconnect defroster connectors without pulling the wires off the glass (ask me how I know . . . ).

kujito · Feb 11, 2010

I've looked at a few of those kits.

I've been contemplating making a defroster for the front windshield. Ya know, for those really snowy/blizzard type days. It seams that every vehicle on the road is clear where the wipers hit, but the sides and across the top get covered with ice/snow. Eventually, the ice/snow build up restricts the wiper's range of motion.

My old Dakota suffered from this, and running that defroster was enough to run me out of the truck, but not enough to completely clear the windshield. The heep defroster isn't nearly as strong, and I hate the severely reduced vis.

Anybody ever try this?

/hijack

joe_peters · Feb 12, 2010

kujito said:
I've looked at a few of those kits.

I've been contemplating making a defroster for the front windshield. Ya know, for those really snowy/blizzard type days. It seams that every vehicle on the road is clear where the wipers hit, but the sides and across the top get covered with ice/snow. Eventually, the ice/snow build up restricts the wiper's range of motion.

My old Dakota suffered from this, and running that defroster was enough to run me out of the truck, but not enough to completely clear the windshield. The heep defroster isn't nearly as strong, and I hate the severely reduced vis.

Anybody ever try this?

/hijack

And the answer is: http://www.nextag.com/Hoppy-Bear-Claw-Ice-531853955/prices-html?nxtg=f620a280514-FEDF3E3436ABCCC6

kujito · Feb 12, 2010

That doesn't do much good when on the freeway in traffic though.

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