Wiper blades that don't suck

loltim · 29 Dec 2008 at 20:41

Can you get aero blades that don't look rubbish? My standard Bosch's are beginning to wear.

Clarkey · 29 Dec 2008 at 21:15

Tim said:
Can you get aero blades that don't look rubbish? My standard Bosch's are beginning to wear.

yep, only from Lexus though afaik, look like this.

come standard on the IS, car pictured above is a 300zx, don't know which other cars they would fit.

g0th2000 · 29 Dec 2008 at 21:23

I'm getting some of these: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-822-trico-neoform-beam-blade.aspx

They look a bit better than the aerotwins but not much

Type_R · 29 Dec 2008 at 21:35

I have Valeo aeros they have been superb for over a year now, even grated them on an icy windscreen and no smearing/noise when used after!

Conscript · 29 Dec 2008 at 21:42

Duke said:
The ones on my dads Alfa don't seem noticeably better than standard Bosch wipers on my E46.

Well the Bosch Aerotwins ones I bought for the Focus are better than the standard Bosch wipers were.

laissez-faire · 29 Dec 2008 at 22:34

Clean your blades with an alcohol wipe. It's amazing the amount of crud that comes off, and it really does restore them to 'like-new' performance, i.e. silent operation and no smearing.

SoliD · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:11

Bosch Aerotwins here, bit more cost wise but they are fantastic wipers. Silent, wipe brilliantly first time and looks quite good too.

mrk · 30 Dec 2008 at 01:24

Anything but original ones ruins the wiper arm look on an E46, meh least they last a long time

Overlag · 30 Dec 2008 at 04:50

Lum said:
I'll just chime in with another vote for Valeo flat ones.

Also avoid the £8 Tesco flat ones. I had a pair of these only to have the mounting mechanism snap on me while I was doing 95 in the wet*. That was a bit of a brown trousers moment.

The only reason it didn't fly off completely is because of the spoiler on the wiper arm, it certainly didn't wipe the screen any more.

* - on the autobahn, of course.

same happend to mine.... all aero blades ive tried have been *&*% :mad:

ShakenNstirred · 30 Dec 2008 at 09:21

Pajeh said:
You tried the flat blade ones? Going to get myself a pair and see what they are like.

i tried flat blade wipers(classic fusion flat) and they didn't seem to last as long as normal wipers before they started streaking and they lifted at speed
i went back to normal wipers

Adam_D200 · 30 Dec 2008 at 11:29

BMW oem ones for me, not cheap but better blade design than the boggo bosch ones (only ones I've found to fit the screen contours and have 8 pressure points as opposed to 6 on the bosch).

I have some PIAA silicon ones that might be of use to you too, unused.

schumi84 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:40

Simon said:
I got some for a tenner of a well known auction site. Still work fine after 6 months so muct be Ok. Happy with them

Yep same here, was £8 for the pair with £3 p&p iirc. Had them on for about 2 and a bit months, very smooth and do a very good job even if there isnt much water on the windscreen. Almost silent too.

Jez · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:42

Lum said:
I'll just chime in with another vote for Valeo flat ones.

Also avoid the £8 Tesco flat ones. I had a pair of these only to have the mounting mechanism snap on me while I was doing 95 in the wet*. That was a bit of a brown trousers moment.

The only reason it didn't fly off completely is because of the spoiler on the wiper arm, it certainly didn't wipe the screen any more.

* - on the autobahn, of course.

Why did you change the whole mounting? Surely foxy just wants the blades, ime any will do. I got some bosch ones for around £4 or something when i bought the s-class as it came with a split blade which wasnt wiping the sensor. Still absolutely fine 18 months later.

[TW]Fox · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:45

Jez said:
Surely foxy just wants the blades,

I did, 2 years ago :eek:

Jez · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:19

Oh yeah, wtf @ thread revival :confused:

mjt · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:17

holy thread revival!

if i order blades in the UK, will they fit for LHD?

InvaderGIR · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:19

Provided the blades are the same size, just on the opposite sides, I can't see why not.

mjt · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:20

yeah, that's what i thought. you never know though. they'd be upside down, wouldn't they?

InvaderGIR · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:23

Urmm...depends on the way your arms work...I was thinking RHD wipers with different length arms...but LHD wipers will be the reverse...so yes, they would be upside down.

Most are multi directional anyway...else how would they come back down.

mjt · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:26

InvaderGIR said:
Urmm...depends on the way your arms work...I was thinking RHD wipers with different length arms...but LHD wipers will be the reverse...so yes, they would be upside down.

Most are multi directional anyway...else how would they come back down.

touché..

also, peugeot had a habit of leaving LHD wipers on RHD models, so i guess it makes naff all difference. a set of 20"/18" bosch aerotwins here i come