There's a repair kit sold at the parts store. Are there any recommendations on what brand to get? What should I prep the rear glass with? And how do I get that stuff off the window if I misalign?

Any tips are appreciated.

Next mod(s): spoiler, (tint).

 

Just don't buy any Permatex stuff from AutoZone. I used it to repair mine and it didn't stick to the glass very well. I called Permatex tech support, and they said to shake the bottle really well, but that didn't help the adhesion problem neither. Also the repaired area seems to be much hotter than the unrepaired.

 

I bought a $10-kit from Salvo Autoparts here in Baltimore, and couldn't do anything with it, had to return. Max's defroster lines are like a hair thin..In additon, I have to cover like 90% of all lines..how many bottles I'd need...Does anyone know if regular glass shops fix those lines as an alternative to replacing a $500 rear glass?

 

You think the Maxima defroster lines are thin, look at a Mercedes. They're practically invisible.

DW

 

if I had $ to drive the Benz, I'd have replaced the damn window.

 

i got the kit that comes in a lil bottle and a lil paintbrush.. i suggest instead of using the paint guide that is supplied with it, use masking tape, taht way u can get thinner lines.. because my rear windshield was tinted i had to cut real thin strips off to get to the defroster strips.

 

taping may help if a line is stripped, but I need to do most of my window. Some lines are just a pain to get to.

 

I've been down this road several times....with my max and the only "cheapest" solution is to replace the window...I used that paint on crap...and it didn't work...but it could be because mine had probably been like that for several years....don't know....anyone that finds a quick fix, please let me know

 

Man, I need to do this too. I removed some old tint and carefully used a blade to clean up some left-over adhesive residue but apparently was not careful enough. Only have 3 working lines now. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't live in Cleveland...

 

just find where the break in the line is.. sand a lil bit of the exisiting lines and fill in the cap while overlapping on the existing lines. i don't understand what you meant by "taping may help if a line is stripped, but I need to do most of my window. Some lines are just a pain to get to." what i mean by using tape is so that you can mask off the areas you dont' want painted with tape you'll get a much finer line compared to the line you'll be making using the templet the kit comes with.

 

right, the kit comes with a template, which is very short in length, and has a bigger cutout than the width of Max's defroster lines..The area damaged on my window is not just a few cm in length, but like 90% of the window. I just dont see myself having enough skill and patientce taping 90% of the glass. Even though the lines appear on the window, all of them are damaged. Do you think if I tint my window again, the tint film will act as a conductor and my defroster will work again?

 

NOPE... my windows are still tinted, i had to cut a lil section off to repair the broken deforster.. so you have breaks all over the defroster line??? how did that happen? is your car still under warranty? because if it just broke on its own nissan should fix it. i think the tint probably helps preserve the lines (i'm not sure though) the only reason mine broke was because i had the rear windshield re-tinted a darker tint. all i know is that one little break in the line will disable the whole defroster line. is the break in your lines visible? mine was real hard to see, i just knew that two lines didn't work and had to sit there staring at the line to see where the break was. the repair resin is alot lighter in color compared to the stock line, so if you really have to do the whole thing over, it'll look very ugly. you might want to consider getting another rear windshield like someone suggested earlier.

 

you 're 100% right. I had to take the tint off twice...and slashed (or scraped) in many places. If you look at the lines, they are visible, but you can see that they were scraped off.. I already took my car to Nissan dealership, and that didn't qualify as a replacement under the wtty. The only outcome is to replace the glass...or keep this one.