99SSinOC

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Has anyone done a rear defrost addition to their 99 camaro? Or anything...? Just curious how hard it is to wire.. and cost-wise. In California it's a pain havin no rear view at night (for about 20 mins). Anyhow, all help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks again.
-Garrett

98Z-6Speed

Bump. I want to know about this also.

99SSinOC

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Ttt!!!!

jlaw

bump because i want to know as well.

99SSinOC

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TTT. I'm gunna start mine tomorrow... no feedback from here, I'll be giving updates.

jlaw

Did you buy new rear glass? Or did you buy just the heating unit and associated wires and such?

01-6spdZ

You need to buy the glass. The wires are "inside" the glass. I did this on my 81 Malibu. All i had to do was buy the wire to go to the rear window, and a switch w/ timed relay.

pimpmaro

I'm actually in the process of doing this right now. I had the rear wing cracked by vandalism and wound up purchasing an SS rear hatch with a defroster in it. I bought a new A/C panel from a member from this site that had the defroster button on it and just put that in. I'm still waiting to install the hatch. The good news is that the wiring is already there. If your car came without any power options, you can put them in at any time because GM automatically puts in a full wiring harness for every car. Let me know if you need some help. Nice name by the way.

Brandon_TA

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i SURE WISH i COULD GET RID OF MY REAR DEFORST. I HAVE YET TO USE IT. MAINLY BECAUSE I GOT TINT ON THE BACK WINDOW. DONT WANT IT TO START BUBBLING. I JUST DRIVE MINE A LITTLE BIT, AND ALL THE "CRAP" WILL GO AWAY... YOUR CAR DIDNT COME WITH IT? HUMMM.

samz28

If you want your rear window defrosted , leave a piece of cardboard on the window and it will keep the frost off (doesn't apply to snowy regions).

seriously it works, even when it gets wet, just falls apart. might look ghetto but it is ghetto defrost better than waiting 15 minutes for 20 wires to melt off the frost

SoloSport

I have a 99...mine came with the rear defrost... ?????

samz28

its an option on any year i thought. friend of mine has a 2002 with no defrost, no power nuttin'. light weight i think is the key here.

its not like the rear defroster works worth a crap.

and in my life of cars, i've never seen a rear defroster bubble a good tint job. Even after 5-6 years of tinting and using the defroster. so this must be an fbody thing if it does happen.

Debian Dog

No you just need to find someone that KNOWS how to tint. I have never had a car bubble. Granted I am not in FLA but we have a hot summer in VA and freakin snow now.

That and my tint came with a lifetime guarantee

Mine looks the same as it did when it was put on and I use the defroster all the time, for as long as it will stay on

pimpmaro

That would be me. It's light as hell, that's for sure, but I'm still putting a rear defroster in as stated above. Anyone that needs help, just ask me and I can tell ya how to do it.

1RawTA

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my car is an 01 with rear defrost... but it dosnt work... i hit the button and it clicks and just blinks the ornage light for a split second then it does nothing.. anyone know what the problem could be?

1BADFNZ

My 02 Z28 doesn't have the rear defrost either but it does have the power package. No ASR either ?? ah well best traction control is a smart right foot

pimpmaro

Did you check the fuse/breaker/whatever it is that it runs on? Off the top of my head, I can't remember what/where it is, but I'd check that... Plus you might want to see if there's any damage to the defroster itself, particularly to see if there's a short in the system.