A new FD owner emailed me the following question. Can someone help? My R2 has no rear wiper. Thanks!! fritz



"Have you ever had any problems with your rear-winshield wiper ? Mine sorta

moves but not really, and I can tell that the screw is loose but when I

tighten it, movement ceases completly. I found a replacement but I don't

want to drop the $40 if it's something I can fix myself."

 

haha, mine was a r1



mike

 

r1 and r2 models don not have them. just take the nut off of the wiper and get rid of that unsightly thingy...



ll

 

get a replacement from mazdarecycling.com

 

I don't much like the rear wiper myself. Thanks for the comments fellas!

fritz

 

I personally like mine.... thought bout shaving it but thought that I would just leave it after all



But to each their own

 

it comes in handy if you have a tinted rear window and a lot of rain... if not, shave away!

 

On the freeway, it does nothing because of the angle of the hatch back (you don't need it at 60mph). At night you can use the wiper to clear the rear windows intead of a paper towel (nice). In heavy street rain it comes in handy (anyone live in WA state). R1 and R2's did not have rear wipers and have no idea if it was optional on a base model.

 

Mine has it and i was the same way when i put on my new wing and filled the hole from the old wing i was going to shave it and decided it wasnt woth it but hey go figure i dont drive mine in the rain so what do i need it for any way... But im doing something similar with the bose system im going to use the bose wave and put a better speaker in there and in the reat of the car and were putting a tag on it bose bettered by eclipse...........................................