Somebody wrote:
> "Ulf" > wrote in message
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>>How good are headlight washers/wipers at keeping the headlights clean?
>>My winter car, a '86 BMW E30, had wipers until one of the previous
>>owners removed them. The wiper motors and nozzles are still there but
>>not connected (see picture). I've thought about getting wipers and wiper
>>arms and connecting everything as it used to be. However, I'm curious to
>>how useful they actually are. I realize that they're more than a
>>gimmick, but how much more?
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>
> I would *love* to have these on my E30. Want to sell the rest of your guts?
> :-)

LOL.

>
> I can't afford to do the conversion but I've heard of guys doing it from
> scratch.
>
> If your driving was all in town or all freeway, you may never care, but my
> mix of country and city driving would make them a big deal for my car.
>
> I do a lot of 300 to 400km runs where the middle 250km is on freeways at
> relatively high speed.. In winter I get a lot of accumulated crud on the
> lights and once I get off the highways onto the back roads for home, with no
> other lights in the countryside, I can *really* tell the difference between
> clean and dirty headlights. I clean them at every single gas stop and
> sometimes even pull over to do it with a squeegee I keep in the car,
> although since upgrading my bulbs I don't have to go to those lengths as
> often. Washers are helpful, but the automatic wash system on the E32 I
> drove for a while drained a lot of fluid as mentioned, and wasn't all that
> effective really. Washer/wipers with fully manual controls would be ideal
> imho.

Yeah, if I do it I'm definitely going to install an on/off switch in the
car. I'd hate to waste precious washer fluid...

>
> -Russ.
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>
Ulf