New Member & retro fit air con

[WISHY]

Hi everyone would just like to introduce myself to u all as have finally joined having admired the website for ages.

Am v close at the minute to buying a chimera 4.5 but am wondering about retro fittng air-con and how possible it is and a cost? - any ideas

and yes i do know the roof comes off them!

Regards Wishy

[lazyitus]

WISHY said:

Hi everyone would just like to introduce myself to u all as have finally joined having admired the website for ages. Am v close at the minute to buying a chimera 4.5 but am wondering about retro fittng air-con and how possible it is and a cost? - any ideas and yes i do know the roof comes off them! Regards Wishy

Welcome!

Retro-fit air con eh?

Can't help there but I know it costs about £1200 on a new van!

[raceboy]

This has come up before so a search migh find a bit more detail, but.......
I think your looking at at least £2k and it's a massive job, if you really want air-con find a car with it already fitted, I wouldn't pay a penny more for a car with it as I believe it's a bout as effective as having your passenger blow at you

[Big Al.]

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[WISHY]

Thanks for ur help - think i will forget the retro fit idea

not sure how important it is anyway?

does any one with a chimera have a serious prob in the winter with them steeming up ?

am looking at a 2000 onwards car and guess i'm wondering how important it is?

any help most appreciated

cheers

[Big Al.]

Go and do a search over on the Chim Forum, You'll find all the answers your looking for and a lot more.

[AlexRWD]

WISHY said:

Am v close at the minute to buying a chimera 4.5 but am wondering about retro fittng air-con and how possible it is and a cost? - any ideas

Are you buying from a dealer?

I had it retro-fitted on my Tamora, but agreed that as part of the deal to buy the car, so whilst normal cost would be over £2k, I negotiated it as part of the price.

And it is bloody effective, I'm very impressed. My car steamed up like mad on the day I collected it, the a/c has cured that. Think it will be bloody useful in warmer weather as well.

[Mrs Cuchillo]

We have it on our Chim and it's invaluable for defogging the car on wet days. We wouldn't be without it!