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Windshield Washer Fluid Heater.

I thought this was pretty cool....available at Crappy tire



http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortmen...romSearch=true

 
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I think this was just discussed as the "worst mod ever to a vehicle" which i think is bogus because i have a similar system on my truck and it works great.

 
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This is probably one of the best mods if you live in Canada. I can see it being useless if you live in an area that doesn't get below subzero temperatures.

 
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i dont really see any advantage of it because the fluid is never frozen
for a windshield it doesnt matter if you use hot or cold fluid to clean it, cuz it has the same results

 
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yeah but if your window is frozen with frost you can use the windshield washer fluid instead of scrapping it.

 
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Hot water and cold glass, not a good combination in my opinion.

Just use rain-x de-fogger stuff. I don't know exactly whats it called, but I remember on my old car it would help out.

This is a dumb mod in my opinion as well. If its subzero temperatures outside, it doesn't take long for water to freeze. Test it out yourself. Get some boiling water, and dump it outside and see how long it takes to freeze.

 
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your right, hot water does freeze quicker in sub zero temps, but water is not involved in any point of this. The fluid doesn't start to freeze until -40 or whatever it is these days, so i say that it would be a good idea to get, but at the same time I can't predict how efficient it would be. But it is coming standard on a lot of high end cars now so it must be tried, tested and true.

 
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Also the fluid is not boiling hot when it comes out... i can't see it being a real issue with glass... I mean what's the difference between warm fluid or hot air?

 
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Think about how awsome that would be during freezing rain... you know when you get that ice build up on the top portions of your windshield. This would solve that problem. I might have to go check these things out.

 
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now if only they had an automatic windshield-washer-nozzle-poker for those times when the damn thing freezes up and won't squirt

 
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The warm fluid coming from the heater will melt the froozen ice on the nozzles!!!
This is like a 2 in 1 invention

 
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It does work, I dont see why anyone doesnt listen to me on the 2 threads about this. Its warm which will help break down ice buildup on your wiperblades and on the windshield itself.

 
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that's it, I'm putting a huge "Hot Wash" decal on my windshield... it's so JDM, yo

 
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nice now my lazy *** doesnt need to scrape the ice off the windows.

 
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You know what. I take my comments back from my post above.

I was super tired when I typed all of that. I just realized I mentioned water, when windshield washer fluid is not water. For some reason I was thinking water comes out of the nozzle...lol.. yeah I'm stupid..I know.

Actually now I think its a pretty good mod. Has anybody actually tried this??

 
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I'm highly contemplating purchasing one of these... maybe I'll just ask for one in my stocking

 
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Read 3 posts up.

 
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You know I was thinking. Where the **** do they mount that heater?? It looks awfully big.

 
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bend over, I'll show ya

 
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Do you promise?

but for real... I could probably find 100 places to MOUNT it. I finished work early so I may go check them out

 
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Any reviews Dennis? Did you go out and buy one?

 
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I actually haven't bought one yet... I went and saw them and was about to buy one but I didn't know if my g/f got me one for christmas. I was told not to buy anything for myself until after christmas day so I guess no reviews till then.

The unit itself is about the size of my hand... just thicker. If I don't get one as a gift I'll buy one and write a review.

 
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I have a similar system that came stock on my E30, heated nozzles, and a little device that warms the fluid on it's way up. Simply awesome in freezing rain.

 
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Ya so I didn't get this for christmas... well atleast my g/f didn't get it for me. I may have to go buy it soon.

 
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the E30 is cool, it uses the rad fluid to warm the fluid while its still in the res. I think we can DIY a nice heater with the same concept, just tap into a rad line and put some metal tubing down into the washer res. Save the money, and not use extra electricity to power a heater.

 
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*** This is on sale at Canadian Tire for $49.99, regular $59.99 for the week of January 7 - 13.

 
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I think there has only been one week when this has NOT been on sale since I first heard about it.

Anyone install one in their Civic yet? Where did you mount it?