There's a product available to make do-it-yourself repairs to damaged defogger traces.  I've used it myself with considerable success.  Under the Loctite brand, it's their product # 79340?15067, ?Quick Grid Rear Window Defogger Repair Kit?.  No need to even think of replacing the whole bloody window over a thing like this.


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Moonlight Blue 1996 Mercury Mystique GS , Zetec engine, ATX.  No mods. (Well, OK, one mod.  Before I got rid of my previous car, a 1994 Tempo, I swapped radios.  I liked the Tempo's radio better.  That counts as a mod, doesn't it?  I also kept one of my Tempo's wheels to use as a spare.  I hate those stupid ?compact? spares that come with modern cars.  Does this count as a mod?  If so, I guess I have two mods.  Replaced burned/melted blower switch and connector on 19 February 2002 with a 1P3T toggle switch from Marvac and a Molex connector from Rat Shack; I guess this now makes three mods.)