The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **karlf** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:10 am

£165 per windscreen. Seen this on the FTOOC thought it might interest some of you. Not into it myself as the A/C is good enough for me.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:13 am

more details please? Is it like a heated rear screen where there's wires running acrosss the screen?

by **karlf** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:19 am

Sorry I meant to include a link. Here it is:
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=93564&highlight=
I was thinking the sae thing. The guy doesn't give much detail about that. I'l ask and see what he comes back with and let you know.

by **mcgon1979** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:57 pm

great price. had a front heated window on my last car and it was brilliant. about 200 almost transparent (hair width) wires running from top to bottom of the window. you can barely see them upon inspection. but if the windscreen is steamed up ir clears it in 20 seconds. totally clear. If its iced over in winter, clears it in about 2 mins or less. no hot water or de-icer or scraping. brilliant.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:48 pm

I'm more than a little dubious about this. a standard screen is an expensive item, have these screens met any type of safety standards etc.

They're very handy though, the ones on Fords are great.

by **Bernard** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:57 pm

colm_mcm wrote:They're very handy though, the ones on Fords are great.

The only experience I have of them is from a fiesta I got on loan... I found it distracting.
That said, I suppose you wouldn't notice after a week or two.

by **karlf** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:13 am

Just heard back from the guy who put up the post. He didn't say the name of the company but said they are the same supplier as the one camskill uses for making their windscreens. He also said the elements are so fine they are barely noticeable.
I asked for the name of the supplier but he didn't give it. Just said the same as camskill. Thought it might be better to try organise an irish fto club buy i(f there was enough interest) as you could have them all shipped directly to Ireland rather than to the the guy organising the buy and then having him forward them on to you.
He's also gonna try get a pic. If he sends me one I'l post it up here.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:14 am

i'd say most peeps would go through insurance when it comes to changing the windscreen but if there is any interest we could try .

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