Helps rear glass dry quick

October 13, 2005

If you ever have had a back glass that just wouldn't dry out quickly, just pop on the rear defrost. Within minutes your done.

tigerstripe · October 13, 2005

what you dont like looking through the bubbles? :thumb

just keep an eye on the batttery, the rear def really pulls the power.

personally I use heat lamps, and try not to :thumb limp it

Exact-Oh · October 13, 2005

This one has been suggested before.

TintDude · October 14, 2005

didn't someone have an arcing problem when trying this? I remember a post about a shattered rear window, and if I'm not mistaken it was from doing this.

Not worth the risk in my humble opinion, it's going to dry anyway, why risk it?

October 14, 2005

didn't someone have an arcing problem when trying this? I remember a post about a shattered rear window, and if I'm not mistaken it was from doing this.
Not worth the risk in my humble opinion, it's going to dry anyway, why risk it?

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:thumb ..I think I remember that also..I thing it was on a hoda passport or something like that..let it dry on its own

October 14, 2005

its like heat shrinkin a windshield sometimes your lucky sometimes your not. :bingo

Exact-Oh · October 14, 2005

didn't someone have an arcing problem when trying this? I remember a post about a shattered rear window, and if I'm not mistaken it was from doing this.
Not worth the risk in my humble opinion, it's going to dry anyway, why risk it?

[*]326468

Yes, but if I remember correctly, that was attributed to an error on install. If you re-cut the film around the defroster tab after installation, you run the risk of weakening the electrical connection between the tab and the defroster system. That produces major current over a pathway that's too thin, and therefore produces high heat in a concentrated area.

TINT · October 14, 2005

its like heat shrinkin a windshield sometimes your lucky sometimes your not.

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:thumb

October 15, 2005

its like heat shrinkin a windshield sometimes your lucky sometimes your not.

[*]326586

Or said another way...

In time, the improbable will become a certainty...

tintinater · October 15, 2005

I used to work for a guy who pulled every car outside with heater running full blast and the the defroster on for like an hour, it was crazy, because every once and a while you'd have a car with a bad thermostat overheating in the parking lot, antifreeze everywhere..