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tannerman8807
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:43 pm

Removed my wipers of my 320SE 1990 think it looks cleaner without. What do you think?
Also is it a MOT fail?
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:45 pm

im pretty sure it is an MOT failure. my mates car failed for having no washer bottle. I think the blades are supposed to clear the drivers view.
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:50 pm

id reckon its a failure without a doubt,i take it you dont use it in the rain then? :mad:
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:51 pm

No I meant head light wipers How do i load a pic?[/url]
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:09 pm

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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:22 pm

You can remove the headlight wipers, it wont be an MOT fail.

Its odd, but I prefer my touring without them, but my Sport with them fitted :mad:
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:33 pm

that makes a bit more sense, ive never seen a car yet that they worked on anyway.i removed mine because they didnt work.
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:29 pm

mine work, althogh it did have a very fastidious owner before me

looks cleaner wothout, but a proper sport should have them imo
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Post Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:58 pm

but they look shit and make the front end look all fussy.

they fill up with crap and none ever work is my opinion.

They worked on my old sport but i still took them off!
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Post Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:25 am

Yeah, get them off and get some new head light trim's with out the black wiper retainers on, like said before, less fussy/neater looking
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Post Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:34 am

ive never seen the point of them, other than in the snow perhaps?
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Post Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:42 am

I wish mine worked. I drive past a lime quarry on the way to work in winter and the dip beam is soon reduced to the power of two candles with the spray sticking to them if I have to follow any traffic. My other car doesn't have the same problem thankfully.