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WE’VE all jumped in a Defender in winter and sat there, frustrated while the windscreen demists using the blowers, too slowly for comfort. Ice may be not just outside, but inside too, and we can’t drive the car to warm the coolant for heat as we can’t see through the windscreen. So, we sit there as the fan impotently blows cold air on full chat.
But that needn’t be the case. Retrofitting a heated windscreen is a relatively simple task, and well worth considering. At the flick of a switch, the screen clears quickly, meaning you can get moving rather than sit waiting.
The windscreen installation itself is tricky, but not impossible to fit at home, but the wiring is definitely straightforward. To get a handle on what’s involved, we visited IRB Developments which was fitting a heated screen to a 2012 TDCi Defender. Ian Baughan of IRB prefers to get a glass expert in to deal with the glass work, so we watchedGibbons, of PG Windscreens, handle that part of the task, incorporating some key pieces of advice. Primarily, that is to use a Genuine Parts windscreen seal because, Paul tells me, they’re simply a better material and they fit without issue.
