Don't raise your hood if...
07-09-2006, 10:39 PM
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did that also on my old car.....but i broke something worse,the arm that goes from the wiper to the motor.on the passenger side too!damn.what a $400 mistake.currently my windshield is cracked from a damn rock that barely caught my windshield. and the best price is $270.i dont want to go to no cheap *** place either.so i'll pay $270.any way 200 is a good price
07-09-2006, 10:46 PM
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i did the exact thing when i first bought my car . i had it all cleaned and shiny on a friday evening popped my hood and crack! like halfway up my windshield. cost me 250 bucks .
08-10-2006, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by nyteryder167
...your wipers are up off the windshield. 
I'm an idiot, and have learned my lesson. Hopefully this post prevents someone else from doing it.
I had just washed my car last week and wanted to clean some of the underhood stuff. Popped the hood, lifted it, then lowered it realizing I still had my wipers up. Put them down only to notice a spider crack stemming from the bottom of the driver's side wiper arm. It's taken over about half my windshield now, but I'm getting it fixed today. There's $200 that won't be used for mods!
I'm an idiot, and have learned my lesson. Hopefully this post prevents someone else from doing it.
I had just washed my car last week and wanted to clean some of the underhood stuff. Popped the hood, lifted it, then lowered it realizing I still had my wipers up. Put them down only to notice a spider crack stemming from the bottom of the driver's side wiper arm. It's taken over about half my windshield now, but I'm getting it fixed today. There's $200 that won't be used for mods!
I got another one. Don't install your intake manifold until you've installed those two plugs in the back of the heads.
Two hours later and many scratched knuckles, I got those suckers in there without taking the intake back off
08-10-2006, 07:59 PM
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I didn't think this was a common thing. 
I always raise the wipers when I wash the car. And I heard them hit the hood when I raised it afterwards, but luckily there was no damage to the windshield or the hood. I just caught myself again last weekend. I was going to raise the hood to clean the engine bay and realised that my wipers were still up after washing the car 
I always raise the wipers when I wash the car. And I heard them hit the hood when I raised it afterwards, but luckily there was no damage to the windshield or the hood. I just caught myself again last weekend. I was going to raise the hood to clean the engine bay and realised that my wipers were still up after washing the car 
