Retro Fit Automatic Wipers And Lights

[Haylands]

Hi

Just been reading the other thread about speed sensitive wipers.....

I am going to fit these to my wifes Yaris as she likes them on the LS430, always thought they were a gimmic untill I had them, now I couldn't live without them.....

http://www.accessiblevans.co.uk/rain.htm

http://www.azandwhen.com/Item4.aspx (second item down)

So for about £100 you get auto wipers and lights.....

Pete

[Parthiban]

I've been looking into those auto wipers myself, I'd be interested to know how easy they are to install and how well they work as well.......

Do let us know mate :winky:

[rabnoolas]

What a superb link! Thanks Pete. Rab

[Yaumeister]

Any progress on the Rain Tracker? I sent an e-mail to the address on the page, but got no response.

[Haylands]

Any progress on the Rain Tracker? I sent an e-mail to the address on the page, but got no response.

Hi

As is usual with these things I hadn't got round to doing it yet....

There is a place in the USA which sells them for about the same money if I remember right, if I get a chance I'll dig it out and post it up but I am away from the interweb till Friday

Pete

[Yaumeister]

I already found the original manufacturer.

http://www.oedes.com/raintracker.php

USD$99, not bad but after shipping and especially customs (plus some stupid parcelforce handling fee), probably costs more than £65. Will give the van place a ring later on in the week and get more details.

[84Stoney]

ill be watching this with interest.

would like to hear from someone who has fitted it thou.

[Mike_B]

I've been looking into those auto wipers myself, I'd be interested to know how easy they are to install and how well they work as well.......

Do let us know mate :winky:

No idea about the aftermarket ones, but I used to have a late-model Avensis a couple of years ago and that had excellent auto-wipers. Just occasionally they'd be caught out, but 99% of the time you could forget about the weather and just enjoy clear vision.

I'm not a fan of auto-lights though, as I've posted before. They don't always come on when I want them to, they frequently come on when I don't want them to, and you can't have just sidelights. Personally, I think they are a solution looking for a problem!!

[Yaumeister]

I'm not a fan of auto-lights though, as I've posted before. They don't always come on when I want them to, they frequently come on when I don't want them to, and you can't have just sidelights. Personally, I think they are a solution looking for a problem!!

Just rang the accesiblevans people, no longer sell them, guess it has to be direct from the US then.

I have the opposite problem on my IS200, my auto headlights are too sensitive, there is this overpass I drive under with traffic lights, and if I stop even in the shade of it my lights come on, which I always feel I might be annoying the driver in front.

[Mike_B]

I'm not a fan of auto-lights though, as I've posted before. They don't always come on when I want them to, they frequently come on when I don't want them to, and you can't have just sidelights. Personally, I think they are a solution looking for a problem!!

I have the opposite problem on my IS200, my auto headlights are too sensitive, there is this overpass I drive under with traffic lights, and if I stop even in the shade of it my lights come on, which I always feel I might be annoying the driver in front.

Yeah, that's what I meant by the bit 'they frequently come on when I don't want them to'. Then when you drive along on the motorway in the pouring rain, or when it's foggy, they stay off. Hopeless... At least you can switch off the auto function though, so it's not like it bothers me now!