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You should have said "what do you do to people who don't have rear wipers, make them put one on their car?" I live in PA as well and that just sounds absurd to me. It's not like you NEED your rear wiper to work for it to pass inspection... most vehicles don't even HAVE one. You should check with someone on that, maybe they were trying to get more of your money. Never know. People who fix your car can be shady.

That's very interesting. However at the same levels with the same amount of bass/treble that I used with my Sony unit, I did not experience these problems. So I doubt the speakers went bad this soon, I just got the JVC unit installed and as soon as I started listening to it I could notice. It only took the place I took it to less than an hour to get it installed. So what I am trying to figure out is if the unit is either underpowering my speakers or if the amp is too strong for them. If it's underpowering them, then obviously I want to take it back... but if it's too strong that means it has a good amp and I would then buy some new speakers. I will say that with both the Sony and JVC units, I had to take out some of the sound in the front and throw it into the rear channel (-2 or -3 "fade" setting). But the Sony still seemed to provide cleaner sound with more bass or songs/albums that have a more bass-rich or just plain louder production.

If you are trying to remove the actual wiper, depending on the brand, you will have to install it differently. It can be confusing. For some wipers, you just slide the hook into it, push it upwards, and it locks. For others you actually have to open up the attachment on the wiper blade itself, put the hook in between it, and then lock the attachment by pushing down on it. So if you are pushing up/down on the wiper blade and it won't budge, then try prying open the actual wiper attachment itself as that would explain why you are having problems.

Hi, I drive a 2002 Legacy L Sedan, the stereo system has 4 speakers. I have not upgraded my speakers, but I am thinking about doing so as the stock speaker setup really isn't that impressive. I just got a new JVC head unit put in my car, and if I turn it up too much, the audio gets really distorted, even with a minimal amount of bass! So I was wondering if anyone here knows the wattage/ohm specifications for both the front and back speakers for a 2002 Legacy. I guess I should explain the whole story. I went from having the standard Subaru head unit with a cassette player, then I got a CD player (also Subaru). Later on, I decided to get a Sony XPlod CDX-MP40 (52W x 4) head unit which replaced my tape deck/radio unit and cd player. Unfortunately, last week, the cd player completely broke, so I bought a JVC KD-G310 (50W x 4). The JVC has 18 watts RMS and the Sony had around 23.5 watts RMS, which isn't *that* big of a difference. However, with the Sony I could turn the bass up a little and have it pretty loud, and the audio came in very clear with good seperation; deep enough lows considering that bass wasn't up that much, and very clear, defined highs. Nothing was distorted unless I CRANKED up the volume to the max, which is to be expected. With the JVC, once the volume gets to 30 (out of 50) the audio gets very, very distorted. The bass is crackly and as a result the highs kind of get cut off because of the bass. I didn't think the difference between a 50 and 52W head unit would be that big of a deal, but is it? I figured maybe the JVC is making more distortion because its CD player has a higher SNR (96-98dB opposed to the sony which was like 70dB) with means it is outputting a much clearer signal to begin with. But the unit's amp itself has a SNR of 80dB which is confusing. Sony only lists the SNR for the CD player but not the amp. Will buying better speakers fix this problem or should I take back my head unit? All I want is decent bass and clear highs, not even the best you can get, just no distortion... and that's what I could get before. With some songs, even if I put the bass at -2 or -3, it still sounds distorted. Very annoying. Thanks in advance...