ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/08/04 10:39 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 10:39 AM After a recent trip to Melbourne I was driving at speed (over 140) in the wet and the wipers were skipping badly. On every car I have owned (post 1980) they have had a small wing on the wiper arms, but for some stupid reason the XR does not have this feature. I really do not want to go to the parts store and buy an ugly 3 slatted clipon arm, like I had on my 1971 charger, I think Ford should offer a retro fit recall as this is dangerous due to the wipers inability to wipe the windows.What is ford thinking ? :loc: I see them on EVERY car including the several Daewoo LAnos fleet cars I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 15/08/04 10:53 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 10:53 AM Even on the cars with "wiper aids" the wipers won't hold over 140kph. Simply can't.There is only one word for you if you want to drive over 140kph in the wet ... Rain-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/08/04 11:07 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 11:07 AM More simple solution......slowdown in the wet.... :loc: Why do you need to do 140kph in the rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ed Phantom lives Member 1,417 Member For: 20y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: who knows Posted 15/08/04 11:12 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 11:12 AM that's a good issue I have noticed the same thing..Ill have a chat with ford tomorrow and see what they think...jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYOPA Team Blueprint Donating Members 312 Member For: 21y 4m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/08/04 11:28 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 11:28 AM Ummm... leagal speed anywhere is 110kmph...lol.. anywhere where it rains anyway.mine work fine at this speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke zeke Member 792 Member For: 21y 9m 17d Location: Adelaide Posted 15/08/04 11:47 AM Share Posted 15/08/04 11:47 AM Hmmm.....Mrs z has been grizzling lately that her wipers skip. And her original tyres had to be replaced at 15,000k......makes me wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/08/04 01:50 PM Author Share Posted 15/08/04 01:50 PM It is all well and good to say that the speed limit is 110km/h, but I went over this speed overtaking. If our cars are limited to 230km/h then the wipers should work to this speed (or near it). In NT there are unlimited speeds, just because it is wet does not make speeds over 110km/h unsafe. Iam also sure a ferrari or porsche do not suffer from these problems. I have had no problems in the past with my other cars with their wipers skipping (except the charger) as they all had a small wing on the wiper arm. I am also sure the bommadore I rented a few weeks ago also had one and this was a poverty pack.It is not rocket science to work out this would be a problem in the design phase as I am sure they test the cars in all weather at all speeds and should have picked this up as a problem. I do not think my demands are unreasonable to ask for wipers that do not skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBO4LT Member 1,533 Member For: 21y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 15/08/04 10:27 PM Share Posted 15/08/04 10:27 PM Rain X and turn he wipes off, works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpy What's happening? Lifetime Members 1,605 Member For: 22y 4m 3d Gender: Male Location: Steel City, NSW Posted 15/08/04 11:24 PM Share Posted 15/08/04 11:24 PM Turbo6man said: Even on the cars with "wiper aids" the wipers won't hold over 140kph. Simply can't.There is only one word for you if you want to drive over 140kph in the wet ... Rain-X I religiously apply the stuff to my cars every month, have been for 10 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 16/08/04 01:43 AM Share Posted 16/08/04 01:43 AM ZapXR6T said: It is all well and good to say that the speed limit is 110km/h, but I went over this speed overtaking. If our cars are limited to 230km/h then the wipers should work to this speed (or near it). In NT there are unlimited speeds, just because it is wet does not make speeds over 110km/h unsafe. Iam also sure a ferrari or porsche do not suffer from these problems. I have had no problems in the past with my other cars with their wipers skipping (except the charger) as they all had a small wing on the wiper arm. I am also sure the bommadore I rented a few weeks ago also had one and this was a poverty pack.It is not rocket science to work out this would be a problem in the design phase as I am sure they test the cars in all weather at all speeds and should have picked this up as a problem. I do not think my demands are unreasonable to ask for wipers that do not skip. I HAVE driven both Porsches and Ferraris and I can assure you that their wipers DO also lift at about 140kph. I haven't driven ANY car that has wipers that will work above 140kph. Wiper aids or not it doesn't matter. Some wipers lift off at 100kph, like my Capri. I just slow down if I can't see, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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