Rear defrost

[Herbstleyd]

Hi,

I bought a car this summer, a Chevrolet Lumina Z34, and rear defrost has been removed, due to a tinted window removed , so there's no more heating lines in my rear window.

I really need to have the rear window to heat this winter, because i live in Québec, and the winter is real cold here.

So, I was wonderning if any of you has a suggestion about what to do to have my rear window defrost.

Here the list of solution that i've tought

1. Changing the window ($$$)
2. Installing a fan (might be noisy and not enough warm to remove the frost)
3. Installing new heating line in my window (if this is someting possible)


Thanks all in advance

[curtis73]

Go to any parts store or Canadian Tire and get a 12v plug in aux heater. They're usually about the size of a large CD walkman and they have a little heating element and a fan. I did this on an old car that had no rear defrost and it worked great. It struggled a little bit during the really cold mornings in PA, but I suppose you could do two if necessary.

[beef_bourito]

really cold mornings in PA? that's news to me

how cold are you talking about? winters here (depending on the area, the past two years where i live, ottawa, have been rather mild) can get down to -20C and lower for long periods of time (being conservative, my sis had a week of -50 in saskatchewan). do you think it'd work well in that kind of temperature?

[Herbstleyd]

Originally Posted by beef_bourito

how cold are you talking about?

-35C (Without winds) in the worst time

I'll check for de 12V heater, thanks

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by Herbstleyd

3. Installing new heating line in my window (if this is someting possible)


Thanks all in advance

You used to be able to buy the heating elements in a role, with an adhesive surface.
It was just peel and stick onto the window, and hook the wires up to power and a switch.
I'm sure you can still buy them, then all you need to do is hook it up to the original wiring.

Also talk to an Auto Glazier, they have something a little more professional.

[curtis73]

Originally Posted by beef_bourito

really cold mornings in PA? that's news to me

Its not uncommon to get a couple weeks in the negative teens (farenheit). The time I was referring to with my heater not working quite well enough was a two-week stretch where it was 18 below at night and didn't make it above 10 during the day. Ironically at the time I was living in an RV and I was going through a 30-lb tank of propane every two days.