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frost fighter
Hey everyone I'm not on here much since my brother now has my Beretta, but I still come to read stuff. I just wanted to let everyone know about a product I found that actually works for fixing rear defrost grids/tabs.
I had a tab come off which I soldered back on and thought was fixed until a wire melted the fuse panel. I replaced the whole panel and wire. Then I de soldered the old tab and tossed it. I ordered a new tab, highly conductive 2 part silver epoxy, and a new connector from www.frostfighter.com
After bonding the new tab on it's on there rock solid, and cutting the old connector off and crimping on the new one, it looks close to factory and the defrost now works without heating up the wire too.
Thought id post this to maybe save someone from having to get a new windshield if theirs fell off any of their cars or the grid gets damaged.
I had a tab come off which I soldered back on and thought was fixed until a wire melted the fuse panel. I replaced the whole panel and wire. Then I de soldered the old tab and tossed it. I ordered a new tab, highly conductive 2 part silver epoxy, and a new connector from www.frostfighter.com
After bonding the new tab on it's on there rock solid, and cutting the old connector off and crimping on the new one, it looks close to factory and the defrost now works without heating up the wire too.
Thought id post this to maybe save someone from having to get a new windshield if theirs fell off any of their cars or the grid gets damaged.
- Money pit Beretta
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Re: frost fighter
Rear defrost is one of those things. You don't think about it unless it stops working!
keep'em flying!
Re: frost fighter
Thanks for the info. I don't know if the rear defrost is working on any of my Berettas right now... Worth checking into, thanks again.
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Re: frost fighter
surprisingly they seem to work fine in my berettas, actually have never had issues with them in any car i have ever owned
Re: frost fighter
It works as well as it can on such a big back window...doesn't do anything in freezing rain or negative forty tho lol ..just too much glass
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Re: frost fighter
??? I guess I have a different idea on what a 'big' window is -I have three third-gen Camaros in the family, and THAT is a big piece of glass on each of those! The defrosters on my Camaros actually work fine, oddly enough...neech wrote:It works as well as it can on such a big back window...doesn't do anything in freezing rain or negative forty tho lol ..just too much glass
1989 SuperCharged 3800 Srs-II (First)Six-Speed GTU
1990 Turbo 3.4 5-Speed T-Type
1990 4.0L 4-Cam 32-Valve V-8 5-Speed Indy GTi (Project)
1990 Stock(!) 3.1 MPFI Auto Indy
1995 LA1/L82 4T60E Z-26
1995 3.4 DOHC Turbo 5-Speed Z-26
1990 Turbo 3.4 5-Speed T-Type
1990 4.0L 4-Cam 32-Valve V-8 5-Speed Indy GTi (Project)
1990 Stock(!) 3.1 MPFI Auto Indy
1995 LA1/L82 4T60E Z-26
1995 3.4 DOHC Turbo 5-Speed Z-26