Does anyone take off their windshield wipers ? - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

WhiteFRS69 · 07-12-2015, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jaime3

Thanks. It's kept your windshield in good condition?

its gets the job done, doesnt last to long, its meant for a sealant for your Cars paint, not for glass

if you want to save money, just buy Rain X or wax your Windows,

Fishbed77 · 07-13-2015, 10:57 AM

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This is actually a thing people do?

Exactly what I was thinking.

It wouldn't even make for a much cleaner look on the 86 anyway, since the wipers are recessed almost completely below the hoodline to begin with.

3nl · 07-13-2015, 12:26 PM

Yeah, I totally do this bruh! My seatbelts clashed with the red stitching on my seat covers and the radiator got in the way of my grille mesh so I took those off too. Looks so much better now, amiright?

adamg · 07-13-2015, 12:34 PM

i used to not run wipers on my TT...

Audi TT by AJ Gottron, on Flickr

jamies31 · 07-13-2015, 01:58 PM

Yeah would probably look good on a show car that is trailered everywhere and only driven on warm sunny days,
But what looks worst is a busted up car because you removed your wipers and couldn't see due to rain, road debris, bugs etc. (really anything).
I can already see the "totalled my frs tonight" thread in a couple weeks. There a safety item and there for a reason, Your car due as you like but I will be leaving my intact and working.

fika84 · 07-13-2015, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am pretty sure just reading the first post of this thread has dropped my IQ about 10 points.

This implies that you started with some IQ points...? After reading so many worthless posts you must have run out a LONG time ago... or else... you have unlimited IQ...

Tcoat · 07-13-2015, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by fika84

This implies that you started with some IQ points...? After reading so many worthless posts you must have run out a LONG time ago... or else... you have unlimited IQ...

There are just enough good posts that I manage to maintain a delicate equilibrium.
There is also my sanity saver:

Bergen23 · 07-13-2015, 02:51 PM

I've considered converting a mono wiper, because race car. But then I remember how fucking lazy I am, and how many big ass bugs get splattered on my windshield while driving to my cottage. And all the shitty slush that gets onto my windshield during winter.

Tl;dr, keep your wipers. You'll never know how much you need them until you don't have them.

Gunman · 07-13-2015, 09:27 PM

I knew a few guys back in my minitruck days that shaved the wipers, and the cowl. A few removed the wipers, and just put caps on the stems. A friend of mine shaved the LH wiper, and reworked the linkage so the RH wiper would park on the drivers side, ie a single center mount wiper for the entire wind screen.

...that was back when custom didn't come in a box

Tcoat · 07-13-2015, 09:44 PM

I had a 58 Chev that had vacuum powered wipers. They would completely stop every time you accelerated and the vacuum was used to advance the distributer. When you took your foot off the accelerator they would go like hell. Every once in a while they would start up so fast and hard that one or even both would fly off the car.
Spent many a night looking for wipers in the ditch but apparently I was way ahead of my time when I couldn't find them and had to drive without them.

Sarlacc · 07-13-2015, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I had a 58 Chev that had vacuum powered wipers, yada yada yada

That'd work way better now, you could just tap the vacuum tube into your web feed and that thing would bat its wings like a hummingbird.

Tcoat · 07-13-2015, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarlacc

That'd work way better now, you could just tap the vacuum tube into your web feed and that thing would bat its wings like a hummingbird.

HMMM not so sure the feed creates a vacuum.

Vracer111 · 07-13-2015, 10:26 PM

Everybody noez racecarz don't need no windshield wiperz becauze dey don't run in the rains....

Oh wait that's rastlin' on wheels...I mean NASCAR...

Top level racing uses windshield wipers and runs in the rain....

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvN0EzEacU"]Leh Keen's Rain Dance - 24 Hours NÃ¼rburgring - /DRIVER'S EYE - YouTube[/ame]

Vracer111 · 07-13-2015, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jdmblood

Can we get a picture of an frs/brz with no wiper??

I haz picture... car doesn't look that good to me:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1402244413

07-13-2015, 09:44 PM	#38
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	I had a 58 Chev that had vacuum powered wipers. They would completely stop every time you accelerated and the vacuum was used to advance the distributer. When you took your foot off the accelerator they would go like hell. Every once in a while they would start up so fast and hard that one or even both would fly off the car. Spent many a night looking for wipers in the ditch but apparently I was way ahead of my time when I couldn't find them and had to drive without them. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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07-13-2015, 12:26 PM	#31
3nl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: 2015 FR-S 6MT Location: Madison, WI Posts: 112 Thanks: 31 Thanked 68 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah, I totally do this bruh! My seatbelts clashed with the red stitching on my seat covers and the radiator got in the way of my grille mesh so I took those off too. Looks so much better now, amiright?

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adamg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: brz Location: United States Posts: 780 Thanks: 194 Thanked 405 Times in 212 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i used to not run wipers on my TT... Audi TT by AJ Gottron, on Flickr

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Bergen23 Banned Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: '15 Halo FR-S Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,317 Thanks: 922 Thanked 950 Times in 492 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I've considered converting a mono wiper, because race car. But then I remember how fucking lazy I am, and how many big ass bugs get splattered on my windshield while driving to my cottage. And all the shitty slush that gets onto my windshield during winter. Tl;dr, keep your wipers. You'll never know how much you need them until you don't have them.

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