Where do your wipers sit?
09-01-23, 03:27 AM
#1
Driver
Thread Starter
Where do your wipers sit?
Hey guys,
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
09-01-23, 05:15 AM
#2
Hey guys,
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
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09-01-23, 05:16 AM
#3
Instructor
Hey guys,
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
Random question but on this modern car I would have thought the wipers would be hidden on the glass under the top lip of the bonnet, however my wipers are very much sitting on the viewable portion of the glass. My previous Toyota crown had the 'hidden' wipers. Is everyone's like this, or maybe my wipers were misaligned on the spindle?
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bclexus (09-01-23)
09-01-23, 05:28 AM
#4
Lexus Test Driver
@FullMetalM - There is no snow is in your near term weather forecast for New South Wales, but when it comes you'll know how to position your wipers, right?
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09-01-23, 07:11 AM
#6
Driver
Thread Starter
Hey bclexus, mate if I’m getting snow then I’m just gonna give up and let Armageddon take me lmao.
‘maybe they were put like this to change the blades and then not set back.
‘maybe they were put like this to change the blades and then not set back.
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bclexus (09-01-23)
09-01-23, 10:41 PM
#8
Driver
Thread Starter
Yeah so I gave it a go today but they were already in the normal mode. I put them in snow mode to check.
So I guess like hotct says, they are just really high sitting. I might do what you have done and unbolt them to change the position on the spindle.
So I guess like hotct says, they are just really high sitting. I might do what you have done and unbolt them to change the position on the spindle.
09-02-23, 03:57 AM
#9
Intermediate
Do a search and you'll find there are marks in the windshield used for aligning the wipers so they're in the correct place.
09-02-23, 07:34 AM
#10
Lexus Test Driver
09-02-23, 10:29 AM
#11
Driver School Candidate
Here’s a prior thread where this was discussed. See reply #16 for info from the manual re: ceramic dots for alignment purposes.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-4th-gen-2013-2020/805131-adjusting-wipers-not-winter-mode.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-4th-gen-2013-2020/805131-adjusting-wipers-not-winter-mode.html
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09-02-23, 02:25 PM
#13
Driver School Candidate
Its a feature relative to the cold weather package because it raises the wipers to the the lowest part of the windshield, under which there is a heating element to melt snow and ice from the blades as one warms up the car.
it’s a design consideration inasmuch as when lowered, the wipers are not visible (addressing the OP’s complaint), but they’re also too far below the edge of the hood to allow for the blades to be lifted to change them, which shifting them to winter mode addresses.
it’s a design consideration inasmuch as when lowered, the wipers are not visible (addressing the OP’s complaint), but they’re also too far below the edge of the hood to allow for the blades to be lifted to change them, which shifting them to winter mode addresses.
09-02-23, 03:41 PM
#15
Intermediate