Single wiper conversion??

Post by **Sam340** » 04 Feb 2007 11:47 pm

Saw this 360 rally/ race car in the post about rollcages...

noticed it has a single wiper conversion..... has anyone had a go at doing one of these.... from what i can remember from my golf loving mates its possible to do a home made job fairly easily!?

Post by **Chris_C** » 05 Feb 2007 12:06 am

Never tried it, but going with how the l/h wiper pivot is mounted, should be very easy, unless you want a Merc style clean in the corners effort! Just mod the linkage and should all fall together!

Post by **filthyjohn** » 05 Feb 2007 07:18 pm

Looks like he's just removed the driver's side wiper, then changed the position of the passenger side one so it covers a different area. Guessing it'll be biased slightly toward sweeping the driver's side as that's more important than passenger side when rallying/racing. Interestingly, with only 1 wiper arm, the motor will have less load, and should wipe a bit faster...

Post by **classicswede** » 05 Feb 2007 09:34 pm

With a bit of work on the linkage you would also be able to increase the sweep.

Post by **jtbo** » 06 Feb 2007 08:34 pm

Is there more positive points than negative points?

Arm needs stronger spring to get enough pressure for bigger blade, or you might end up with not so clean sweep.

I would be troubled if wiper would sit middle of screen all time, blocking my view

Post by **Tourinki** » 06 Feb 2007 09:14 pm

jtbo wrote:I would be troubled if wiper would sit middle of screen all time, blocking my view

Who says that you have keep that wiper sitting in the middle all time

Post by **jtbo** » 06 Feb 2007 09:55 pm

Tourinki wrote:
jtbo wrote:I would be troubled if wiper would sit middle of screen all time, blocking my view
Who says that you have keep that wiper sitting in the middle all time

Nobody

But in every pic I have seen it sitting center position all time

Maybe it is just another style thing which are too difficult for my brain

Post by **Sam340** » 07 Feb 2007 12:00 am

ha ha ... dont worry about practicalities!!!

I reckon it looks quite cool.........Stems from the touring & DTM cars that all had single wipers..... have a lot of mates who are into their golfs and you see a lot on mk1's and 2's......

Post by **36016v** » 07 Feb 2007 12:44 am

this was kev strongs old car, the wiper conversion is done easily by buthering whats there allready and then you can set it up as a single one, i have mine to the passenger side to not restrict vision when on the track