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spacemanspif · 12-02-2014, 10:48 PM

It was raining today and I was on the road at off time for longer than usual. While driving (and getting a little bored) I was reminded how much I love RainX and also some of the effects that the wipers have on the movement of water (and air) across the windshield. I thought I would take a video and show the community. A couple things I took note of are that the driver's side wiper doesn't seem to cause a huge effect on the clearing of the windshield and that the air seems to run almost parallel to the passenger side blade. Just wanted to open up a discussion on the topic of air flow/wiper arm delete and see what thoughts you all have.

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12-02-2014, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
spacemanspif Spaced out... Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 748 The New Focus - '07 Ford Focus ZX5 90 day: 32.44 mpg (US) Thanks: 142 Thanked 205 Times in 149 Posts	Wiper Interference - RainX Obsrvations It was raining today and I was on the road at off time for longer than usual. While driving (and getting a little bored) I was reminded how much I love RainX and also some of the effects that the wipers have on the movement of water (and air) across the windshield. I thought I would take a video and show the community. A couple things I took note of are that the driver's side wiper doesn't seem to cause a huge effect on the clearing of the windshield and that the air seems to run almost parallel to the passenger side blade. Just wanted to open up a discussion on the topic of air flow/wiper arm delete and see what thoughts you all have. 9546EAAA-FD22-4B5A-990A-26693884D086_zpsn5b2kuoe.mp4 Video by spacemanspif \| Photobucket __________________ -Mike 2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans 1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106 2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018 1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014 Cost to Operate Spreadsheet for "The New Focus"