panhard65 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The Rolls ones are rather nice if a bit useless. Magnificent Rustbucket, FakeConcern, danthecapriman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianRetro Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 fordperv, FakeConcern and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 'Headlight cleaning' became compulsory in Sweden in 1972 for all cars sold there. When I was there in 1990 there were Ladas and Skodas with headlight wipers. madwelshman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 forddeliveryboy, Magnificent Rustbucket, fordperv and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I've never seen the ones on the Italian cars with round headlamps before! Wierd yet wonderful. I was about 7 years old when my parents got their Vauxhall Royale. 8) Those headlamp wash/wipers fascinated me!! Their boxy Carlton 2.2 CDi had them too. Those Vauxhalls the only cars they had to have them. None of my cars had them. It always interested me that during the late 1970s and up to 1987 Ford only had washers whereas GM had wipers with the washers. That changed with the phase 2 Sierra from 1987 with it's flush headlights: standard on the Ghia spec and above iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I could never figure out how to operate them admittedly... Aaaaaand now I'm pining for my Lolvo estate again. Sigh. FakeConcern and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Headlamp washers are automatic - they only work when the lights are on and you use wash/wipe. rantingYoof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The headlamp wipers on our Saab 9-5 packed up in March. Occasionally worked, but parking at a jaunty angle. Removed them in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Knew Lada used them on the Riva (standard on the Riva GLS/2106/7), never knew they were used on any of the Skoda's of that era though...any photos? Found the ones on my Saab really useful driving around Scotland in the winter when everything ended up games in salty crud. The increase in light output when you hit the washers was very obvious. Got through a fair amount of washer fluid though! cort1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I found Rivas when I was searching for the s12 picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 One of these threads that pops up from time to time http://autoshite.com/topic/10596-headlight-wipers-are-sexy/ fordperv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Magnificent Rustbucket, FakeConcern and fordperv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I've always been a fan of headlight wipers. Used to love watching them on my old Sierra Ghia. Last car I owned that had them was a Saab 93. My Cortina has the optional headlamp power wash inbuilt to the overriders, but no wipers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 adw1977 and davocano 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Facelift Cavalier CD ones, quite unobtrusive and boring really. But they still work. adw1977, FakeConcern, fordperv and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 One of these threads that pops up from time to time http://autoshite.com/topic/10596-headlight-wipers-are-sexy/ An even better thread is @Zantimisfit's Swedish Spottings thread, which is PACKED with weird headlamp wipers. He even posts close ups of those on the Mini, Allegro and Princess. http://autoshite.com/topic/21523-summer-holidays-cars-old/ mk2_craig and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 fordperv, FakeConcern and forddeliveryboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Confession time: I was so enamoured of the headlamp wipers on the ovlov of much regret that they were the only parts I saw fit to remove before it went to see JB. Somewhere, I still have the wiper arms, jets and tubing if someone wants to reinstate or upgrade to such a system on an early V70... Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Facelift Cavalier CD ones, quite unobtrusive and boring really. But they still work. getPart-2.jpeg getPart-35.jpegI absolutely love how the underlight strip has a holder for the wiper on Cavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 For some reason these look so happy Magnificent Rustbucket, FakeConcern and dollywobbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Always wanted a car with headlight wipers... now I have one! Ghosty, FakeConcern and fordperv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Another w124. They don't work though- well one does a bit but the other is seized solid. They've got new ex 2cv cut down rubbers on them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Why did car manufacturers stop fitting headlamp wipers? I used to love seeing them, they were a sign on the likes of mk3 Cavaliers and Sierras of a high spec one, in the same way certain other things marked the car out as not being a lowly Envoy, L, LX, or any of the myriad low spec special editions they did on those cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 prolly cos plastic lenses would get scratched to fcuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 prolly cos plastic lenses would get scratched to fcuk Hmm possibly, they get scratched to fuck anyway, so wouldnt make a huge difference, also the lenses go all cloudy and stuff as well, they probably shouldnt have stopped fitting glass lenses, but thats another discussion entirely I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 When I was about 14, I decided my ideal spec Sierra would be a GLX hatch in Aqua Jade. Mostly because it was the first trim level to get headlamp wipers.Live the dream https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-1-8-glx-project-garage-find-rare-2-owners-99p-start-no-reserve-/162682234775?hash=item25e09de797%3Ag%3AGawAAOSwbihZxAzl&_trkparms=pageci%253A3b75db44-a040-11e7-9f80-74dbd1807d32%257Cparentrq%253Aae08651f15e0ab1db5f8a66cffd13f64%257Ciid%253A10 Sir Snipes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zantimisfit Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Hmm possibly, they get scratched to fuck anyway, so wouldnt make a huge difference, also the lenses go all cloudy and stuff as well, they probably shouldnt have stopped fitting glass lenses, but thats another discussion entirely I guess. They changed to washers. Over here that was a requirement 'til a couple of years ago and then it was dropped as it was deemed anti compeititive to have a requirement that stopped people from buying their cars elsewhere in the EU if they wanted to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Depression in a picture: Magnificent Rustbucket and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blx Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Here is for my Fiat 126… Lacquer Peel, Magnificent Rustbucket and forddeliveryboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 This needed to be added to this thread I thought... LightBulbFun, dollywobbler and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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