Climate control fitting

[jpc]

If i were to get the oppertunity to plant a climate control system in my clio, would it be worth it?

how much of a ballache would it be?

have access to a car with it all fitted, but splitting.

any advice would be appreciated!

cheers

JPC

 

[lee_cup]

ive had climate control/air con if past cars, to be honest i never used it.

Ive never fitted it before, but i expect unless you know what your doing it might be a bit of a pain. but don't quote me on that

 

[biojo]

climate controls good from when u first start yer car , so if u set it to 22 , it doesnt start blowing air through fast untill it can get air that temp into yer car

part from that , i wouldnt pay extra for it

 

[Josh@Renparts]

im interested in doing the same thing... what basic components are needed. Im not bothered if its just the manual system with A/C really. Wanted to know whats its like to fit and how much the parts can be picked up for.. can only add value to the car if fitted neatly and properly..

 

[edde]

Forget the idea buying a car with climate is much better value unless you get the parts for free.
For starters you'd need
New aux belt with associated pump for the gas.
controls for the car.
ECU changing or least Renault chnaging the software so it knows aicon is present so it increases rpm when necessary.
Condensor
Interier panel bit.
Wiring looms
Its just not worth it IMO.
List price for parts is probably pushing £2k.

 

[Russ.]

it hard to fit climate if you have aircon already? i gues it isnt as easy as just swapping the front fascias & leads over?

 

[thumper]

id be interested to know the answer to the above too as I already have a/c but would be interested in going to c/c if I could just swap the facias over

 

[Storm_Force]

Anyone know? Interested as my g/f has a Dynamique with aircon, would be nice if it was as straight forward as swapping the fascias LOL :quiet:

 

[bmh.01]

My last car had climate control but my current one has only got A/C, from what I can see internally there is the normal heater panel instead of the screen and buttons and there are cables going to the heater where there were motors with the climate.

To be honest though unless you can get the parts for free or very cheap I wouldn't bother, I don't miss it at all, infact I prefer the normal heater over the climate because I've now go direct control on the temp of the air coming out of the vent. With the climate me and it used to have disagreements on that subject, with it set to minimum temp and the a/c on you would think its going to give cold air but nope its kicking out warm and things like that, used to wind me up big style.
Its great for snob factor but in practise I don't really like it that much, sure I wouldn't go out my way to find a car without it if I had found one with it. I just wouldn't be bothered if it didn't have it as long as its got a/c.