Anyone else done it? Pictures? Mine doesn\'t work anyway so was thinking it would look much better without the damn thing there, you can get those little black caps for the blanking out the hole as well.
What are anyones thoughts?
I took the wiper off, but havent removed all the mechansim yet, looks much cleaner
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/168477_454616472324_522362324_5109749_6538249_n.jpg)
got a little clear ball thing on now which came off an impreza which had a rear wiper delete on it
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/179301_10150152741157425_730657424_7891282_4754536_n.jpg)
I decided to go for the arcade button look
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Skifledanabit/6029718c.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Skifledanabit/0b5209c6.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Skifledanabit/7d2cd37d.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Skifledanabit/20d82017.jpg)
Ben, do you not remember us discussing wiper removal & arcade button replacement stuff a long while ago? It was when the white (EGI?) was up for sale that had one on it. :)
Quote from: Lacey;783333Ben, do you not remember us discussing wiper removal & arcade button replacement stuff a long while ago? It was when the white (EGI?) was up for sale that had one on it. :)
Between ages of about 16-21 i consumed vast amounts of narcotic substances! :bandit
Sometimes i have trouble remembering random conversations as a result of this, so no i don\'t remember... However your probably right it was most likely discussed before hand i\'ll look through for sale thread see if i can find it. Where did you get your arcade button thing from? Looks like it fits perfect.
Might look into de-wipering this weekend, is it easy enough to do without me destroying something?
Its just one nut to remove the wiper itself, then I assume its just a couple of nuts and unclipping a wire to remove the motor
Ah great stuff, i\'ll do it saturday.
Thanks Neil.
Just make sure that if you go with arcade button style you waterproof the arcade button first, otherwise you\'ll have it pool on the inside of the button and drip inside. :/
I\'ll remove it, measure it, then order what i need next week... Chance of me getting rained on out here are somewhat minimal though, washed her the other day so a microfbre rub down and polish will suffice this weekend :Giggle
Yeah yeah, at least I don\'t get sunburned looking out the window :p
HaHa, the worst part is i have one brown arm and one not so brown arm from driving!!!
Just like trucker stig
(http://wonderingbrit.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/ldstig.jpg)
Quote from: m1tch;783375Just like trucker stig
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Your right, except I\'m not that fat :Giggle
Oh who said this was easy???
I\'ve had a frickin nightmare trying to do this! I\'ve got the wiper off but that little \'stump\' is impossible the nut underneath has corroded away and has rounded off. I\'ve even taken the mechanism off to see of I can get to it from underneath, needless to say with no joy... Why is nothing ever simple with these cars???
Nicely done Ben :P
Quote from: NeilSR;783315got a little clear ball thing on now which came off an impreza which had a rear wiper delete on it
Where did you get this ball thing? And whats it look like now?
:D
Molegrips mate. Get a pair of them on, squeeze until the mechanism locks solid, then undo.
They\'re awesome things for removing nuts, if you can get to said nut with them!
I\'ve been using some lockable pliers but it\'s not happening and I\'ve more or less rounded the bolt off because it was all rusted away! I\'ll find a way to sort it eventually, looks better even with the \'stump\' left. Problem I have is I have no tool kit or anything since leaving the uk, I borrow next door neighbours but she is a woman so it\'s very limited.
isnt there a nut on top and bottom? I know the top one you need a long socket for.
The nut on the top is the one thats kinda erroded, underneath is the wiper mechanism. I took the mechanism apart hoping i could get it off that way, but the underneath bolt (if there is one) is hidden away by the wiper cogs.
removing rear wiper is one of the 1st things i did.
over the hole is this... with good strong tape inside and out..
(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/juniorbamf/18.jpg)
colour may seem a bit gay but i do eventually want my car to be resprayed purple :]
ive been looking into the arcade button thing but not sure if i\'ll change it.
I can\'t seem to get the stump off mine :(
That buton is a realy good and funny idea!
Like the last pic of that the most.
Quote from: Lacey;783333Ben, do you not remember us discussing wiper removal & arcade button replacement stuff a long while ago? It was when the white (EGI?) was up for sale that had one on it. :)
your probably thinking of my egi it was retro_boy_g\'s
(http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx343/aundre-3000/IMG_0559.jpg)
try geclant.de they do glass grommets they are a very good quality i had one on my golf
and having a look they do mazda ones aswell
edit: here\'s the link
http://www.gecleant.de/shop/Grommets/Glas/Glasstopfen-fA-r-Mazda/prod_56.html
Problem is, i can\'t get the wiper stump off. The bolt has totally rusted away and rounded off. Need to nip into a garage (or somewhere with a set of tools) and see if they have something to remove it with! Cheers for the link though, once i\'ve got it off i\'ll get one of them :)