Yep, like the other fellas have said, keep the wipers on the car if they're working. I've used Rain X since 1985, and it helps a treat. ... I also use it on the bathroom mirror (doesn't fog up) and the shower screen. Also you can use it on the inner front screen to help with de misting. I remember an old truckie telling me if his wipers stopped working, he rubbed a cut potato on the windscreen, and it kinda worked like rain x...haven't tried this myself, so not sure if that's true or not. Great product, and I'm surprised that hardly anyone knows about it.
Rain X is great use it both the A's, i also use the Rain X spray cleaner first works well. I find it works much better on cars with 'upright' windshields and yes you need to be moving 40+ for it to work......... I for one wouldn't be without it . .
I have owned two cars that had the tops chopped sooo low, that wipers were impractical, so we used Rain X and it worked great. *However, both cars were sold after receiving multiple traffic citations for Not having wipers! So, I say keep the wipers.
There is another option. I have a 1967 Nova, I know non-HAMB compliant but the concept will work on your car. Move the wiper motor to under the dash. That is what I did with my car to clean the firewall up. Looks great and wipers work fine. I made some brackets up and put the wiper motor at the same angle as it was orignially only within the confines of the interior, under the dash. I re-engineered the arms and put heim ends on so there would not be any binding. If you are interested and need more info PM me.
global warming.... rain-x works when applied as directed ... repeat as directed to clean good gl***... inside and out for best results .. the rain-x washer fliud , wiper blades , defogger ,is not the same as the "main product" it helps on vac. ***ited wiper systems by" not using wipers " unless really a down pour removing wipers eliminates the place to put parking tickets and car show fliers ...
I love Rain Ex! I put three coats on each application about every two weeks or so-depends on: how much I've used my wipers, have I washed the car, and how much rain have we had? The wipers are a necessity for emergency water removal. Big trucks splashing water on you while driving a tight street, hitting water holes, torrential downpours (like we get here daily in the summer). Since you live in PA, and fair-weather your car I would say you dont NEED them but, I say they'd be nice to have "just in case". It only takes one bad situation to mess up a perfectly good car or hurt somebody else. FWIW: don't buy the paste/wax. PITA!
the va***n wipers on my poncho only come on about once every 30 seconds, so they don't do much. i put wash/wax all on the windshield. water beads right up and blows right up the windshild at speed, no problem seeing.
my last three rods haven't had wipers on them and I live in Ct. rainex works in and out. I do keep a wiper blade on an arm under the seat for an occasional manual wipe. you do need to be moving right along for it to work well. it works much better on flat gl*** than curved.
i would leave the wippers on rain x works real good when it is raining but if you have your windshield fog over your *** will pucker up because then it dose not work and you can not see anything [ ask me how i know] still use it on everything i drive but still have wipers
I have 114,000 wiperless miles on Big Olds. I use Rain-X exclusively. There have only been a few times when it POURED so hard rain-X didn't work and those were some scary rides but wipers wouldn't have helped either the rain was coming down so hard.
On my daily drivers I use both, hot rods mainly rain-x. In the winters the cars and trucks that I rain-xed seem to be easier to s****e the frost off the windows.
Rain X works OK but it was never intended to replace wipers. My concern is if you have a neutral switch. Gotta have one of those if you have one no other normal saftey equipment is necessary.
Well if you barely ever drive in the rain, as it sounds, I would say go for it. Rain X works awesome! One of the only things left these days that does what it says it will do. I drove my 68 Camaro for 15 years without wipers, just a bottle of Rain X. My car only got wet maybe ten times including washes.
rain-x has its own windshield wiper fluid i use in my daily, works great, walmart has it on sale for 2 for $5.Use regular rain-x on hotrods with no wipers works good enough
I would keep the wipers ............ I use both Rain-X and I have a hand wiper that has saved my **** many times on cross country drives. If you ever encounter snow, you will wish you had the wiper, and same for p***ing big trucks in wet weather.
You guys should try "AquaPel". It lasts a good 6 months between applications. I can drive my wife's VW P***at at highway speeds in a downpour with the wipers off. My old T-bird has no wipers because the goofy vacuum setup is long gone. I drove home once in the rain last summer and had no troubles cuz the front gl*** had been treated with AquaPel
Another vote for Rainex. After the rubber on my Bob Drake wiper blades hardened and broke off (several years ago) I've used nothing but Rainex. I clean the windows really good in the spring and give them a good dose of Rainex and a couple of times during the season to tune up the coating. Like others have said it really works great on a '32. Frank
Look in any active pilot and plane owner's tool bag - you'll find a bottle of Rain-X, although an old flying buddy in Alaska swore by Johnson's Wax. Put on a good coating of it before you go anywhere, but DO NOT REMOVE YOUR WIPERS. It's a legal issue. Sure, you'll get a ticket if a cop cares, but get into an accident during inclement conditions, and it will be YOUR FAULT no matter what actually happened. dj
NO WAY I'd remove a working set of wipers for Rain X. Rain X is fine until you've driven 30 plus miles in a driving rain storm. It does lessen its effect. Besides some states such as Kentucky requires an inspection of out of state vehicles which requires operating wipers. How much room does the wiper motor and mechanism take up under your hood? I'm sure not enough to make that much of a difference.
In 1982 I lived upstairs from the guy that was inventing Rain-X here in Scottsdale. One day the door bell rang and he said; " I notice none of your hot rods ever have wipers - would you test some of this stuff I'm working on?" I haven't been without it since. Down here wiper blades last about six months before the heat and pollution kill them. It also seems to rain every six months or so, too... Rain-X is soooo much easier!
I drive my 53 almost everyday to work if Im not riding the harley. Ive been driving it for some time now in Oregon weather, popular for its rainy climate. I do no freeway driving in the 53 on my commute. Rain-X is "ok", but.... driving at night with pissy dribbly rain doing average of 35 mph ****S! Mainly because the street lights p***ing over every five seconds or so just about blinds me. The microscopic water droplets that cling to the rain-x turn the windshield into a white blanket. Same thing with the rear window. With a cars headlights behind you, you dont see anything but a white-out. If youre driving on a country road with no traffic and no street lights, rain-x will work great regardless of speed or rainfall amount. Fog-X on the inside ROCKS! I have no heater or defrost and I havent had foggy windows all season. As far as Rain-X, HOW DO YOU COMPLETELY REMOVE IT??
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