dewipering rear wiper on a leon

[Rob_FR]

Hi

has anyone done it and how to do


also does anyone have a pic of it done

cheers
rob

 

[Nathanio]

Que? Do you want to remove the wiper all together or replace it with something a little more swish?

 

[Rob_FR]

gone all together

 

[Ruddmeister]

Robdon did this on his car, fitted a blanking plate on the glass.....

 

[RikH]

been done
i think aebli is a username over in switzerland thats posted pics of his

not sure how easy/difficult it is to do

 

[Ruddmeister]

Voila

 

[ChrisUK]

Better with the Fabia one - you never know when you need your rear end rubbing

 

[Rob_FR]

cheers guys

 

[RobM]

That would drive me insane! The dirtiest part of the Leon is the rear end and the screen gets very dirty, very quickly... so not having a wiper would be madness.

Plus I don't think it looks any better when removed. With the Fabia wiper it looks very tidy and smart. Without a wiper at all, based on that pic above, it looks somewhat empty.

 

[Icecavern]

You can get better inserts to cover the hole now. Tempted myself but I think the badge has to go to create that fully smooth look.

 

[Rob_FR]

You can get better inserts to cover the hole now.

thats the only bit im worried about is the insert

 

[D_McA]

Ive mine off aswell-

 

[Rob_FR]

where di u get the insert for the hole mate

nice car by the way

 

[RobDon]

I used a Cult Society blanking plate. TBH I don't miss the wiper much, just keep the rear screen treated and clean and not much rain sticks to it. I like the de-badged and de-wipered look, looks alot better and much cleaner ... less says more!

 

[si-mate]

Looks naked in my opinion. I'm sure you'd find it highly irritating being without a wiper in the winter.
My navara's rear window gets dirty enough and that doesn't even get the road muck thrown up at it.

 

[D_McA]

where di u get the insert for the hole mate

nice car by the way

I just went into the local motor factors and asked for the biggest grommit they had, costs like 20p or the likes. Just pops into the hole where the wiper was removed.

 

[Rob_FR]

nice 1 mate

 

[Rob_FR]

is it east to get out

 

[D_McA]

Yeh easy enough, took me and a mate 10 mins to get it all done. Just need to unscrew and remove the motor from underneath the plastic planel then use a bit of force to take the blade off. Make sure everything is disconnected from the motor before you remove it, there should be 2 things to disconnect to it.

 

[RobDon]

Looks naked in my opinion. I'm sure you'd find it highly irritating being without a wiper in the winter.
My navara's rear window gets dirty enough and that doesn't even get the road muck thrown up at it.

Nope - mine's been like that for 18 months, just keep it treated with stuff like Rain-X and no rain sticks to it.