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BigGuy25 03-11-2008 01:01 PM

Keeping Rear Window Clean
 
This is my 1st winter with a MINI cabrio. I live in Northeast Ohio where, in the winter, the roads seem to be in a constant state of snow, slush and road spray causing a problem with visibility through the rear window. I can clean the rear window and, within a mile or two, the window is almost impossible to see through again. Do others share this problem? Is there any secret that helps to keep it clean.

talus 03-11-2008 01:02 PM

I put mud flaps on mine and it greatly reduced this problem. You still get some stuff there but it isn't nearly as bad.

eager2own 03-11-2008 01:04 PM

I guess telling you to keep the top down in the winter won't help, huh? :no:

BigGuy25 03-11-2008 02:10 PM


Originally Posted by talus (Post 2090007)
I put mud flaps on mine and it greatly reduced this problem. You still get some stuff there but it isn't nearly as bad.

Was the mud flap made for the MINI? Are they easy to install?? How do tey look???

talus 03-11-2008 02:13 PM

Yes made by MINI. I had the dealership install them. I think they are barely noticable. Totally worth it.:thumbsup:

BigGuy25 03-11-2008 02:21 PM

Talus ... thanks, I'll get it done!!!!

bradclark 03-23-2008 04:35 PM


Originally Posted by talus (Post 2090178)
Yes made by MINI. I had the dealership install them. I think they are barely noticable. Totally worth it.:thumbsup:

Any chance you could provide a picture or two?

BigGuy25 03-24-2008 05:27 PM

FYI .. in a private message response, Talus told me that he had them put on the front and back. The dealer told me that the front flaps are something like $20 and the rear are around $40. I'm not sure what they charge to install.

joshamman 03-24-2008 06:35 PM

can't imagine installing mud flaps is hard :)
would love to see some pics of them on

im in Michigan, so i have the same dirty-boot syndrome going. I just use my side mirrors :)

looks like it depends on your year for rear ones. Mini made them for pre2005 cooper ONLY , and now for the next gen 07+ both cooper and S. Not sure if it would be possible to retrofit them :(

joshamman 03-24-2008 06:46 PM

http://www.outmotoring.com/images/P/MIN_ft_mud_md.jpg
from out motoring. link to the flaps:
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...mud-flaps.html
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...mud_flaps.html

MiniMaybee 03-24-2008 06:49 PM

Good luck mate. Best you can do is get some Multivex mirrors and learn not to look out the rear. Guess that's why the tin tops have a rear blade, but us poor cabrio owners are destined to never look back - onward, forever forward!

Jeff S. 03-24-2008 06:58 PM

TRhe mud flaps from MINI are great. The blend into the black and mount so that on the side view they are just after the reflectors. From the rear they make the car apper lower and wider. They protect the vehicle from most whell throw off. The rear one require the back wheels being removed for installation.

iblack 03-25-2008 02:57 PM


Originally Posted by talus (Post 2090007)
I put mud flaps on mine and it greatly reduced this problem. You still get some stuff there but it isn't nearly as bad.

You put mud flaps on your cabrio? You don't happen to have the aero package do you? If so, from where did you get them?

Thanks

bad venge 03-25-2008 05:46 PM

I've had good luck with waxing my rear window with Collonite wax, even a good coating of RainX will help

Marylander 03-30-2008 03:46 PM

uhhh, having major problems keeping the rear clean. my service advisor did not think the rear mud flaps would help that much and weren't too attractive. i almost always back into parking spots because i'm terrified of backing out of a spot.

how about a rear mud flap pic?

MGCMAN 03-30-2008 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by BigGuy25 (Post 2090003)
This is my 1st winter with a MINI cabrio. I live in Northeast Ohio where, in the winter, the roads seem to be in a constant state of snow, slush and road spray causing a problem with visibility through the rear window. I can clean the rear window and, within a mile or two, the window is almost impossible to see through again. Do others share this problem? Is there any secret that helps to keep it clean.

Damn BG, this is a simple fix. You've got a Cabrio, right? Top Down Motoring = no salty road spray gunking up the backlight, dude. Best to buy a good set of earmuffs and a good anorak though.:wink:

BigGuy25 03-30-2008 06:31 PM

MGCMAN -- LOL. I wish I could keep the top down all the time. This has been one hell of a winter. I shoveled 7 inches of "springtime" off the driveway on Easter weekend. Today it finally got up to 53 degrees. I put the top down, installed the windscreen, and, you guessed it .... IT STARTED TO RAIN!!!


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