Heated windscreen

[hunker7]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

You don't I suspect you have a standard screen in there now as the heated one is no longer available. Those connectors were likely cut off when the screen was replaced.

Is there any way of checking?

Some have said that heated screen has purple tint which mine has

[hunker7]

To me they seem to have been ripped off (or at least that's what I'm hoping for) 0

[steamship]

Not sure if it's helpful, but the attached image shows the information on mine. No part number unfortunately.

I suspect the only way to be absolutely sure would probably mean removing the headlining to see where they originally connected to... if it's still the original screen.

[hunker7]

Originally Posted by steamship

Not sure if it's helpful, but the attached image shows the information on mine. No part number unfortunately.

I suspect the only way to be absolutely sure would probably mean removing the headlining to see where they originally connected to... if it's still the original screen.

Very similar info, apart from mine being IR and yours is IR-H

[MikkiJayne]

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).

[hunker7]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

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).

****ed off is an understatement

[David's8]

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.