which upgrades would you suggest for a d2 prefacelift

[steamship]

Originally Posted by notorious

Connecting them is even easier than top wires since when a-pillar trims are out there is a good niche there to arrange a connection. There is about square inch hole connecting that niche with footwell areas on right and left.

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I have a query about the plug in the picture. Having read the thread, I suspect I already know the answer but will ask anyway.

I noticed the ends of these plugs poking out of the bottom of the A pillars. I also have a spec list from the Erwin site which shows my car has (had) a heated windscreen (PDB). Since I can see these plugs, can I assume that the windscreen has been replaced at some point with a non-heated one?

[notorious]

This is very safe assumption to make

They removed heated windscreen replacing it with non-heated one.

I'd now remove windscreen surround frame and check quality of their work for corrosion in that cavity behind windscreen surround.

[steamship]

Originally Posted by notorious

This is very safe assumption to make

They removed heated windscreen replacing it with non-heated one.

I'd now remove windscreen surround frame and check quality of their work for corrosion in that cavity behind windscreen surround.

Was a bit annoyed to say the least that this might have happened, but finally managed to do some work on the car as one of the fuses kept blowing. With screwdriver in hand, I decided to check all the windscreen contacts, and things may be looking up. Removed the courtesy lights to reveal this:



There is another one hidden over to the right. I then had a 'really' good look at the lower contacts that were peeking up. To my surprise, they appear to be connected. I just have to wait until the temperature drops to see if it all works.

Note the black goo on the trim. This is what was holding the lights in place, as the front retaining clips had been snapped off previously.

[notorious]

I doubt that is was messy windscreen connection that caused fuses to blow. Connection look good for me and 'foil' is not damaged. When I arranged wires in that area I used 3M VHB (very high bond) sticky tape to attach those connection to headliner from inner side so that they don't make mess in the area. I also watched that there plenty of 'foil' length left, so foil never get stretched.

Broken clips of interior light assembly is a separate problem. It is easy to get that light used and transplant.

To test windscreen just remove two wires which go windscreen direction from the monster windscreen ECU in the boot and test resistance with multimeter. Resistance should be from 2 to 3 Ohms.