Wipers: Delete or Keep?

[Pranav]

I think they help as the white car has wipers and I know I have used them. My question is whether rain tires are worth it? I have two rain tires and debating getting two more with my toyo money or get rid of the two so I have fewer tires/wheels around.

They're not worth it, get rid of them to me so I only have to buy two.

[drecords]

This thread reminds me I need a new wiper blade.

[Supercharged111]

Do you guys need to run deflectors or something to keep them planted? I swear they lift off the windshield of my truck over 80.

[Den34]

Here is a simple test to see if you need wipers. Put rainX on your daily driver. Then on a rainy day follow a semi on the freeway and get up into the spray coming off the truck. Then shut off your wipers and see how well rainx works......
Bob

...keep your wipers

[Pranav]

Has anyone looking into air blowers instead of wipers? This air pump for my helmet blower is pretty light, cheap, and moves a decent amount of air. I figure if I got a two and had them pipe into both ends of molded hose along the base of the windshield with small slits along to let air escape at higher velocity...

[Rob Liebbe]

Has anyone looking into air blowers instead of wipers? This air pump for my helmet blower is pretty light, cheap, and moves a decent amount of air. I figure if I got a two and had them pipe into both ends of molded hose along the base of the windshield with small slits along to let air escape at higher velocity...

Seems like that relatively small amount of air would be overwhelmed by the airflow over a vehicle. But then, not everybody believed in the Wright brothers.

[Fbody383]

Has anyone looking into air blowers instead of wipers? This air pump for my helmet blower is pretty light, cheap, and moves a decent amount of air. I figure if I got a two and had them pipe into both ends of molded hose along the base of the windshield with small slits along to let air escape at higher velocity...

Under what section of the CMC rules is that allowed by? I think I agree with Rob the mass of overall airflow would overwhelm your helmet blower.

[Pranav]

Under what section of the CMC rules is that allowed by? I think I agree with Rob the mass of overall airflow would overwhelm your helmet blower.

I guess that kills my idea

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[Supercharged111]

I got it that the overwhelping concensus is to wire them up and make them work, but do you 4th gen guys have issues with wipers floating at speed? I don't even have wiper arms or a switch right now, but I'm more inclined to hook up a factory stalk to keep intermittent ad well.

[ShadowBolt]

I got it that the overwhelping concensus is to wire them up and make them work, but do you 4th gen guys have issues with wipers floating at speed? I don't even have wiper arms or a switch right now, but I'm more inclined to hook up a factory stalk to keep intermittent ad well.

I have the factory set-up still on my car but never use anything but high speed.


JJ