^^^ My main question was regarding the vents themselves. A/C and heat are gone and aren't coming back. That's done. If there's a benefit to keeping the vents, even without A/C and heat, they can stay. Like I said previously they're not heavy. In theory blowing fresh air on a window should defog it as the goal is to equalize temperature and humidity. In actuality even on the "fresh" setting the air picks up some heat and humidity from the car and A/C is required. Didn't the Protege's force A/C when the defroster/defogger was selected? I experience this in my 2 a lot as the defroster/defogger doesn't do crap until I turn on the A/C regardless of temperature. Also, the few times I ran my RX7 at Mid-Ohio in April and May I don't recall having fogging issues. My only conclusion is that without heat and A/C the vents are useless and might as well be removed and since I can't defrost/defog my windshield being able to do so on the rear window is no value added so might as well delete the rear defroster too.
...and actually, I'm getting further from "because racecar" and more toward "because it's my damn car and I'll do what I want, which happens to include both street and track driving"
...and actually, I'm getting further from "because racecar" and more toward "because it's my damn car and I'll do what I want, which happens to include both street and track driving"