[alfa] GTV-6 wipers: swept area

[Rex Cars <rexcars@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe:

When you replaced the wiper arms on your GTV-6, did you also replace the 
wiper blades themselves?  When I upgraded my 1981 GTV-6 to wiper arms 
from a 1986 parts car,  I had to replace the blades as well, since the 
old ones didn't fit on the new arms.  Using the blades from the 1986 
GTV-6, I too had dramatically less swept area, but it was largely due to 
the smaller blades that came with the later model arms.

My response was to go to an asymmetrical wiper blade solution.  I 
purchased a new, big blade to go on the driver's side and kept one of 
the smaller blades on the passenger's side where I didn't need as much 
swept area.  I'm tall., and my problem was that the smaller blades 
weren't clearing the part of the windshield I needed to look through to 
see the road directly in front of the car.

I couldn't run two blades big enough to sweep the windshield all the way 
to near the top, because they bumped into each other.  Good luck with yours.

Good luck,
Rex
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