Flat wiper blades
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Flat wiper blades
Have had trouble fitting normal blades to my car....one has been taped on with insulation for a time now, so I decided to go for summit different. What you think?
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Well, they do look a little odd-and thats not meant to offend Rach, i've just never seen them on a car before. I think it's probably because it's not something your used to seeing. At least it's not Halfords Type S chrome wipers I saw them flat jobbies advertised on eBay, but never saw a pic of them in situ (never read the listing mind).
How do they perform? I guess if they work well it doesn't matter what they look like!
How do they perform? I guess if they work well it doesn't matter what they look like!
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Hi Dan. They work really well, although I haven't tested them in the rain at speed. I wanted to reduce the juddering and these are supposed to be better. They are different and I'm not 100% sure how I feel about them, but I like different and they do work well and were cheaper than the normal ones so I'm happy
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
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'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
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Well, in all honesty then-i wouldn't worry. They don't look that bad. And if it stops that awfully annoying judder (Ursula used to do that too), then problem solved! Thats another 480 noise to cross of the list!
You'll have to let us know how you get on with them
You'll have to let us know how you get on with them
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They are definately different, but i like them a lot! Very tidy looking i think!
Talking about windscreen wipers, i have just realised some nasty theiving chav has stolen my wiper spoiler! When i got the GT it had a drivers side wiper spoiler (no, not a halfrauds jobby)
Talking about windscreen wipers, i have just realised some nasty theiving chav has stolen my wiper spoiler! When i got the GT it had a drivers side wiper spoiler (no, not a halfrauds jobby)
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Damn cavs.... they'll nick anyfink. I got those wipers with the built on spoiler to help reduce judder but it didn't make any difference. I guess they are only tested to national speed limit speeds, not that I go above that at all
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'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
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'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
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I've also got those wiper blades since last week. And I'm about to remove then again and buy some normal wiper blades.
The reason is that they aren't able to follow the rounding of the windscreen. The passenger side wiper (LHD car) will loose contact with the windscreen and the lower most right corner of the windscreen and leave a piece of 10x6cm unwiped. I can live with that. But also, when half way wiping, with the blades in the most upright position, the middle 20cm of the wiper has lost contact with the windscreen. This results in a 20x10cm unwiped area, which is later wiped by the other blade.
For some reason the blade is that stiff (and trying to increase it's curvature) that it presses itself from the windscreen for the middle 20cm. But, in the right corner it cannot bend enough to make the last 6cm touch the windscreen.
Maybe I just have bad blades, but like this I really don't recommend them to anyone. With normal blades I don't have any problems. And the hinges in the wiper arms can move freely, so the arm is pressing the wiper hard enough on to the windscreen. I must say that in the area that the flat blade wipers do work, they wipe very well.
The reason is that they aren't able to follow the rounding of the windscreen. The passenger side wiper (LHD car) will loose contact with the windscreen and the lower most right corner of the windscreen and leave a piece of 10x6cm unwiped. I can live with that. But also, when half way wiping, with the blades in the most upright position, the middle 20cm of the wiper has lost contact with the windscreen. This results in a 20x10cm unwiped area, which is later wiped by the other blade.
For some reason the blade is that stiff (and trying to increase it's curvature) that it presses itself from the windscreen for the middle 20cm. But, in the right corner it cannot bend enough to make the last 6cm touch the windscreen.
Maybe I just have bad blades, but like this I really don't recommend them to anyone. With normal blades I don't have any problems. And the hinges in the wiper arms can move freely, so the arm is pressing the wiper hard enough on to the windscreen. I must say that in the area that the flat blade wipers do work, they wipe very well.
I just replaced these on my 850 to classic ones, as they didn't work well. 850's glass curved so much that it didn't touch the class on some places. Also on cold weather with snow, it didn't push it of the windscreen.
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This is odd....my blades are really floppy, which means they are always in contact with the glass. If you lift them off the windscreen the bend right down like a banana.... not stiff at all. Mine however do leave a tiny bit unwiped in the lower corner, passenger side, but so did the origs. I guess there must be many different types.Melvin480 wrote:I've also got those wiper blades since last week. And I'm about to remove then again and buy some normal wiper blades.
The reason is that they aren't able to follow the rounding of the windscreen. The passenger side wiper (LHD car) will loose contact with the windscreen and the lower most right corner of the windscreen and leave a piece of 10x6cm unwiped. I can live with that. But also, when half way wiping, with the blades in the most upright position, the middle 20cm of the wiper has lost contact with the windscreen. This results in a 20x10cm unwiped area, which is later wiped by the other blade.
For some reason the blade is that stiff (and trying to increase it's curvature) that it presses itself from the windscreen for the middle 20cm. But, in the right corner it cannot bend enough to make the last 6cm touch the windscreen.
Maybe I just have bad blades, but like this I really don't recommend them to anyone. With normal blades I don't have any problems. And the hinges in the wiper arms can move freely, so the arm is pressing the wiper hard enough on to the windscreen. I must say that in the area that the flat blade wipers do work, they wipe very well.
I still have mine, and will replace them with the same again.
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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No, you just get the right size/length
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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