Rear wiper contraption delete?

[homesick]

Joe maybe you didn’t read all the reasons some of us have posted as to why the rear wipers might scratch glass, which as you see is your original question. Upkeep isn’t the problem, it’s the fact the thing is in the back where it’s not noticed or used often, so if a bunch of dried on dirt or road crap gets on the glass ( like the op was talking about on his crappy dirt roads) and the wiper is inadvertently turned on without fluid behind dispensed , it can scratch the glass. With a new wiper and full washer fluid. There’s your rational answer. Again.

Go back and read it some more, until you 'get' the "compared to the front wipers" part.

You all have posted that the rear wiper lives in a different environment than the front does. Different environmrnts require different solutions. I don't turn my front wipers on when the blades are frozen to the glass. A guy in Hawaii doesn't have that concern. Are my front wipers inferior to his?

Nobody has yet posted a way that the rear wipers are inferior to the fronts, and THAT was my question. (Trust me, I was there when I asked it. )

joe

 

[HiHoeSilver]

 

[Rocket Man]

Go back and read it some more, until you 'get' the "compared to the front wipers" part.

You all have posted that the rear wiper lives in a different environment than the front does. Different environmrnts require different solutions. I don't turn my front wipers on when the blades are frozen to the glass. A guy in Hawaii doesn't have that concern. Are my front wipers inferior to his?

Nobody has yet posted a way that the rear wipers are inferior to the fronts, and THAT was my question. (Trust me, I was there when I asked it. )

joe

Oh lord. I’m out. Bye bye.

 

[Tahoe14]

I think we need to get back to the original post about how the newer style SUV would look without the rear wiper assembly and move past the inferior wiper no resolution discussion which is muddying the water of the intent of this thread.

 

[dbbd1]

I think we need to get back to the original post about how the newer style SUV would look without the rear wiper assembly.

Okay.

I was following a Tahoe today and thinking about this thread. Maybe you could paint the doohickey black or, maybe just the rearward facing side of it. It might help it to blend in with the tinted rear window some???

Just thinkin'

 

[cardude2000]

I think we need to get back to the original post about how the newer style SUV would look without the rear wiper assembly and move past the inferior wiper no resolution discussion which is muddying the water of the intent of this thread.

Threads drift. It happens.

Either way, it would look wacky without it IMO. But if people are panicked about destroying their rear window due to accidentally turning on their wiper one day...just remove the wiper arm I guess...seems like the best ‘solution’.

 

[900sub6.0]

I finally picked up my RST today. My son said I just have to get used to it. Of course, playing with it, I accidently turned on the rear wiper. I'll just remove the rear arm for now.

I was hoping there was some sort of police package or something that removed the rear wiper and had a smaller "wing" like the previous gen.

 

[GTNator]

It was raining all day in Washington DC. I used the rear wiper a lot! Would never get rid of it. The rear window glass is hard to see out of when it’s all wet, which is the reason for having the wipers.


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[cardude2000]

It was raining all day in Washington DC. I used the rear wiper a lot! Would never get rid of it. The rear window glass is hard to see out of when it’s all wet, which is the reason for having the wipers.


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Yep just drove 2 hours in pouring rain. Dark day. Was thinking about this thread.

 

[cardude2000]

I finally picked up my RST today. My son said I just have to get used to it. Of course, playing with it, I accidently turned on the rear wiper. I'll just remove the rear arm for now.

I was hoping there was some sort of police package or something that removed the rear wiper and had a smaller "wing" like the previous gen.

Removing it makes the most sense IMO. I’m assuming you don’t get snow and ice where you are. Up north it’s really helpful when driving through snow.

Either way, here’s what it would look like without and with a lip.




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