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Re: Rear Windshield Wiper Posted by Landjet [Email] (#16) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Landjet) on Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:27:53 In Reply to: Rear Windshield Wiper, AaronG, Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:34:39 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I did one on a car and Larry is correct, it is a very involved project. Just getting the washer nozzle properly positioned and then drilling through Swedish steel can be interesting.....it is a good job if you need to put a new headliner in though.
Now, take note that there are TWO distinctive kinds of rear wiper motors. The sissy one, and the more robust one that looks like a window lift motor. If yours looks like a window lift motor, then it is worth the time to put it in. The sissy one isn't worth the effort as it will fail and then you have nothing....except a long installation process and nothing to show for it.
Having one for some time on a car that I used for touring, in all kinds of weather, and from desert to mountain rain forest, I think the rear wiper is the bomb. If the glass is dirty at all, and you need visibility, then one flick and eureka, you can see again.
After installation of the nozzle, it was aimed too high -- shot a stream rearward and hit the car that was tailgating me. I wondered if I should leave it that way, as the tailgater backed off. I wouldn't recommend that though.....might get the wrong person angry.
Aaron --- if you have a question, let me know -- I bought three kits from the UK, and have some of the diagrams/templates as well. I'm in in the process right now of installing one on a Commemorative.
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