Wiper Motor Improvement

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Eddie.
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Wiper Motor Improvement

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Right, my windscreen wipers are painfully slow, they work, they're just not fast.

Is there anything I can do with the motor, or is there a replacement I could fit that would speed them up to something closer to modern standards?

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Subscribed! Mine are crap aswell. Can barely drag themselves over the glass.
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Are E30 ones any better? Mine had the motor and linkage fitted and they worked ok!
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Is it all a direct fit? I'm surprised at that.
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Eddie. wrote:Is it all a direct fit? I'm surprised at that.
Not quite, the linkage is different and the motor I think because it has an extra speed setting. As with most of the mods on my car, I didn't perform them, but I can find out if anyones interested.
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