Raingear Wiper Conversion???
Melting Slicks
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From: Kingston, TN
St. Jude Donor '06
I have one. I haven't installed it yet, but I have assembled the parts. There are a lot of pieces but they go together easily if you follow the directions. I have held the various pieces in place and they seem to fit. Hopefully it will work.
Safety Car
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Mark:
I looked at the Raingear and the Specialty Power Windows kits and I chose the SPC kit mainly because of the simplicity and cost. I have not seen a Raingear kit installed, but from the pictures on their website, it looked rather complicated. With the SPC kit there are no exposed moving parts.
What sort of shipping costs do you have to pay on parts shipped from the US?
Charles
I looked at the Raingear and the Specialty Power Windows kits and I chose the SPC kit mainly because of the simplicity and cost. I have not seen a Raingear kit installed, but from the pictures on their website, it looked rather complicated. With the SPC kit there are no exposed moving parts.
What sort of shipping costs do you have to pay on parts shipped from the US?
Charles
Melting Slicks
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From: ct
Just finished installing the SPC kit in my 60. Not bad to install and seems to work very nice. My dash was all apart when i did this. I think it would be a nightmare if the car was all together. At the very least the gauge cluster and the dash insert must be removed to get the new transmissions in.
Le Mans Master
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From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada NS
Found the Raingear wipers... via Google..
http://www.pacificwesterndesign.com/...62corvette.htm
And the Specialty Power Windows...but none for a C1...
http://www.spwkits.com/powerwiperkits.htm
Which SPW kit did you use Charlie...???
http://www.pacificwesterndesign.com/...62corvette.htm
And the Specialty Power Windows...but none for a C1...
http://www.spwkits.com/powerwiperkits.htm
Which SPW kit did you use Charlie...???
Last edited by kenmo; Jun 17, 2006 at 03:48 PM.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '15
Originally Posted by aworks
Just finished installing the SPC kit in my 60. Not bad to install and seems to work very nice. My dash was all apart when i did this. I think it would be a nightmare if the car was all together. At the very least the gauge cluster and the dash insert must be removed to get the new transmissions in.
What kit did you purchase?
I don't see anything listed for a C1 either.....
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Burning Brakes
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From: Westminster Maryland
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by aworks
Just finished installing the SPC kit in my 60. Not bad to install and seems to work very nice. My dash was all apart when i did this. I think it would be a nightmare if the car was all together. At the very least the gauge cluster and the dash insert must be removed to get the new transmissions in.
I'm still looking for the best place. or best way 
If you could take a picture of where you put it. I was thinking of making a plate to hold motor and mount the plate just above passenger side kick panel. 
Safety Car
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From: Lexington,NC,USA
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Originally Posted by kenmo
Which SPW kit did you use Charlie...???
I mounted my wiper motor on the frame behind the passenger side kick panel. The kit comes with a mounting bracket but I made one with two mounting tabs so that I could remove the entire motor assembly easily. The aluminum tube in the picture contains a flexible rod that moves back and forth, turning the wiper transmissions. Here is a pic:
Melting Slicks
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From: ct
Sorry I have no pics. But I mounted the motor the same way Charles did. Inside the right kick panel. I bought the kit from Corvette central. It is made by SPW but CC adds the mounting parts for the C1 transmissions. And the out side bezels where the trans comes through the body. The kit comes with alum. tubing you need to bend to get the worm gear to the trans. It is a neat and clean set up. And as Charles said there are no moving parts under the dash. The way the kit is made you can kinda make it work anyway you want. Great minds think alike cause Charles and myself mounted the motor the same way and never talked to each other about it. PS Charles, It was nice meeting you and your wife down in Fla. This past Jan. Hope to see you again. Brian G.
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Brian:
Enjoyed meeting and talking with you down in Florida last January. After reading your post I looked in the CC catalog and, you are correct, the CC kit does include the outside bezels. The CC kit also has a different style switch and, from the appearance in the catalog, it will fit in the stock mounting hole. So I guess you do get more from CC for the higher price. In my case I mounted the wiper switch on the center console and used the stock wiper hole for another switch.
Charles
Enjoyed meeting and talking with you down in Florida last January. After reading your post I looked in the CC catalog and, you are correct, the CC kit does include the outside bezels. The CC kit also has a different style switch and, from the appearance in the catalog, it will fit in the stock mounting hole. So I guess you do get more from CC for the higher price. In my case I mounted the wiper switch on the center console and used the stock wiper hole for another switch.
Charles
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