4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999) Visit the 4th Generation forum to ask specific questions or find out more about the 4th Generation Maxima.

changing washer nozzles with better ones?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 07:25 AM
  #1  
tke148's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 307
changing washer nozzles with better ones?

I have a 99 SE and have always hated the washer nozzles on the car.
The fact that they just shoot up single sprays annoys me.
My wife's Outback has a lot nicer hood nozzle that sprays much more evenly and better.

Has anyone changed or found another hood nozzle that works better than the 4th generation washer nozzles and would work on our hoods. (I tried to see if the Outbacks work but they are a little smaller and don't fit the hole very well.)

Thanks for any help.

Tom
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 08:03 AM
  #2  
slfalco's Avatar
Member
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 237
From: Hyde Park, NY
My 99 SE has 2 orifices in each nozzle....
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 08:15 AM
  #3  
OneToughMax's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 632
check these ones out - i bet they'd fit, and if you look at them, it looks like it sprays a flat even spread

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2457618218
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 08:51 AM
  #4  
MrEous's Avatar
^ Jeff™
iTrader: (11)
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 3,776
From: Garland (DFW), TX
That's a good question...I wonder if washer nozzles are pretty much interchangeable between manufacturers or models.

I'd like to know if that is true.
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 08:53 AM
  #5  
tke148's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 307
Originally Posted by slfalco
My 99 SE has 2 orifices in each nozzle....

slfalco- You are right, mine does have that also but they shoot four streams of fluid but they don't seem to cover much of the windshield. With all the salt deposited on the windsheild during this time of year, the nozzles aren't doing a great job. I've even adjusted them several times.

onetoughmax- thanks, I'll check them out.
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:51 AM
  #6  
C MAX's Avatar
Senior Member
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,041
Originally Posted by tke148
slfalco- You are right, mine does have that also but they shoot four streams of fluid but they don't seem to cover much of the windshield. With all the salt deposited on the windsheild during this time of year, the nozzles aren't doing a great job. I've even adjusted them several times.

onetoughmax- thanks, I'll check them out.
i got mine from crutchfield, they light purple to match my purple h.i.d
and angel eye foglights. they cover the whole window perfectly i was impressed because my original were kind of weak.
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:56 AM
  #7  
tke148's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 307
Originally Posted by C MAX
i got mine from crutchfield, they light purple to match my purple h.i.d
and angel eye foglights. they cover the whole window perfectly i was impressed because my original were kind of weak.
That's the other thing, I don't like the lights on the nozzles. Plus they are illigal to have in PA. A friend of mine is a cop and I know I won't hear the end of it from him. He still is giving me grief for tinting the windows and that was almost 5 years ago.


Thanks though.
Old Feb 6, 2004 | 10:37 AM
  #8  
Gotrice4's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 1,291
Originally Posted by tke148
I have a 99 SE and have always hated the washer nozzles on the car.
The fact that they just shoot up single sprays annoys me.
My wife's Outback has a lot nicer hood nozzle that sprays much more evenly and better.

Has anyone changed or found another hood nozzle that works better than the 4th generation washer nozzles and would work on our hoods. (I tried to see if the Outbacks work but they are a little smaller and don't fit the hole very well.)

Thanks for any help.

Tom
I wondered the same thing you are... My dad's grand cherokee has some really good windshield washer nozzles, they span across the windshield, not two streams of washer fluid.

When I get the chance to go to a junkyard, I will have to try, unless someone else has and knows whether this will definitely or definitely not work...

Thanks.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mclasser
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
22
Nov 12, 2020 01:58 PM
My Coffee
New Member Introductions
15
Jun 6, 2017 02:01 PM
Max Nu-BE
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
2
Sep 28, 2015 10:25 AM
Noela
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
5
Sep 26, 2015 08:22 AM




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:43 AM.