Rear wiper mod

[Plays_with_Toys]

I just saw this on torontolegacys.com:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2006/01/05-1.jpg

Anyone know how to do this? I think it looks pretty trick! Though I think it only works because of the drop and the completely clean back end.

[shazapple]

Do what?

[Plays_with_Toys]

The rear wiper. Its in the upright position. They are normally parked to the left.

[Cajual]

hey, that's me in the red t-shirt!

The wagon belongs to my friend Bevan. That picture was taken at the big Toronto Subaru Club meet at Subaru of Canada in 2004. It was raining that day, so I'm pretty sure that he just turned the car off while the wiper was in the upright position... same thing happens to the front wipers.

[GT Wagon]

Yeah, that would be the middle position so I'm not sure how you'd reconfigure it to start travel from there then cover both sides. The best you could do is start it from the opposite side.

[Plays_with_Toys]

:lol: That's a good trick then! :lol:

[Huffer]

Maybe he just unbolted it and reattached it a few splines forward.

[Cajual]

Maybe he just unbolted it and reattached it a few splines forward.

That's not what he did... as I mentioned above, he simply turned his car off when the wiper was in the upright position.

Here's a pic of his car on a normal day:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2006/01/04-1.jpg

[ooberdoob]

i wanna see more of the black legacy to the left in pic 2

[Least]

hahahaha, man, i thought this was going to be about putting a wiper on a legacy sedan... hahaha, great.

[GT Wagon]

hahahaha, man, i thought this was going to be about putting a wiper on a legacy sedan... hahaha, great.

Acutally that was my thought when I saw this post. Its always baffled me why they don't bring sedans with rear wipers to Canada given that we have more snow than most people ever see in Japan.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Do you really need a rear wiper on a sedan? I know my wagon gets clogged from spray, but the defroster works wonders on anything else.

[badbasser98]

hahahaha, man, i thought this was going to be about putting a wiper on a legacy sedan... hahaha, great.

Actually, I would like to do this in the future... :twisted:

[Cajual]

hahahaha, man, i thought this was going to be about putting a wiper on a legacy sedan... hahaha, great.

Actually, I would like to do this in the future... :twisted:

A couple guys up here in T.O. have tried to get the entire rear glass from a JDM Legacy, but it's been really hard to source, not to mention cost prohibitve to get it shipped. I've seen a couple WRX guys who have done it.

[Sarra]

hahahaha, man, i thought this was going to be about putting a wiper on a legacy sedan... hahaha, great.

yeah, :( I need to do that. I hate not being able to see out my back window. =\

Some day, I'll post pics of my car, and each window will have it's own wiper, including the headlights and rear view mirrors... Okay, that's not gonna happen. :p But I AM going to have a rear windshield wiper on my Sedan some day.

[badbasser98]

A couple guys up here in T.O. have tried to get the entire rear glass from a JDM Legacy, but it's been really hard to source, not to mention cost prohibitve to get it shipped. I've seen a couple WRX guys who have done it.

Yeah, but I think I will just get the wiper assembly and cut the OEM rear glass... Should be able to do it with some research.

[Huffer]

Drilling glass...wooo....

[masube81]

hey heres are some pics of jdm legacies with rear wiper.

http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/4733/rear5kw.th.jpg (http://img427.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rear5kw.jpg)

http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/1901/rear05sj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/3400/rear14hy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[HappyDude]

i wanna see more of the black legacy to the left in pic 2

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/368894

It's still the same, but sitting on prodrives:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/HappyDude1111/car1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/HappyDude1111/img_0816.jpg

[bgwagon]

still got those 18's eh....damn i bought my 17's off the same guy..btw bevans wiper is broken....he broke it trying to take it off at the shop before we painted it...lol

btw Chris, your car is looking sick....mine should be painted by wednesday

[BlueMan0312]

Do you really need a rear wiper on a sedan? I know my wagon gets clogged from spray, but the defroster works wonders on anything else.

Yah the defrosters work great but they take a while to clear the window enough to see out of it.

[Wiscon_Mark]

I thought this was going to be a thread about intermittent rear wipers, as that's what any car with a rear wiper lacks the most (having it always on is way unnecessary as spray never builds up that fast).

anyways, a sedan wiper would be way cool.

[GT Wagon]

I thought this was going to be a thread about intermittent rear wipers, as that's what any car with a rear wiper lacks the most (having it always on is way unnecessary as spray never builds up that fast).
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My '91 Wagon has intermittant wipers. I've looked into swapping over the wiper stalk as its easy on Impreza's (scoobymods) however on the Legacy for some mystery of god you must remove the entire steering wheel and alas I do not have a puller.

[Plays_with_Toys]

intermittent rear or front?

[GT Wagon]

intermittent rear or front?

Both and not only that. The rear wiper's intermittant feature is adjustable with a dial. I've already pulled the relay from the rear of the car.