Heated windscreen

[Plug]

Right im unhappy as my windscreen decided to smash for no reason other than finding a hockey ball in the garden !!!

Well im pissed as it was the original screen. in an antibes shell, am i right in saying the its got a bronze tint on the windscreen aswell as the top tint swear it does.

Anyway seeing as i need a new one im after a Heated front screen,

Also what else will be needed in form of connecting it up guessing it works off some sort of relay or is it simply off a switch?

One other anyone know anyone who sells the heated screens as if i remember correctly it was a group buy wasnt it?

Cheers in advance Plug

[dgbnova#1]

Someone asked this a few weeks ago and think Bazzap put a link on there to someone selling them around £180 I think and your correct on the Antibes screen spec also have a search should come up with the thread

[Scottcooper85]

Demon tweeks have them in for just over £200

[Benn]

I wired mine up thru a relay to the light panel on the dash, filled the hole out and fitted a foglight switch(needs to be a on/off switch, not a timered one) but with a Cav screen top cover. So it looks like a heated screen button.
Works fantastic! Clears the screen in 30sec ish...

[Jack]

Think mine runs off two relays, that was from a group buy from Ricky Evans - he sells them at £195 +vat. http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/vauxall-heated-windscreens.html

Its not worked properly for a LONG time though, hopefully its just the relay/s that have crapped out

[Plug]

cheers for all your help people i'll get one ordered up pretty sharpish,

Do you reckon combe will stop me going out with a cracked windscreen?

[Alex J]

whats the point of a heated windscreen lol

[Plug]

well im taking my heater matrix out, so incase of a frosty morning, i can de-frost the screen so i can see, Lazy man style

[mk1nova_rich]

Don't forget to find another way of increasing your cooling system capacity if you remove the matrix, especially in a track car :)

[Plug]

ive got a dirty gert alloy rad up front, should be more than capable of cooling the let down, never had the heater on in the nova as the fan motor never worked ;)

[peter gsi]

im up for group bye thinking for this for my gsi

[Plug]

the group buy was done a couple years ago now mate,

Just finding out where they was from,

[dgbnova#1]

Well if another buy was on I will prob be interested

[Alex J]

Don't forget to find another way of increasing your cooling system capacity if you remove the matrix, especially in a track car :)very true! lowers the temps alot in mine and i have an alloy rad

plug, keep the heater matrix trust me!!

[Benn]

cheers for all your help people i'll get one ordered up pretty sharpish,

Do you reckon combe will stop me going out with a cracked windscreen?

No ones ever checked me car over...

[Edd]

Anyone got a link for a wiring diagram for the heated screen? I fitted it but have never wired it in lol

[Plug]

fancy selling it edd before you do heres a diagram mind,
http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/Windscreen-Wiring-Diagram.gif

Right well whos another of the original few with the top tints? anyone not fitted theres yet and fancy parting with? Dont want a clear one,

Worst comes to worst i've found a heated windscreen manufacturer, foreign and getting a definite answer is proving hard at the moment,but they have said they know what the car is and they can do the top tint, im trying to get a bronze tinted glass from them, i'll be sending a spare bronze side light ive got in the garage

Benn, thats good news then i couldnt remember if it was just a sound check or a check over aswell lol


very true! lowers the temps alot in mine and i have an alloy rad

plug, keep the heater matrix trust me!!

You sure ? like i said ive never had a fan blowing at the matrix before as that packed in before i got it, never really had a problem with temps, but my fan does come on with ignition and its got a cool running stat in it, nice bit of scrap that matrix haha

[Jack]

Bear in mind you might need two of those relay setups, the windscreen might have dual elements (mind did. Not that it helped, as neither of them work lol)

[Benn]

Mines has the two relay set up as the screen is dual circuit thing.