i did this awhile ago. but i left the arm on cause i was dumb enough not to figure out i could take the bolt cover off... and the gear fell off, it also rolled out my garage and went in the grass and got a ton of crap on it from the grease. but i got it all cleaned and put it back on. but it is ACTUALLY vertical. but i think it looks better, i dont like it past vertical...

anyways this is the diy i used....
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...-diy-help.html

 

I set mine so the down sweep runs level - that put the top past vertical - did try for the straight up look though.

How you ever worked it with the arm on is beyond me. I can understand why it all fell apart. At first I tried to unplug the harness, but on the GE's it's a funky plug with no visible means of releasing it, I think you need to poke something in the side to get it off. Most are simply a pressure point or clip thing. No harm done though, it is easiest to just let it hang on the wire.

 

Well KC the wife was not impressed with my Stiffy. So it leans a bit to the right.

Like Raouf said I had my gear come out but in my hand. A good guess got it back in the right way.

So what can we tackle next?

 

Hmmph - it's a Stiffy, who cares which way it's leaning

You need to get one of these to highlight the brake light



The wife might appreciate it - most likely been harpen on you for a while now, eh_????

 

Thanks for the DIY, I just took 20 min doing this and it looks great. No more crap building up on the rear wiper YESSS

 

That is what I said be happy for these occasional sightings.

I have an overlay that says Fit on mine. I am thinking of getting the LED one.

bill

 

I was hoping someone would say this works on the GE's! It is "Wash Day" at the Codger household, so before I gave the Fit its bath, I did this mod... took longer to get the hatch cover off than it did to mod the wiper.

 

how long does this take to do?

 

20 minutes if you get it right the first time and on a GE

 

how about on a gd????

 

took me not even 15 mins. the longest part is getting the rear interior panel off. It just pops off but it sticks sometimes.

 

ahaha took me 25 minutes...

 

I wasn't watching the time, but it took maybe 15-20 mins...

 

Humph! It took me 20min twice, no three times - oh that's right it was my learning curve that got all you guys up to speed...LOL

 

ok, for my GD,it works great! the calibration for the windshield wiper is hard if your windows are already clean and doing it alone to test out.

if you want your windshield wipers vertical you can put it in the middle slot and it will wiper clean the "left side" then wipe the "right side" and return to "vertical"

 

I did it on my GD, took maybe 30 minutes. Hardest part for me was figuring out that there was a plastic cover hiding the nut that holds the wiper arm on - I felt pretty dumb when I finally got it. Many thanks to the folks who came up with this mod - I love it!

Locating the wiper arm is easy:

1. Intall the arm and tighten the nut just enough so that it cannot slip on the splines.
2. Flip the arm out, away from the window. This will allow the wiper motor to sweep freely without friction from the window, resulting in full motion of the arm.
3. Turn the ignition switch on.
4. Turn the rear wiper on. Don't worry about it hitting anything, because it is not against the window - it is just flapping around in space.
5. Turn the ignition switch off EXACTLY when the wiper is at the lowest point of its sweep. You may have to try a few times until you get it right.
6. Flip the wiper back against the window and see where it hits. Adjust as needed.
7. Lather rinse repeat.
8. Run a final test with wiper against the window, the engine running, and water on the window so the wiper will move freely.
9. Stand back and admire your 'stiffy' wiper. No more gunk accumulation, yay!

 

wdb +rep on that, just as I did on my 2010Sport. My biggest problem was getting the dang wiper arm off. Needed to go to AutoZone and use a puller. Also tried this without the bolt on the arm and it just flew off!!

 

Did it and love it. Unique look to the rear end. Excellent write up

 

i know it's minor, but i wish the stiffy was on the left side behind the driver.

 

HA When I entered this forum that was the first thing pointed out to me... I finally understand.

You'll soon adjust to the mod - it's nice.