Rear wiper removal?

[Tom Tandy]

Hi guys,
Was wondering if I should remove the rear windscreen wiper on my car. It looks better but living in Devon there's a lot of crap on the roads, so I was wondering if I would trade visibility for looks. Asking the advice from anyone who's done this mod, how much flicks up onto the rear screen?

 

[Graeme P]

There's a good reason Nissan fitted a wiper. If you're in doubt, then remove the wiper arm and drive about for a week or so and 'see' how it goes.

 

[Tom Tandy]

There's a good reason Nissan fitted a wiper. If you're in doubt, then remove the wiper arm and drive about for a week or so and 'see' how it goes.

Thank you, good advice, I'll see how that goes

 

[davyboy]

The rear screen gets lagged in all sorts, I'd leave it on personally.

 

[Machinehead]

if you've got one that sticks up when its switched off then perhaps change it for one that lies flat (post facelift iirc). Simple to change and does improve the look imho.



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[Tom Tandy]

if you've got one that sticks up when its switched off then perhaps change it for one that lies flat (post facelift iirc). Simple to change and does improve the look imho.



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Yeah I've wanted to do that! How would I go about doing that?

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

Just get the later wiper and motor from a newer model.

 

[pollyp]

yup either fit a facelift motor or if ur handy with tools u can remount the contact strip 180deg
https://www.micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/#post-381097

 

[Machinehead]

PollyP - I didn't know you could do that!! Could have saved myself a tenner!! I got the motor from a face lift model and its easy to swap them over...

 

[pollyp]

Fitting a facelift motor would be a lot easier quicker and require less tool costs.

 

[Matiz]

leave it mate, it is pain to drive mine at winter, my motor burned down.

good thing is I've also have trunk lip removed for trunk welding, so I can put finger at wiper hole and somehow open the trunk

 

[Andy5077]

Leave it on or get a 2nd face lift motor! B-)