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CIAS '08: Dodge Challenger


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All that time to make perfect little details, but couldn't find the time to incorporate the windshield washer nipples into the wipers. If you don't get the stripes, they'll stick out horribly.

That's a good thing they didn't. The Canadian winters here don't treat that feature very well. Its freezes up very easily.

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All that time to make perfect little details, but couldn't find the time to incorporate the windshield washer nipples into the wipers. If you don't get the stripes, they'll stick out horribly.

The older Chryslers had them mounted on the wipers and they suck. Mounting them on the hood is much, much better.

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Strongly agreed. Mounting them on the wipers has got to be the most foolish decision any automaker could make. It looks better.. and that's it.

I don't even see how it looks much better. It's not like they're giant blobs of black plastic the size of someone's fist or something. I hate the wiper mounted ones...lots of issues with the design.

  1. The hoses get brittle and break with age
  2. The Plastic fasteners can break off the blade when clearing ice or snow off of the car
  3. Ditto for the hoses.
  4. They don't dispense the washer fluid as evenly or as well as the hood mounted ones
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Haven't had issues with either style here in Jersey. From my observations, the wiper-mounted ones disperse the fluid better, and I HATE the look of the plastic nubs on the hood; I prefer the cowl-hidden ones- protected and invisible. I suspect the steady 'laying-down' of windshield angles has made the cowl-area ones too close, making them overshoot the glass, thus the hood mounting. They look like sh!t there, tho.

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Haven't had issues with either style here in Jersey. From my observations, the wiper-mounted ones disperse the fluid better, and I HATE the look of the plastic nubs on the hood; I prefer the cowl-hidden ones- protected and invisible. I suspect the steady 'laying-down' of windshield angles has made the cowl-area ones too close, making them overshoot the glass, thus the hood mounting. They look like sh!t there, tho.

But.. then you couldn't do this: Clicky. :P

I'm glad those didn't last.

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I had to look out the window at work today to remember where the washer nozzles are on my Jeep...on the cowl, behind the hood. The rear one is at the top of the hatch.

The ones on the VW are mounted on the underside of the hood, also in the cowl area. The spray seems less powerful than visible hood-mounted ones.

Challenger looks nice, btw. I like the gas filler cap.

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The wiper mounted nozzles on our Lumina froze up durring the recent snowstorm. The passenger side squirted into the air.

Anyhow, about the Challenger...

Alot of women were comming up to it and saying how cute it was. It seems to have wide appeal!

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Considering I rarely use the windshield washers and that I don't have to worry about freezing temperatures or snow, I would hate to have the nozzles sticking out of the hood.

Anyway... does anyone else think that the lower lip on the front bumper (black plastic piece at the very bottom) isn't going to fare well?

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Any car that rides lower to the ground will have clearance issues there.

I know... My car does, but it's a non-aesthetic piece of plastic under the car. I'm afraid that this piece is going to end up like the front lip of the body kit on '96-ish Camaro RS's.

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