# Rescue a old neat car that needs AC and Defrosters **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** airconditioning, civic, honda\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rescue-a-old-neat-car-that-needs-ac-and-defrosters/46798 "2010-03-29T11:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djluedtke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@djluedtke](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djluedtke)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rescue-a-old-neat-car-that-needs-ac-and-defrosters/46798/1 "2010-03-29T11:45:45Z")
Ignoring moving to the High Desserts of the SW, how could a fella best get AC and Defrosters for an Upper midwest '90 Honda Civic 4wd car? Hate to just dump it, as it was a lot of work to find, and it only has a light surface in a few spots, and about 90K on it. AC was lost by an incompetent service at Zimbrick Honda back about 5 years. Winter/Rain defrosters absolutely need AC to work on this puppy, so it’s only a fair weather car now. I can’t believe nobody try to fix this… but I have’t found anything yet. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rescue-a-old-neat-car-that-needs-ac-and-defrosters/46798/2 "2010-03-29T11:52:44Z")
You need to take the car to an automotive A/C shop in order to see exactly what needs to be replaced. Just be prepared for repair costs that exceed the book value of the car. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rescue-a-old-neat-car-that-needs-ac-and-defrosters/46798/3 "2010-03-29T12:26:16Z")
A good local Independent, not part of a chain, A/C shop is all you need. In the north often your local radiator shop is also the A/C shop (in the south the A/C shop is often the radiator shop. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rescue-a-old-neat-car-that-needs-ac-and-defrosters/46798/4 "2010-03-29T12:44:37Z")
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