I need a rear defroster for my five speed. Is there a site that deals in this sort of thing? For some reason the guy that purchased the car originally didn't get a defroster put in. So I will have to wire it up, if I can find one. I would try to salvage one but all the yards near me have 0 thirdgen parts.

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1988 Camaro RS
2.8L five speed
Money pit from hell!!

1988 Camaro
2.8L automatic
t-tops
160* THERMO
Rapid fire plugs

[This message has been edited by HIX5000 (edited February 28, 2001).]

 

There are kits you can buy that have the orange lines all together - it is like tape, I guess. Then you hook power up to the little connector on one side, ground the other side, and rig a switch. I am pretty sure that is how it goes. Last time I saw one, it was pretty common in the parts store, and was around $35.

Vman

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1969 Camaro Sport Coupe
383, 700R4, leather, everything black but the lights

Previous owner of an 89 RS Camaro
2.8L V6, 700R4

 

Let me educatate you, the hard way.
That back glass lid is SO LARGE & HEAVY! It's one of the largest pieces of glass GM ever designed for an automobile.
Keep looking locally, the shipping will kill you.
I'm sure there are some out here in SoCal, but, the shipping, packaging, handling will kill ya.
Honest, don't really mean to rain on your idea , but, man, shipping really kills a lot of ideas!
Ask an insurance agent if he knows of any yards you may not have asked yet.
Good luck, but, keep searching locally!

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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

[This message has been edited by KED85 (edited February 27, 2001).]

 

I got a complete hatch off a 91 GTA w/wing defroster, seals, and hinges shipped to the parts store I used to work at for $600

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86 Trans Am 355 TPI Rebuilt 700R4 with Corvette servo, modified valve body, and a B&M Torque Converter (2000 rpm stall w/ lock up), 87 350 block bored .30 with new crank. Reworked 305 heads with 3-angle valve job. Added in the rebuild was an SLP TPI cam, BBK 58mm Throttle Body,MSD 6A, Hypertech Power Coil, 1.5 Crane roller tipped rocker arms, SLP Intake Runners and Port matching in upper intake including fully ported plenum, TPIS adjustable fuel pressure regulator @ 46psi, Hooker shorty style headers w/ Thermotech heat wrapping, Custom 3” exhaust with Flowmaster muffler and chrome quad tips, Hypertech Thermomaster Computer chip, K&N open element cone filter on modified MAF per TPIS specs, MSD Wires, removal of A/C hardware and added a 1LE firewall cover installed. Also there has been a PST front suspension kit with Hotchkis strut tower brace added. Soon to have Intrax lowering springs.
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Kills:
95 Talon TSI, 96 Probe GT, 91 T/A L98, 89 RS, 86 Mustang GT, 88 Mustang LX 5.0, 92 Thunderbird V8. couple or ricers that I think were Civics or Preludes not sure what year, 95 Celica GT-S, 94 Chevy 1/4 ton 350, one of those NASCAR F150's

The Third Gen Will Never be Forgotten

 

If aftermarket defroster kits exist, I'd assume they'd be generic type.. and assuming this, the camaro has one of the BIGGEST chunks of glass on the back that exists on any car.. you may have trouble finding a generic aftermarket kit with that kind of heating ability.. if a custom aftermarket kit exists, hopefully it works better than stock.. god knows my stock defroster grid can dim my headlights and still takes forever to start defrosting.. usually automatically turns off before it even puts a dent in the frost, and this is in arizona.. rigging a low power hair drier with an invertere may prove to be cheaper, more effective, and will warm your interior too! (kinda kidding on that last part.. it'd be a little too *******, even for me)


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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
MSD coil, Accel 8mm wires, SplitFire plugs, Gabriel hijackers

 

Defrosters? What'r those? Oh, the things I don't use... I rarely use my back window. That's what the side mirrors are for!


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