Rear wiper speed - Focaljet

**pitchblackzx3** · 08-12-2001, 08:14 AM

unsure if its been asked(didnt bother to search)...but is there a way to change the speed of the rear wiper.....maybe a little faster or possibly 2 speeds???

[ 06-20-2002: Message edited by: pitchblackzx3 ]</p>

**claypoolio** · 08-13-2001, 02:43 PM

as of yet no mod.

**2001 ZTS** · 08-13-2001, 02:55 PM

In Canada we have a chain of stores called "Canadian Tire" and I know they sell a kit designed to make single speed front wipers on older cars variable speed. I'm sure if you checked at a parts store like Pep Boys you could find something similar. It is a rotating knob and a small under the dash mounting plate.

**pitchblackzx3** · 06-20-2002, 08:50 AM

im bringing this topic from the dead...

I asked aloooong time ago, but just thought of it again...

has anyone found out if it is indeed possible to change the speed of the rear wiper???? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbup.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbup.gif[/img]

**mtbiken** · 06-20-2002, 01:26 PM

not to sound rude or anything but why do you want it to go faster? i mean, mine gets the job done. do you have some type of spoiler on the hatch? a spoiler up there would help divert air and water away from the back glass and you wouldn't need to use the wiper very much at all in the rain. just an idea. good luck. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

**pitchblackzx3** · 06-20-2002, 01:32 PM

i dont know about anyone else but i use the rear wiper all the time. When it rains out and your driving it gets alot of use. Its just it gos slooow, being able to adjust the speed just a little would be a little easier than maually putting the wiper on.

Just curious if anyone has done anything.............thats all.

and BTW i have an aluminum wing on my hatch and it doesnt change how wet the window gets at all!!

**mtbiken** · 06-20-2002, 04:25 PM

yeah but a wing sits above the the roof of the car and actually will do very little for the flow over the shape of our cars. if you had a one that stuck off like a lip, I think maybe like the rs, or svt, it would help. for example like the automated spoiler on a turbo beetle.

**pitchblackzx3** · 06-21-2002, 07:19 AM

im not asking how to make my window less wet...

My question is..CAN YOU CHANGE THE SPEED OF THE REAR WIPER???

08-12-2001, 08:14 AM	#1
pitchblackzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Peabody,MA Posts: 5,058	Rear wiper speed unsure if its been asked(didnt bother to search)...but is there a way to change the speed of the rear wiper.....maybe a little faster or possibly 2 speeds??? [ 06-20-2002: Message edited by: pitchblackzx3 ]</p>

08-13-2001, 02:43 PM	#2
claypoolio Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ft.Myers,Fl. Posts: 1,143	Re: Rear wiper speed as of yet no mod.

08-13-2001, 02:55 PM	#3
2001 ZTS Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,542	Re: Rear wiper speed In Canada we have a chain of stores called "Canadian Tire" and I know they sell a kit designed to make single speed front wipers on older cars variable speed. I'm sure if you checked at a parts store like Pep Boys you could find something similar. It is a rotating knob and a small under the dash mounting plate.

06-20-2002, 08:50 AM	#4
pitchblackzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Peabody,MA Posts: 5,058	Re: Rear wiper speed im bringing this topic from the dead... I asked aloooong time ago, but just thought of it again... has anyone found out if it is indeed possible to change the speed of the rear wiper???? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbup.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbup.gif[/img]

06-20-2002, 01:26 PM	#5
mtbiken TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lake cumberland, KY Posts: 586	Re: Rear wiper speed not to sound rude or anything but why do you want it to go faster? i mean, mine gets the job done. do you have some type of spoiler on the hatch? a spoiler up there would help divert air and water away from the back glass and you wouldn't need to use the wiper very much at all in the rain. just an idea. good luck. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

06-20-2002, 01:32 PM	#6
pitchblackzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Peabody,MA Posts: 5,058	Re: Rear wiper speed i dont know about anyone else but i use the rear wiper all the time. When it rains out and your driving it gets alot of use. Its just it gos slooow, being able to adjust the speed just a little would be a little easier than maually putting the wiper on. Just curious if anyone has done anything.............thats all. and BTW i have an aluminum wing on my hatch and it doesnt change how wet the window gets at all!!

06-20-2002, 04:25 PM	#7
mtbiken TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lake cumberland, KY Posts: 586	Re: Rear wiper speed yeah but a wing sits above the the roof of the car and actually will do very little for the flow over the shape of our cars. if you had a one that stuck off like a lip, I think maybe like the rs, or svt, it would help. for example like the automated spoiler on a turbo beetle.

06-21-2002, 07:19 AM	#8
pitchblackzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Peabody,MA Posts: 5,058	Re: Rear wiper speed im not asking how to make my window less wet... My question is..CAN YOU CHANGE THE SPEED OF THE REAR WIPER???

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