Delete rear wiper

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  1. AzusaPrius

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    Living in the rainy PNW I keep resisting deleting the rear wiper... But maybe soon. And if I do, I hope to find something even better than what y'all have at the dollar store or my boxes of strange parts I saved. :)
     
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    ditto

    I thought people just put a sticker over it ?
     
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    If I do it I think I'm gonna go with a tiny round glass mirror... Or maybe just a plastic googley eye? :)
     
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    I wonder if you could get a new rear window without the hole?
     
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    I think I would miss the rear wiper.
     
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    Agreed... That's the main reason I've not yet done it. Of course at freeway speeds the aerodynamics keeps the rear window dry in most cases.
     
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    I've never used my rear wiper and I don't miss it. The back window is always clean and a few raindrops do not disturb.

    Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
     
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    yes, but how much rain do you get where you live? Where I live week get 8 months of rain... :-(
     
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    Wash the rear window and put Rain-X on it, then any water will just slide off.
     
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    At my windows, the raindrops bead through the wax of the car wash. This happens at low speeds.
    If it is to look good, you have to compromise.

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