View Poll Results: Front windshield wiper arm delete.
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Front Windshield Wiper Delete Poll
02-14-2011, 03:42 PM
#106
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here you go...
I can't read German either, but I can tell that the first item is the wiper blade, which you don't need; the second is the wiper arm and you need two; the third is a "cap" and it apparently comes with the arm; and the fourth is "your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine." You don't need the blades because you are going to put Bosch or the other brand on there in the length that suits you best.
Now, if Nicole could see and read she could tell us what the last item is.
Jerry Feather
Now, if Nicole could see and read she could tell us what the last item is.
Jerry Feather
02-25-2011, 12:40 PM
#108
Three Wheelin'
Don't delete. I had a 'delete adventure' a number of years ago in my 356 Roadster. The local PCA club was doing a drive up The Dragon. The weather called for only 10% chance of showers. My car had wiper, winshield, & top delete. I had a 10 inch plastic racing screen to ward off bugs. Everything was beautiful until we got to Deal's Gap at the top and got ready to leave. The forecast changed to 100% severe thunder storms & torrential downpore all the way back to Alcoa.
02-25-2011, 12:45 PM
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I actually went without wipers from November until about a week ago ... took them off to change my blower motor and just kinda liked the view of the entire hood. We had quite a spell of dry weather over the past couple of months here, and I just never got around to putting them back on.
So I appreciate Tony's idea in a way. Now that most cars have recessed or partially recessed wipers it would be an interesting mod to re-work a 928 to lower the wipers some so they are less in your forward view. There's already a nice space between the hood and windshield to work with. If I were as clever as many of the people here I'll bet it could be done fairly easily.
So I appreciate Tony's idea in a way. Now that most cars have recessed or partially recessed wipers it would be an interesting mod to re-work a 928 to lower the wipers some so they are less in your forward view. There's already a nice space between the hood and windshield to work with. If I were as clever as many of the people here I'll bet it could be done fairly easily.
02-27-2011, 09:56 AM
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Anyone thinking they can get by in a dry climate without wipers has obviously never had to drive past a broken or badly-aimed sprinkler. Maybe this makes more of an impression on me because it's happened more than once while I was in a cabrio and not going fast enough to stay dry. A broken sprinkler head can really soak you, lots of water pressure in the big commercial systems.
At night with some city lights you are really screwed if your wipers do not work and your windshield gets wet.
Around here just the mist kicked up from drivers passing through a wet section of road can
Wet roads are not uncommon due to localized squalls, grass watering, construction, etc.
I can't remember the last time my seatbelt saved my life but I still wear one.
-Joel.
At night with some city lights you are really screwed if your wipers do not work and your windshield gets wet.
Around here just the mist kicked up from drivers passing through a wet section of road can
Wet roads are not uncommon due to localized squalls, grass watering, construction, etc.
I can't remember the last time my seatbelt saved my life but I still wear one.
-Joel.
02-27-2011, 11:39 AM
#113
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Karsten, the wiper arm in your pictures looks like the wrong one for this conversion according to the close-up picture posted before. What does your set-up look like installed? Jerry Feather
03-02-2011, 03:44 PM
#114
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Hi Jerry,
excuse my late answer but I was ill, an attack of "montezumas revenge". ;-)I will install this arms on my 928 so you can see the difference.
My arms are so deep,they touch the underside of the window trim if you let the wipers work in the 3 gear.
the fitting of the Lupo driver side arm is better.
excuse my late answer but I was ill, an attack of "montezumas revenge". ;-)I will install this arms on my 928 so you can see the difference.
My arms are so deep,they touch the underside of the window trim if you let the wipers work in the 3 gear.
the fitting of the Lupo driver side arm is better.
03-02-2011, 07:33 PM
#115
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Thanks, Karsten. Sorry about the diaflocus of the blow hole. Although, at my age, sometimes that is a big relief. I'll look foreward to the pictures of the lupo drivers side arms installed on the 928.
03-09-2011, 07:52 AM
#116
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Sorry for the delay.
I installed the arms on my S 3.You should know the arms must be shortened.The position of this arms
is a little bit higher on the wind shield but they clean a lot more area on the left of the driver side of the wind shield.
The perfect mod would put the drive of the arms 2 cm deeper.
The painting on the wielding points is awful.Rattle can isn´t enough for salty countries.
I installed the arms on my S 3.You should know the arms must be shortened.The position of this arms
is a little bit higher on the wind shield but they clean a lot more area on the left of the driver side of the wind shield.
The perfect mod would put the drive of the arms 2 cm deeper.
The painting on the wielding points is awful.Rattle can isn´t enough for salty countries.
03-09-2011, 01:04 PM
#118
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Tony,the blades are all the same size.The photos are taken with the Iphone,maybe wrong visualisation?
I´m thinking about cutting the arms in the middle.There is a pressure.If you loosening the connection you can maybe save the powder coating.
I´m thinking about cutting the arms in the middle.There is a pressure.If you loosening the connection you can maybe save the powder coating.
03-09-2011, 01:23 PM
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Would like to see what Hacker comes up with if he is out from under the snow. Earlier H-P was looking at Jetta's, etc at a VW dealership that looked like a cleaner setup than the Lupo's? T
03-09-2011, 01:39 PM
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Obviously you don't ride cruising type motorcycles. Most touring type motorcycles re: H.D. Road Glide, Electra Glide, Street Glide, Road King windshields are normally at or above eyeline. BMW and Honda Wings have electronically adjustable height windshields. When at speed, you want to be below the top of the windshield in inclement weather, not looking around or above-you'll get peppered with rain, etc. No windshiled wipers on any of these motorcycles. Also, please don't forget, if it rains ultra hard, many motorcyclists just park it under a bridge overpass, etc until the rain tapers off. Kinda nice to take a break. Part of the ride. Also, who said anything about big black rubber nipples? I said small, color matching caps that will be harldy noticeable.This is a poll, please vote ! 
T
TI have been riding motorcycles for 30 years with 20 years of it continuous, and I have always found that the windshield height of 1-2 inches below the eye level is best. The airflow causes the rain etc to go above your head at speed, and you dont have to look through a rain splattered windshield, foggy windshield. (thats what the visor is for.. keeping the rain off the face)..
Also night riding, or bad weather riding at night, looking through a windshield makes it more difficult to see what is on the road.
Then again I always wear at least a leather jacket, and a full face helmet with EPS in the chinbar. Otherwise, you're doing it wrong.
YMMV