Rear windshield wiper addition.

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Rear windshield wiper addition.

By hatchin06
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:08 pm #98263 My friend has a 92 CX hatchback and does not have the rear windshield wiper motor. So I am selling him my rear wiper motor. How would I go about wiring this? Is there any way I can run a wire to a flip switch?
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By BAXTER_EJ1
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:42 pm #98271 Is it worth it to have some tacky looking wired-up flip switch?

Unless you can install it in an OEM style I wouldn't bother. Almost no egs here in North America have a rear wiper, we just have a rear defroster and we get by fine :lol:
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By teal_dx
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:52 pm #98278 I'd buy a haynes manual and look in the chassis wiring section if you want to run your own wires, or get the harness from a junk yard. The flip switch is possible, and faster than replacing the whole column switch and wiring it all up.

By Matt.M
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:46 am #98287 I don't see why you can't, I know a guy that rices up a lot of Hondas(not saying all flip switches are rice) and he gets his flip switches/wire from Walmart in the auto department around the lights/fuses.

Now for the wiring process, sorry I can't help you with that.
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By hatchin06
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:50 pm #98409 As I said its for a friend. As for the wiring what wires would I have to use? I know how to wire switches up and what not I just need to know what kind of wire would work since it has a clip that plugs into the rear wiper motor?
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By teal_dx
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:46 pm #98421 get the clip from a junk yard and get the rest of the harness while you're there or buy some 16 ga wire from radioshack or similar. Then some solder and heat shrink tubing and you'll have yourself a homemade harness :thumb:
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By hatchin06
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:14 pm #98429 true. thanks teal
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By Greasedmonkey
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:46 pm #98514
BAXTER_EJ1 wrote:Is it worth it to have some tacky looking wired-up flip switch?

Unless you can install it in an OEM style I wouldn't bother. Almost no egs here in North America have a rear wiper, we just have a rear defroster and we get by fine :lol:


excuse me? Both my Si hatches have them, all the Dx hatches have them. only the cx and maybe the vx didnt come with them.
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By hatchin06
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:48 am #98557 no hostility just speaking the truth.....
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By Greasedmonkey
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:55 am #98558
BAXTER_EJ1 wrote:Odd because I see absolutely ZERO here.

Check the hostility at the door next time?


Wasnt meant to be hostile. Just letting the truth be known. Just because you dont see it doesnt mean its not out there. Alot of people take the wiper off.
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By BAXTER_EJ1
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:01 am #98563 If they take it off then my point still stands and is still valid, MANY eg drivers can see out the rear window just fine without the wiper, so unless it can be installed in an OEM fashion I don't think it's worth the time/image of a flipswitch.

Meh.
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By hatchin06
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:21 am #98568 I don't see how you can read the post and get all pissy of what is not going in YOUR car. Its our choice if we want it so who cares, people take it off and some people don't.
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By CivicTypeR
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:12 pm #98597 The cars without the wiper, do they have the hole already in the rear window? Or would you have to cut it out? Or maybe buy one with it in?

As for this, I agree. No point in a rear wiper really. I've had one on all my cars and have never used it.
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