Windshield Wiper Reversal? How Come No One Seems to do it? - Page 2

911pcars · 10-17-2007, 02:16 PM

Mike,
That is a very clean looking ride. I especially like the orientation of your wipers.

Here are my right-leaning wipers.

I can't say the rubbers have met rain yet since the conversion (So. Cal).

Sherwood

Formerly Steve Wilkinson · 10-17-2007, 02:26 PM

I did it, it's very easy mod, bending the wiper arm is not worth worrying about (unless you're concerned with destroying a classic, original, peed-on-by-Porsche piece of metal), and it works especially well if you 86 the passenger-side wiper and cap the splined shaft.

Uber-fanatic · 10-17-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson

and it works especially well if you 86 the passenger-side wiper and cap the splined shaft.

No fear of feng shui repercussions??

84toy · 10-17-2007, 02:46 PM

I reversed mine. I like it a lot better. I'm only 5'8" so it made a nice improvement in view for me. I rarely drive in the rain though. I bent the wiper arm the opposite direction so they lay flat the way they should.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

I've always wanted to switch mine and I think I will this winter while the car is in the garage...

Jim_Brown · 10-17-2007, 03:42 PM

I did it. In addition to the view improvement, the driver side blade works a little better at clearing the water. The rubber doesn't get deformed by resting on the curved part of the windshield.

These guys did it.

Monza_dh · Monza_dh's Garage

I took the lazy route. I lowered the drivers side down as much as it could go then removed the passenger side and capped the wiper stub. makes a bit of a difference and took 3 min.

masraum · 10-17-2007, 04:13 PM

I had the wipers on my old '88 reverse parked. I liked the cleaner view, but beyond that, there was an actual functional improvement.

With the wipers parked normally, when I drove in really, really humid/foggy weather I'd get a huge condensation spot on the outside of the windshield right in the middle of the driver's side. It would occur directly above where the wiper arm mounted to the wiper blade.

When I parked the wipers on the opposite side, the condensation spot relocated to the pass side of the windshield.

So in my book, the mod is a good one.

mkossler · 10-17-2007, 05:56 PM

With my non-standard dimensions (6'3" but with a 30" inseam - yup, they call me Tommy Torso) , the wipers don't present a problem, but I sure would appreciate some visors that wrap around the upper windshield frame.

Zeke · 10-17-2007, 06:07 PM

I always seem to install the 2 arms backwards (or swapped). The center arm lays down to the rubber when you do this, and the other one is way outta the way. That's my contribution to 101 projects.

Oh, and if you have 2 of the bent arms (or bend one yourself) it's near perfect.

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

At 6'-4" I'm the rip the sun visers out kinda guy; but hey if it were the other way around I'd be all over that one! Just makes good common sense?

Now for those that have done it; does it make any diff in the rain?

Early_S_Man · 08:51 AM

My best SWAG is that most Pelicans have never seen a '67, or
any attention to the wipers' parking position ... or headlamps, for that matter!

1967 Car and Driver-911S test

Bryan Beaumont · 10-17-2007, 08:14 PM

It's a cool mod for sure, but I've always just pulled the wipers off and ran with a good heavy application of RainX--- It helps that I'm in So Cal. Here's a shot of
my " no wiper" '74 that I just sold.

Uber-fanatic · 10-18-2007, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by milt

I always seem to install the 2 arms backwards (or swapped). The center arm lays down to the rubber when you do this, and the other one is way outta the way. That's my contribution to 101 projects.

Oh, and if you have 2 of the bent arms (or bend one yourself) it's near perfect.

Milt ~ So you're saying that you intentionally swap the arms, and that it ended up being a better solution...I will give it a shot, and start bending 'em like Beckham...

JMatta · 10-18-2007, 06:34 AM

Works on my car...it rarely (almost never) sees rain, anyway.

Grady Clay · 10-18-2007, 07:24 AM

rdrr, spuggy,

You hit it right on. Porsche moved the wipers from parking on the passenger’s side to the driver’s side in ’68 to have the first swipe clear the windscreen. This is particularly important if you are suddenly splashed with muddy water or slush from oncoming traffic.

To properly make the change, one wiper arm is the same (straight) regardless of which side it parks on. The other wiper (bent end) is different depending on which side it parks on (LHD vs. RHD).

Bill (silverc4s), last Friday Milt brought his 911 Carrera to our little gathering in El Segundo, CA. “It Never Rains in Sunny Southern California.” Guess what. It rained and the wipers were at home.

Best,
Grady

Zeke · 10-18-2007, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Grady Clay

rdrr, spuggy,

You hit it right on. Porsche moved the wipers from parking on the passenger’s side to the driver’s side in ’68 to have the first swipe clear the windscreen. This is particularly important if you are suddenly splashed with muddy water or slush from oncoming traffic.

To properly make the change, one wiper arm is the same (straight) regardless of which side it parks on. The other wiper (bent end) is different depending on which side it parks on (LHD vs. RHD).

Bill (silverc4s), last Friday Milt brought his 911 Carrera to our little gathering in El Segundo, CA. “It Never Rains in Sunny Southern California.” Guess what. It rained and the wipers were at home.

Best,
Grady

Yep. I'm guilty. And what a stupid surprise because the typical CA rain is more of a steady drizzle that just beads up and stays there.

"So you're saying that you intentionally swap the arms, and that it ended up being a better solution...I will give it a shot, and start bending 'em like Beckham..." Uber, I don't bend anything. By swapping, the center one lays down right on the rubber. The other is parked at an angle. You just have to be sure they don't hit each other (which they won't if you do it logically).

OK, time to go to work...

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grady Clay

rdrr, spuggy,
Bill (silverc4s), last Friday Milt brought his 911 Carrera to our little gathering in El Segundo, CA. “It Never Rains in Sunny Southern California.” Guess what. It rained and the wipers were at home.

Best,
Grady

LOL

Been there, Done That! It's amazing how impossible it is to drive without wipers! Who da thunk?

pwd72s · 10-18-2007, 08:21 AM

Actually, the very early 911's did park the wipers on the right. Porsche made the switch to parking on the left, saying it had something to do with vision in light rain when the wipers were off.

spuggy · 10-18-2007, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 911Rob

It's amazing how impossible it is to drive without wipers! Who da thunk?

+1

And a close second:

I bought three cars in the US, one in CA and two in WA. Not one of them had a functional windscreen washer system, and it was the thing that bugged me the most until I fixed it. Pet peeve...

Otherwise you'd prety much have to wait until the screen got good and wet before you could use the wipers, or it'd just smear horribly. Dodgy.