Rear wipers? How do you like them?
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Rear wipers? How do you like them?
For those of you with rear wipers, how do you like 'em? Especially if you have an MX with non-rear wipers..
I'm curious because there is an MX at the junkyards with one, and I could possibly swap... might be hard, but then again I am not 100% on the difficulty.
So yeah, just curious if you love your rear wipers, or do not care that you have 'em.
I'm curious because there is an MX at the junkyards with one, and I could possibly swap... might be hard, but then again I am not 100% on the difficulty.
So yeah, just curious if you love your rear wipers, or do not care that you have 'em.
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Re: Rear wipers? How do you like them?
I love my rear wiper. I don't use the rear washer/squirty but the wiper is str8 pimpin.
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i use my rear wiper quite often when ever it rained and such, my squiter's never worked but i never needed it also, whenever it was that dirty i just washed tie car =P
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Yeah I could care less about the squirters, but just wondering where is it located? Is it something I can also take off?
and I'm guessing it's better to take the whole hatch instead of just the wiper assembly.
It's been raining a lot recently, and the rear window is almost impossible to see out of lol. So that's why I'm asking.
and I'm guessing it's better to take the whole hatch instead of just the wiper assembly.
It's been raining a lot recently, and the rear window is almost impossible to see out of lol. So that's why I'm asking.
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comes in handy fall/spring time
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exactly what I was thinkingmitmaks wrote:comes in handy fall/spring time
looks like when I make my j/y run, I'll be grabbing a few parts
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+1 rear wiper is needed, I hated driving the RS w/o one, was planning to swap hatches til I bought a GS! I never understood why people wanted to take it off - function over form on this one.
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You'll need the whole hatch, since the wiper comes through the glass, and swapping glass would be 100X harder. I never used my wiper on either car, and took it off the fast car. If the window was wet, I'd just hit the gas, and it all blew off. I don't miss it at all, and live in the land of rain. I never use the defogger, either.
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In speeds over 40mph, yeah, its not needed. I like it in the torrential summer downpours we get here on the east coast, and for snow. I also use the defogger like once a week lol, I think I started to use it more when I plugged up my trunk vents, but I def. noticed it was quieter when I did it, so I'm happy with it!
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I like it. I really like the fact that it had the pulse option.
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For fogginess, I use a dessicant called "Damp Rid" that I get at Home depot. It keeps the interior bone dry, and there's never fog when I use it.
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oh I was under the assumption it comes through the metal and not the glass. damn .fowljesse wrote:You'll need the whole hatch, since the wiper comes through the glass, and swapping glass would be 100X harder. I never used my wiper on either car, and took it off the fast car. If the window was wet, I'd just hit the gas, and it all blew off. I don't miss it at all, and live in the land of rain. I never use the defogger, either.
This will make it a lot more expensive then.... hmm...
I know there is this stuff you spray on the windows.. I might try it and see how it like it before making a huge investment..
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I would also assume that you don't have the steering column controller, and you'd probably have to wire it in... I donno.
You could put on Rain-X. It works surprisingly well.
If you decide not to do it, remember, I took mine off, and like it better that way, if that helps any. I toook off my spoiler, too. Without that stuff, my hatch opens itself when I pull the lever. On the stock GS, I have to pull it up.
You could put on Rain-X. It works surprisingly well.
If you decide not to do it, remember, I took mine off, and like it better that way, if that helps any. I toook off my spoiler, too. Without that stuff, my hatch opens itself when I pull the lever. On the stock GS, I have to pull it up.
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Well I seem to like the spoiler so I doubt I'd remove it. And I already knew about the controller and needing it. Which would also mean I'd need the wiring harness (or have to wire it in).fowljesse wrote:I would also assume that you don't have the steering column controller, and you'd probably have to wire it in... I donno.
You could put on Rain-X. It works surprisingly well.
If you decide not to do it, remember, I took mine off, and like it better that way, if that helps any. I toook off my spoiler, too. Without that stuff, my hatch opens itself when I pull the lever. On the stock GS, I have to pull it up.
so I knew it was a big project, but just didn't know how much better it was lol.
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I find that the hatch glass is too horizontally levelled for the water to slide down, so yeah the rear wiper really does come in handy, I think it looks good too.