Defender side-window de-misters

I tried your first idea a while back, took the feed from the bottom of the windscreen vent. It doesn't work very well, not much air gets out even with the fan on full. Partly blocking the windscreen vent helps, though. Just have to find a way of doing that neatly, and still get air to demist the screen.

Pieter

Is your car fitted with a hardtop or a soft top?

If you have a hardtop there might be solution.

You can use a 12V heater with fan and route two hoses from this heater fan to the front (and why not the rears also) windows.

You can use lengths of plastic tubing with holes (sort like a flute) positioned on the upper part of the roof and directed towards the windows. Those fans blow air with significant strength so I think it is possible for the air to be able to de-mist the windows.

There are several 12V heater fans for automotive use available in car accessories stores. Maybe you can find a pair that can be fitted on top of the side windows with minimum space requirements.

Take care Pantelis

I have an illustration of the pukka Land Rover side window vent bits in .pdf format, let me know if you'd like a copy.

Steve. Suffolk. remove 'knujon' to e-mail

Try Rain-X anti fog, works quite well on my defender GGJ

Steve,

Could you email me a copy, please?

Pieter

Yes please, I'm going through about 2 rolls of kitchen roll a week(recycled).

Thank for this idea Pantellis, it sounds like the proper job, but maybe a little too involved for me. I generally try to avoid anything to do with electrics, (not my field of expertise!!) You would need tubes running up the side of the windscreen (or from somewhere in the back)which puts me off a little from an asthetic point of view. But I bet it would work bloody well though!

However the more I think about the air into the door panel idea, the more I think it might just work. It all depends on the air pressure that I can get inside the door, and hor I can split the air flow between the side vents and windscreen.

Hmmmm. project comin' on

Guy

Hadn't thought of that, if I find it I'll give it a go, probably work on the mirrors too.

Thanks

Guy

it will work on inside rear view mirror but not so well on outside mirrors, it does say for interior use only , but its always worth a try.

GGJ