This has probably been talked about before but I'm posting this anyway.............

I just realized that there are winter & summer windshield wiper modes....... I had no idea! For the longest time I've wondered why the hell my wipers seemed to be stuck a few inches from the bottom. Well, now I know! For those of you who didn't know this, all you have to do is push down on both wiper arms at the same time with some pressure and they will pop down into the summer setting. Pull up on both of them for winter mode.

Winter Mode

Summer Mode

I knew there were different modes but didn't know how to change it. Thanks for the post!

No problem!

thats awesome! nice job on the post and thanks for sharing

haha ya i knew that for long time..noticed it like 2 winters back. keep in up really helps during those cold/freezing temperatures. i noticed u have u new kind of wipers. Are they good , in winter too???

Thanks for the thread. I did not know there was a summer & winter mode as well.

Yah, they're Rain X Latitude wipers... Pretty expensive but they work great!

you could also unplug the wiring harness to the motor for your wiper blades and reverse the clip and it does the same thing.

what the hell?!

I gotta try this.

How are those RainX blades? Do they have even wipe coverage and last long?

I had some Bosch Icons which wiped great at first, but started streaking as little as a month after I bought them. They got pretty bad after 2-3 months, so I switched back to the stock spider frames and just bought some rubber inserts from Lexus.

does this apply to all models? i have a 99 gs and mine sit pretty high, and i dont think thats how its really supposed to be...

I believe so, just push on them both at the same time, and they should go down.

Nice post. Not a lot of people know about this "feature".

How do you like your Latitude's? How much are those anyway?

I was thinking about getting some Icons, actually the cheaper version called Evolutions.

Ive had these for about a year and Ive been pretty pleased so far. They do have fairly even wipe coverage..... But, there are a few places where they miss some spots but I believe thats due to to some idiot at work getting overspray on all the cars in the parking lot including mine!

there is a plug you reverse it, do not push on your wipers