Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on March 04, 2009, 19:17:05
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It's MOT time and the wipers are due a change.
Anybody tried the new style flat wiper blades - or even the ones with washer jets built into them?
Like <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370166069457&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024> these[/url].
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they look pretty good as the description says but also the price :shocked: but might be worth it . .
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One of the lads at work just got some for his pink picasso :-> says they work well but he dosn't think they will last long ... however he only paid £8 on ebay for them :-k
Might be work seeing if there are any other sellers on there... ;)
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however he only paid £8 on ebay for them :-k
Might be work seeing if there are any other sellers on there... ;)
Did they have built in washers at that price?
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No I don't think they did . is that why the are £20 odd quid??
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i use them,and have for the last few months,id say go for it mate,you wont be sorry
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No I don't think they did . is that why the are £20 odd quid??
Probably.
The same company has a set for a Picasso at £8. Link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-PICASSO-1999-2005-FLAT-WIPER-BLADES-CLEARANCE_W0QQitemZ370164432220QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item370164432220&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)
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iv got the flat wipers on my disco 300tdi and i havnt looked back since the day i put the on, totaly fantastic, mine havnt got the washer built in but mine r very good
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The built in washer thing isnt exactly hard to make up........
Its only some washer tube with a few holes in it- a couple of metres of tube and some cable ties would work the same!!!
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One problem with having the washer jets on the wipers, as I found in a Sprinter in January, is that they are more likely to freeze and take longer to defrost than a conventional system due to the greater exposure of the external pipe.
With a conventional jet system it's only the jets themselves that aren't under the bonnet and therefore warmed by the engine.
After driving from Kent to Devon with no washers I wouldn't convert from conventional!
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I have them on my 90, all i would say is make sure you regularly check the washer level, it gets through it a bit with the jets on the window.
To solve the freezing issue, if it is winter, run the washer mix at 50%....... works wonders and i have never regretted the new flat blades :dance:
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Tesco sell their own brand aero-wipers!
I'm as cheap as they come and I've had a set on for the last 4 months - doing a great job at about 4 quid! I'm going for wiper mounted washers soon - just collecting the bits, but the freezing issue is the one thing stopping me - I've already had to extend the washer pipe and wrap it around the heater pipes for a good few turns just to stop them freezing - with even more pipe exposed it'll be even worse. (and yes, this IS with 50/50 mix of water to additive)
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I can only say that the flat bladed windscreen wiper I have where worth the money on a defender they actually clean the screen although these don't have built in washers, although I hand built some for my old series you can't washer the windscreen better but did tend to use a a lot of water.