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Heated windscreen retrofit
- Thread starter Hristiyan Dyankov
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Happy to be wrong but I don't think the MK3 Leon came with heated front screen, it uses the Heater to demist from memory.
Seat are now offering it but I don't think it across the range.
Seat are now offering it but I don't think it across the range.
Mk3 never had a heated windscreen, so no part number.
There may be a very small chance that a glass manufacturer, such as Glavista, might have once offered a heated one.
But a quick glance at their website didn't produce any result of that sort.
Maybe you can try to look further, as you're told that there was a chance, though I'm not sure what was meant by that.
Even if you manage to find a heated windscreen that fits, you'll need wiring diagrams from a similar model which is/was offered with a heated windscreen, like Ateca. And then even if you got it wired properly, you'll have to hope that the firmwares & datasets of related control units in your car would support it.
ye but one of the retrofiters told me he can do it but the screen was like 800 quid or something like that. So I thought to ask peope here and see if anyone has heard anything like that. Ty for the reply!
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Highly unlikely the glass exists. Electrically it’s easy to do
This company claims to make heated windscreens that fit Seat Leons
But never heard or seen anyone with one fitted.
www.biesheuvel.nl
But never heard or seen anyone with one fitted.
SEAT LEON 05 - HEATED WINDSCREEN
Delivery time can vary between 1 and 4 months, depending on the amount of windows already ordered. Only pickup at Biesheuvel Autosport
www.biesheuvel.nl
This company claims to make heated windscreens that fit Seat Leons
But never heard or seen anyone with one fitted.
SEAT LEON 05 - HEATED WINDSCREEN
Delivery time can vary between 1 and 4 months, depending on the amount of windows already ordered. Only pickup at Biesheuvel Autosport
The web page at the link you've posted states ‘pick up only, sending not possible’. Thinking about the practical considerations for UK owners, as this supplying company is based in the Netherlands it might not be a workable proposition for UK owners, especially if a fitted screen sustains damage that’s not repairable and it needs to be replaced at short notice for safety reasons and / or so the car won’t fail an MOT.
Insurance companies would also be unlikely to pay for one of these replacement heated screens if they’re only available from this Netherlands-based supplier on a ‘collection only’ basis. You’d probably just get a standard non-OEM screen from the insurer’s usual approved glass repairers / installers.
It looks like these people might be able to do it;
https://www.tynesidesafetyglass.com/products/heated-windscreens/
https://www.tynesidesafetyglass.com/products/heated-windscreens/
Also says Leon 05 - so would presume this is for the Second generation Leon (1P; 2005) Not the MK3.
Here's another place in the UK that makes them, mostly for rally.
https://www.heatedwindscreen.com/pa... can, just let,with a cost effective solution
They say they can make them for any type of car in the FAQ.
The golf 7 came with the option for a heated windscreen (called climate windscreen), so you could probably wire in your custom made screen, code it and have a clean retrofit. But nobodies done it before as far as I know
https://www.heatedwindscreen.com/pa... can, just let,with a cost effective solution
They say they can make them for any type of car in the FAQ.
The golf 7 came with the option for a heated windscreen (called climate windscreen), so you could probably wire in your custom made screen, code it and have a clean retrofit. But nobodies done it before as far as I know
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Wiring wise it’s easy
I can’t imagine a one off heated windscreen making financial sense but then again if there’s enough people interested it could
If the cost of the heated windscreen was more attractive like say £500 then I would be interested in having one. Obviously the cost of the rest of the retrofit has to be taken into account @East Yorkshire Retrofits what would your estimate be for this (ball park figure of course)?
I see a heated windscreen as a safety benefit along with heated washer jets.
If the likes of Tyneside Safety Glass were to make 5 off rather than just 1 the cost should be better.
I see a heated windscreen as a safety benefit along with heated washer jets.
If the likes of Tyneside Safety Glass were to make 5 off rather than just 1 the cost should be better.
Sorry, I must totally disagree with what you've said there - heated washer jets can be a deadly dangerous thing. Imagine you're on the motorway, want to use the washers because you're screen is getting a bit dirty. But the washers are frozen, so nothing comes out. Nothing lost, nothing gained. But with heated washer jets, there is a very real possibliity that you'll get washer fluid out of the jets, which hits the screen, and when the wipers sweep, it freezes and totally obscures your vision. Not what you want at all - my old Granada had heated jets, and after exactly the above happened to me on the m6, the cables for the jets were unplugged and then forever left unplugged.
My old C class Mercedes had what I think was the best washer system: the nozzles were heated, but the washer bottle also had an electric heater in the water
(a bit like a low powered kettle). Combined with a strong solution of washer additive, I never had a problem with the water refreezing on the screen.
I'd think that anyone driving around in colder weather without having a suitable windscreen fluid mix in the tank, is not much of a driver, more a potential nuisance.
On the topic of windscreen fluid mix, or claimed freezing point, has anyone else noticed that over this past winter, the default winter mix was claiming only -5C, that might work for all areas of sale in UK at some points over winter, but I always make sure that I'm covered for at least -10C.
Edit:- my wife's 2015 VW Polo was a factory order, so I made sure that winter pack was included, my 2011 Audi S4 was bought slightly used and for once I don't have heated windscreen washer jets, but we don't end up with chocked/frozen washer jets - probably due to the windscreen washer fluid mix.
On the topic of windscreen fluid mix, or claimed freezing point, has anyone else noticed that over this past winter, the default winter mix was claiming only -5C, that might work for all areas of sale in UK at some points over winter, but I always make sure that I'm covered for at least -10C.
Edit:- my wife's 2015 VW Polo was a factory order, so I made sure that winter pack was included, my 2011 Audi S4 was bought slightly used and for once I don't have heated windscreen washer jets, but we don't end up with chocked/frozen washer jets - probably due to the windscreen washer fluid mix.
I think we have to disagree on this point here - I personally use a 50:50 screen wash mix most of the year so in the cold months have no fears/concerns about the jets freezing.
If people are daft enough to run around in winter with just plain water in the bottle then they need a kick up the backside for endangering not just their own but other people's safety if the water freezes on the screen.
As @Seriously? has said, in an ideal scenario an electric heater in the washer bottle would be great on all cars from a safety perspective - just another nice to have retrofit if it were possible.
It was in Austria in -23 degrees..... and a heated washer bottle won't stop the fluid freezing in the pipes either. If any fluid is going to freeze at the nozzles, it's going to freeze anywhere in the system, so the need to keep the nozzles heated to prevent freezing there seems a pointless exercise
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