PIAA Blades

[tower]

Originally Posted by mikejr

T - my 08 has the factory heated washers on it, when you activate the system, there is a short delay, about 45 seconds then you get a series of 3 or 4 bursts of heated fluid on the windshield only. It appears, and I have no confirmation of this that the front and rear systems are totally independent.

Thanks, Mike. Ditto what Tim asked. If you get to it first, could you post pix of where your unit is mounted (No I'm not asking for naked pix of your wife!) and where the switch is mounted. I think a number of us would like to do "factory type" installations.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Thanks tower for explaining to me more than the doctor has bothered to do. That really PO's me.

Hey I forgot to tell the forum that on 3barracing.com they have posted the pic of my overhead gauge setup for over a year i think. I just kept forgetting to tell you guys.

Well the more websites you can get things about your rig on the mags come looking.

We are getting to do a really wild conversion that i will tell you all about once i'm sure it is working out and not blowing up in Dragon and My face. It has to do with putting in power captain seats in the second row rather than the lifeless kind you can buy already covered but, passenger does not have a way to make themselves comfortable for a log drive. We plan to solve this and as far as we can find out we will be the only H2 to have tried this and hopefully been succesfull. We should have it done in the next week and will put up pics so you will all believe what we did is for real. It is just another one of those wild mods that just make judges go nuts. Anyway we want all captains to be powered just as the front seats are and no one that we can find makes a power replacement for mid row section. You can buy ridgid pairs for around i think last i looked was like $1895.00 something like that. It will blow you away with the way we decided to solve problem after talking to Katzkins and LLebroc seat manufactuers about if they make any, they are makers for others that cover them and sell them under another name. Spent time with national sales director and head tech guys they do not nor plan to make power seat drop ins and they know of no one else that makes anything. It will be something that we can do for anyone once we work it out on my rig and maybe be able to match the cost of the rigid seats. We would just have to have your rig at our shop or well what the hey I'll just tell all and you can see if you can find soemone that is good enough to stand up to their work. Well we are going to have to go back after this winter and count up again all the one of on this H2 that as far as we can check with other custom shops and national organizations other H2's do not have and not been tried. What does it all mean. Well if you cannot get sponsors to cover some things it is just a real expensive hobby. I look at it like some own airplanes and spend allot of money there as well as other hobbies people have. The H2 is my Love and She will never be sold so i just keep looking to do things no other Hummer has done. Bad part is those experimental things like the seat deal no sponsors step up because they do not have what we need so i foot the bill. That is when it hurts some.

Sorry to drop this in here if anyone wants to move it and title as the mad scientist and mod nut it would be cool with me.

Thanks for all the encourangement.

TAZ

[tower]

Just ordered from Summit Racing:

2 x Bosch 417A (Icon)
1 x Bosch 40811 (Hindsight)

SR was the only vendor I could find that had both tho Icon and Hindsight in stock (only wanted to pay shipping once). Total with Shipping to So Cal (no tax) was $58.80. Seems a little steep for 3 wiper blades, but WTF, I drive a Hummer, I'm used to that. I should have them in a couple/3 days. Shipping from Reno. I will report back. Hope it's still raining by then!

[tower]

Nerd Report

[Mr. I - Man]

Originally Posted by tower

Nerd Report

Just got the Bosch Icons @ advance auto 4 days ago and we have we had snow almost everyday since and they work awesome the snow doesn't clog them up at all and I also have the Hotshot set up on my rig that helps too.

[mikejr]

I just put the Bosch Icons on my 08 for the winter, those open frame stockers suck in the snow!

[timgco]

PIAA Blades + snow/ice + suck! That is all!

[tower]

Lassie, go get Timmy some Icons, girl!

[mikejr]

Originally Posted by tower

Thanks, Mike. Ditto what Tim asked. If you get to it first, could you post pix of where your unit is mounted (No I'm not asking for naked pix of your wife!) and where the switch is mounted. I think a number of us would like to do "factory type" installations.

Will do...a pic of the switch is the easy part....finding the heating unit under the hood...well...that might not be as easy but I'll do my best for ya. LOL...my wife would shoot me if I posted naked pics of her...not that I have any of course...LOL

[tower]

Originally Posted by mikejr

Will do...a pic of the switch is the easy part....finding the heating unit under the hood...well...that might not be as easy but I'll do my best for ya. LOL...my wife would shoot me if I posted naked pics of her...not that I have any of course...LOL

Wanna buy some?(Sorry. Old joke. I couldn't resist.)

[mikejr]

Originally Posted by tower

Wanna buy some?(Sorry. Old joke. I couldn't resist.)

LOL...no worries...even the old jokes are funny!

I put the pics of the switch and the underhood installation on that other thread for you. Hope this helps you out. The underhood looks like a simple bracket, the switch on the interior on the other hand does look so simple.

Also, I dont know how the aftermarket works, but if it works like the stock one in the 08 it powers up for about 30 to 45 seconds then sprays the windshield and activates the wipers. It runs that cycle for 3 or 4 times i believe.

[tower]

Saw them. Excellent! Thanks, Mike.
For everyone, I think Bosch changed their best wiper blade name from Icon to Aero-Twin. They look identical, I think it's just a name change. Just installed them and now started raining here in So Cal, so I'll try them out tomorrow! Field report to follow. Yes, I am excited about new wiper blades. So sue me.