Originally Posted by MikkiJayne (Post 161500)

The purple tint is just the heat-resistant coating - both types can have that.

If they have somehow been torn off a real heated screen then there is no way to reattach. IIRC the connector tails are bonded to the coating on the screen right at the edge. You'd have to take the screen out to see if the pads are there for the tails, which would destroy it, heated or not. The lower connections are at the outside corners so it may be worth taking the lower dash or glovebox off to see if you have the same torn tails at the corners as well. The tails get caught in the screen adhesive so I think it is very likely they came off when the original heated screen was removed.

It seems to me like IR-H is heat-reflective (InfraRed), heated, and IR is just heat-reflective. The German translations use the same letters (infrarot, heizung).

Originally Posted by David's8 (Post 161502)

Gutted for you. You think you're getting somewhere with a job only to find that it impossible to complete - not even a visit to the D2 Doctor can help. :-(

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne (Post 161504)

If you're determined enough, Pilkington Classics may be able to help. I doubt it'll be cheap, but maybe a batch would bring the price down if a few of us wanted them.

Originally Posted by hunker7 (Post 161506)

I will get in touch with them and see if they're able to help at all and what's the potential cost if there is enough interest. You don't ask you don't get. +++

Originally Posted by David's8 (Post 161516)

I have emailed them this afternoon - I should have edited my earlier post +++