Are my car's wipers abnormally large?

"WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe" (wesbarton89) 02/19/2015 at 15:46 • Filed to: None

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So, one of the things my Infiniti needed was new wipers, so we picked some up last night. Passenger side is 17", which is reasonable, but the driver's side is a massive 26". Even comparatively sized cars I see don't have driver's side wipers that large. I mean, why so big?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 15:50

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Yes, they're huge. Mind you, my Cutlass has two 18" blades, and my dad's old Sienna had a 24" blade on the driver's side.

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 15:51

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The FoST has simply massive windshield wipers. Double 28"

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 02/19/2015 at 15:55

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Mother of god.

CalzoneGolem > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 15:56

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I hear some girls like 'em big like that.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 02/19/2015 at 15:57

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Wow. And the FoST isn't even a large car. That's a whole new form of compensating, bragging about windshield wiper size.

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 16:00

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If you look at the car it's because of the extreme rake of the windshield, the windshield is actually huge.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 02/19/2015 at 16:02

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I see that now. It makes sense. But I've never really looked too closely at an ST to notice that.

Newsboy > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 16:02

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Fiat 500 has an odd couple: 24" and 14".

lone_liberal > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 16:11

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My wife's G37 has a 26" wiper on the driver's side too. Maybe it's an Infiniti thing.

T5Killer > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 02/19/2015 at 16:12

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Yep I remember back in the '90s 4th Gen Fbody wipers were 26 or 28 inches due to that massive raked windshield.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > lone_liberal 02/19/2015 at 16:17

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Must be. The 2015 Q50, 60, and 70s are all 26" as well. My old 1997 Infiniti J30 had 21" and 20" respectively, but that was a bit smaller car to begin with.

Tohru > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 16:18

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You should balance it out and get a set of 24" blades.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 02/19/2015 at 16:29

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My E39 uses 26"/21"