Rear Window Wiper...

As I imagine many of you know the, 11" long wiper blade on the rear window is just too small to give good coverage, and it appears that one could install another wiper up to 16" long and get away with it. Has anyone tried this? If so will you tell me the name and model of said blade, or better yet provide a part number?
Thanks, Community!

 

Thanks a lot for your time, the information is quite useful!

 

PERFECT! Exactly what I was looking for and cheap to boot! Thanks a Lot Max 2 you Wizard! Love this community!

 

Tombukt2, thanks and see the response from MAX2 below, quick and easy fix, cheap too! I just orded it on Ebay. Take Care.

 

OK so this was a great suggestion and thanks again for it, and regarding the Rear Windshield Wiper (wanting more coverage with a longer blade)-

Once installed, this worked perfect and solved the problem, HOWEVER: Let me share my experience so that if you install one, you get it perfect the first time without hurting yourself or the car...

1. With the old wiper arm and blade still attached, use masking tape to mark where the blade lays on the back window while it's in the off/almost vertical position.

2. Take care in removing the old wiper arm, remove the plastic cover and then the holding nut, and spray some silicone or teflon spray, or WD 40 around the threaded post. Let it sit for a few minutes. CAREFULLY wiggle the arm straight upwards to remove it.

3. Place the new arm with the blade attached exactly where your marking tape is (or even a half inch or so to the left, since once installed the thing does have an inch or so of play in either direction as it wipes.) and then carefully tighten the holding nut down, DON'T FORCE IT. Replace the new plastic cover and go have a beer (or whatever.)

4. So here's why I'm explaining all this-so that maybe you don't have to go through what I did! Once I got the old arm and blade off (both connected pieces) I noticed that the old one seemed to have splines inside the hole that the threaded post comes through, and the new one did NOT. When I installed the new 2 piece assembly and tightened the nut, I turned the wiper on and saw that I had it in the wrong position, and then it didn't want to let me take it back off. In order to not damage the glass or the new arm, I used a sink faucet puller tool to remove it... Once I had it in the right place the job was a snap to complete!

5. What I've learned is; maybe in fact this is intentionally designed this way, since cinching the hold-down nut down the first time actually CREATED new splines inside the mounting hole of the new piece. And that if not for the old, tired worn and faded arm and blade I would have just gone to the car parts store and taken the old blade in with me, and asked the Man to give me an OEM wiper blade in the same configuration but 16 inches long instead of however short the original on was (11 or 12 inches long). That would have been much easier, but with both parts being new it looks great... I'm looking forward to seeing how well it works the next time it rains. If the blade that came with it doesn't perform well or hold up over time, I'll just go and get a new one (I have always preferred Bosch Icon) as described above.

If this was useful to just one of you then it was worth my time to write this post. Happy Motoring!