J B
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Ok plan to delock and dewiper my boot but was wondering how bad it is to see out the rear windscreen especially without the rear wiper and with the current weather. Do mudflaps make a big difference?
Any info would be good. Cheers J B
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dan_c4rsa
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i have tints on the back and dont use me wiper anyway - is fine until it gets dark...........
mudflaps are kush too
hahaha
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J B
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How dark are the tints? I may be looking to that in the future also.
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deano87
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I would hate not having a rear wiper.
Night + rain water + car headlights = annoyance. It's bad enough as it is.
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J B
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Yeah this is my problem, I use my wiper all the time. Has anyone ever heard of a sort of water runoff coating? I guess like scotchgaurd for glass!?
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C4RL0
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I did this and personally i think it's fine.
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dan_c4rsa
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my rear tints are about 75 percent. can only JUST see a very faint outline of who's in. i'l stick a pick up for ya
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J B
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Yeah that would be cool.
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adamC20xe
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i have smoothed boot and although it looks good in bad weather the window gets really hard to see out of even with mud flaps, but worth the hassle i say. i just give it a wipe everyday when its dirty
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dan_c4rsa
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anfd yer yer - i know its been wiped there 
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J B
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I did notice the wiper mark!! lol Did you do the lights yourself?
adamC20xe do you still have the rear washer don't know that it would do much mind?
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dan_c4rsa
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yeah i sprayed the lights myself, prefer them to lights that cost you 100 quid insteda 12 quid for a spray can!
at first i had the bottom black, then the red strip, then dark red at the top, is good
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J B
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I have just got mine sprayed cost a bit more but I know that if I had attempted it, they would have looked pretty poor!! havn't got them back yet so waiting to see the finished job.
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xtremewheels
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I have my boot smothed etc, rain doesn't bother me spoiler tends to keep the top of the back window clear compared to the rest anyway lol.
But it's not so bad you can still see lights behind you or cars etc.
Just takes time to pick up on it 
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J B
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I think I may have to just not use my wiper for like a couple of weeks just to see how much it does/ dosn't annoy me!
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Fro
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This was a week of not washing...
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crazycorsa19
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i dont have my wiper and it doesnt bother me. but then i can hardly see that far anyway cos of the build for my sound system
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ash87
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Mine gets filthy and is a bugger to see out of!! i bought one of those window scrapers with the soft edge and just wipe it over before i set off if its to bad.
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Teknologikal
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I'm getting along fine without mine and I've got semi-smooth. If anything, just ensure you keep the demisters attached and working.
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Haimsey
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tbh i dont tend to use my rear wiper anyway 
i changed it over for the fiat one, but still dont use it very often at all
Marcy Marc 
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J B
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Do the demisters get warm enough to move the water if that makes any sense?
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by J B
Do the demisters get warm enough to move the water if that makes any sense?
As in heat it up and evaporate? I doubt it to be honest!
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J B
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It kind of works on my heated wing mirrors!!
Well does anyone know of a substance that I could put on the glass to make the water run off? like a scotch gaurd for glass!?
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Haimsey
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auto glym screen stuff (cant remember the name) doesnt do bad but water will still stick
Marcy Marc
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by J B
It kind of works on my heated wing mirrors!!
haha yeah, does on mine, thought of that after I wrote it. Heated mirrors get really hot though - every put your hand near one? You can feel the heat coming off.
Heated screen is a huge load on the battery though.
[Edited on 08-01-2007 by deano87]
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