I would like some info about the one wiper converstion.. I saw that some one had did that to there max and I would be interested in doing that to mine, so any info would be great.....


PEACE,
RYAN

 

No offense, but that's rice at it's worst. That is the absolute ugliest thing you can do to your car, other than a great big yellow Type-R sticker on the hood.

Not to mention that it can be dangerous in heavy rain.. a single wiper just can't cover enough of the windshield to do the job effectively.. not to mention it barely covers the driver's vision area...
a single wiper is fine on a race car that's got a narrow, long windshield that the wiper covers almost the whole thing, but not on a regular street car.

 

I personally think that the one wiper conversions are pretty nice. It's only a rice bou thing if you put your money in looks and not performance. Just make sure that you have some performance to go with the looks or then thats when I'll laugh at your mods.



92GXE, touring wing, 18” racing wheels, Port&Polished intake, custom intake, custom yellow interior, racing seats, back seats taken out and replaced with subs and amps, NOS kit, Suspension tech. Lowering springs, custom grille, soon to be custom painted and have the whole engine rebuilt for big shot NOS and custom SC and tranny converted to 5-speed.

 

you basically just take the driver wiper off, put the cap back on and put the wiper somewhere safe in case you need it again. and then reposition the passenger wiper on the stud so that it rests high on the glass. understand? mine covers the whole drivers side window too. i live in dallas. it never rains here, so i dont worry about that too much.

 

Yeah I have mine like that too. I think there is an acctual conversion where one wiper covers the entire window and not just the drivers side. I have no complaints about mine except that my passengers always complain about a damv wiper blade in their view. I dont really care because I never sit in the passenger seat!


92GXE, touring wing, 18” racing wheels, Port&Polished intake, custom intake, custom yellow interior, racing seats, back seats taken out and replaced with subs and amps, NOS kit, Suspension tech. Lowering springs, custom grille, soon to be custom painted and have the whole engine rebuilt for big shot NOS and custom SC and tranny converted to 5-speed.

 

I converted my double wipers to a single wiper by using a Mercedes Benz wiper motor assembly and switch unit. It was a ***** to install. I never use my wipers anyway so there was no need to do this install but I wanted to try it out. The wiper moves incredibly fast now. It covers the entire window too! Never try to do a single wiper conversion by taking out one wiper and moving the other one up 30 degrees... now that is just stupid..

 

i like how the mercedes benz wiper work. i agree with the wiper at an angle look

 

Took me 16 hours over 5 days to get this done right and working correctly.

 

i agree with you there..
Dan

 

Ricy....... So what I like the style and it seems that a lot of people like the way it looks also... Now I can see if it didn't work well then that would be a diffrent thing, then I wouldn't like it but I have heard some people say that they work great and I live in oregon and so did they...

People have so much aditude about **** so what if you don't like it maby some other people do...

RYAN

 

amen...i don't like em too much myself but i always say everyone has there own taste...more powere to ya and good luck...

 

well think of it this way...in the rain and bad weather you rather have wipers clear off more area of the windshield or less area??
people will always have their personal opinion. it's just not functional..but hey if u like that then go for it.
good luck
Dan

 

if you remember the how to Im interested in this mod setup. My email address is : Q17bpr@aol.com

 

so skymax, how can we do the proper conversion? and where could we get the parts? your help would be appreciated.

 

As I said before, it's more a safety issue.. Around here, I've had rainstorms so bad you gotta pull of the side of the road.. a single wiper won't do the job in that case, no matter how fast is sipew the windshield.

I've also heard of people failing inspections here and in other states, because the wipers are considered a safety feature of the car. If tampered with, you fail inspection right there..

As for the like/dislike, I simply stated my opinion.. I think they're butt-fuggin ugly. but if you like them, then so be it. people don't like my car either, but I don't rag on them. you asked for a how to, I gave you a why-not-to.
they're unsafe in heavy rain, and IMO they're ugly. but as has been well proven today, my opinion doesn't mean **** to anybody.

 

as was said today its all a personal thing sometimes , but it doesnt mean much But I like your attempt on the why-not-to

 

Damn you guys fuss about crap like a bunch of my girlfriends. If someone wants help with something and I can help I give my advice whether I like it or not. I see a lot of your cars a lot that I think that I would have totally set up different. I'm proud of the way I have things on my car and I'm sure you guys are about yours. Thats all that really matters. If someone says something about your car you dont like of course they are going to take it personally. I guess everybody has to live with the fact that not everyone is going to agree with the looks of your car.




92GXE, touring wing, 18” racing wheels, Port&Polished intake, custom intake, custom yellow interior, racing seats, back seats taken out and replaced with subs and amps, NOS kit, Suspension tech. Lowering springs, custom grille, soon to be custom painted and have the whole engine rebuilt for big shot NOS and custom SC and tranny converted to 5-speed.

 

, and thats all I would like to say just my two cents

 

Matt93GXE sorry about sounding a little gruf about your respon's I just get a little pissed when people call things ricy just because they don't like the style of something...

I personly don't even like the word ricy one bit because every one has there choice of what they like in the style department..

Well any ways thank's for the respons any ways and sorry for bitting your head off....

RYAN

 

well if someone wants to put brakes backwards becasue it looks cool would u also support this person in doing it??
that's not safe...and either is having one wiper running. but like we all said...if it floats your boat then by all means do it. but we're just letting you know what's going to happen b4 you do all the work and later on have to undo it because you can't see or can't pass inspection.
Dan

 

Ok now see I did not know that It was not safe to have the one wiper thing.. I thought that there was probably a kit that you could get to make it that way and that the kit worked fine... Sorry for asking about something that I thought looked cool... God Damn.


RYAN

 

nobody said it was safe. it is simply a cosmetic thing. unless you do the full bmw conversion, you can just put the wipers back stock in less than five minutes. this way you can put the wipers back if you know it is going to rain or if it is the rainy season. it is purely for looks. and if your like me and live in a dry climate, then there is no safety issue. but if you live in a rainy climate, why not just do it for days when you know it isnt going to rain. no need to bring the safety issue up. its just for looks.

 

so what your saying is that you rather have a car that's unsafe but looks good?
why not take out the door safety beam out since it's going to lighten your car to make it go faster??
also when it's going to rain you'll be to break out a few wrenches and put the wiper back to the way it was?
this is not a flame...but just don't want anymore BBS members dying out there due to a few words on a computer.
what i would say is use your best judgement. if you feel that you can drive safely with one wiper then by all means go for it. if you have any doubt then i would think again.
Dan

 

I guess it's inevitable that we have "Maxima riceboys" too. :-)

 

i could have worded it a little better but did i say i wanted an unsafe car? no. does it ever rain here? no. then how is it unsafe for me? i said that people in rainy climates should only do it when they know it isnt going to rain. if there is no chance of rain, there is no safety issue. people should think ahead of time. and i dont make fun of "riceboys" i am against this "riceboy" labeling. if you drive an import and you "tune" it then you are a "riceboy". therefore we are all "riceboys". do you think any hot rod guys see a difference between us and hondas, no. we are all "ricers" in their eyes. you guys associate "riceboy" with honda, but any import "tuned" car is "ricer".

 

I thought skymax said that he actually got a mercedes wiper motor and installed it on his car and that it completely covered the windshield when it was raining. Which if it is done like that wouldnt it be safe?

 

First of all a onr wiper conversion is definitely safe. i have it on my car and I can drive through the same rainstorms that I could with two. Now if your in the passenger seat you might not be able to see as well but it does not effect the drivers view. The stuff peolpe are saying about it not being safe is a bunch of crap. I say if you like how it looks than go for it. I'll back you up because I know from experience that it is still safe.


92GXE, touring wing, 18” racing wheels, Port&Polished intake, custom intake, custom yellow interior, racing seats, back seats taken out and replaced with subs and amps, NOS kit, Suspension tech. Lowering springs, custom grille, soon to be custom painted and have the whole engine rebuilt for big shot NOS and custom SC and tranny converted to 5-speed.

 

ok well at no time i label u or ANY other BBS member as rice...or even ricey...or whatever.
i said time and time again that if you like it then go for it.
that's great that it NEVER rains where you are...i'm sure the drought situation is pretty bad by now. don't tell me that you can predict rain and know when to swap the wipers...that's all bs.
everyone is free to "tune" their cars the way they prefer. but if your telling someone that doesn't know to do a conversion to their wipers that doesn't know better then please let this person know the downfalls of having a single wiper besides...in your opinion it looks great. no problems with me there..everyone have a different opinion.
your previous post u said that "i never said it was safe"...so that's a poor choice of words..but ok we both realize that..no problem.
Dan

 

sure if u want to do the whole MB wiper motor deal then that's great..it was designed to wipe the entire windshield.
the 1/2 wiper does only clears part of the windshield.
Dan

 

defend your point then...i say that it only clears 1/2 your windsheld and it's unsafe..you said it's totally safe. i'm interested in knowing how is it safer having one wiper arm working 1/2 your window compared to both wiper arms clearing a larger part of your window?


i have it on my car and I can drive through the same rainstorms that I could with two.
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if you can see perfectly fine with a smaller section of the windshield cleared off then that's fine. i assume it doesn't snow where u are either right?


Now if your in the passenger seat you might not be able to see as well but it does not effect the drivers view.
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so your telling me that you drive looking straight ahead and not look towards the passenger side of the windshield? i dunno where u live but if u do that in NYC your going to get hit.



The stuff peolpe are saying about it not being safe is a bunch of crap. I say if you like how it looks than go for it. I'll back you up because I know from experience that it is still safe.
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it's safe FOR YOU..is it safe for the rest of the world? i never said not to do it..i just mention that the person that is doing should know what he/she is getting into when doing this. like i said...every post i said if you like it then do it.
don't take it as a flame..i just want to know how u think that it's safer having 1 wiper compared to having 2 wipers. our cars were designed to with with two wipers. it's like having brakes on one front wheel. tell me what u think.
Dan

 

all I have to say is have you driven with one winshild wiper? It covers more than half of the window. You only lose coverage toward the bottom of the winshield, and when you look through the winshield that low all you can see is your hood anyway. I live in a city and it snows here too. It seriously is not as unsafe as you guys think. If you adjust the blade properly you can still see in your blind spots. If you get a bigger blade then it helps out more too. If you think they are unsafe then thats fine. But I know from experience that they dont affect my driving ability at all.



92GXE, touring wing, 18” racing wheels, Port&Polished intake, custom intake, custom yellow interior, racing seats, back seats taken out and replaced with subs and amps, NOS kit, Suspension tech. Lowering springs, custom grille, soon to be custom painted and have the whole engine rebuilt for big shot NOS and custom SC and tranny converted to 5-speed.

 

i was talkin to coolmax about the ricer thing.

 

i personaly think it just looks ****in stupid. sorry if that offends anybody, but thats what i think.

 

i thought we were done with this a month ago.