V6Discussion and questions about the base carbureted or MPFI V6's and the rare SFI Turbo V6.
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is there an option on any firebird/camaro for a rear wiper blade on the hatch, i thought i saw one somewhere on here...but i wasn't sure...so i would like to know if they exist and if they do how hard they would be to wire up, thank you in adavance
ok...well i figured while i was replacing the hatch anyway, i would like to add it to my new hatch, because i have a michigan car with no rear defrost so....i think it would be neat, thank you for your time
the rear wiper was an option for just a couple years and finding one could be a real pita the wiring shouldnt be too hard I had one wired to a toggle switch the only problem was i had one speed. In Michigan huh ? I grew up in Port Huron and lived in little ol Caro for a while before coming south I think the salvage yards would have what your looking for it might judt take a while so be patient!
Theres a guy parting out a car on here now that has a hatch with the rear wiper if your looking for one. Can't remember who and what car, but know I saw one.
I think it was available only in the early 80s on the SE birds and certain Camaros. I think it only had intermittent and only one constant speed. I know youd need a special trim piece to cover up the wiper motor.
Yeah, I know there were some camaros with them, although I dont know what years exactly. For some reason I'm picturing one on a car that also had the 3rd brake light mounted outside the glass, and I think that was only 86 with that light so maybe around 86 or so you'd find one. I'm thinking it might not be worth it without rear defrost though. I live in Minnesota so unfortunatly I have way to much experience with with winter snow/ice/sleat and without defrost/heat for your windshield in the winter, the wipers can't wipe all that crap off without melting it first so, it might not help much.
I'm guessing that you may also want the rear defrost because many times it fogs up from the inside out. It's also not going to work very well if there's frozen ice on the glass.
If you do find either one try to get the wiring and controls. It will save a lot of work/headaches on the installation.
Edit: Rain-x may help with the outside and there's also an anti fog you can try on the inside, but I've never used it though.