The cleanest fitting flat wiper blades for E46 are....

alexthecheese · 12 Dec 2011 at 20:09

Ha, fair point. They are 18 months/35k miles old. Might be worth chopping them in. Didn't think of that.

mrk · 12 Dec 2011 at 20:33

That is rather old

mrk · 13 Dec 2011 at 19:18

Well chaps the Wischerblatts arrived today, super fast delivery 0.o.

The quality is immense, a lot higher than any blade I have used before, that includes Valeo and Bosch. They come with high quality plastic end caps as well, I'm not joking, it feels like tough German plastic!

The instructions are also in colour and the packaging also shouts of a high quality brand. Fitting was a breeze and they fit so flat that the model name "Super Flat" is no exaggeration.

I'll check out how they wipe in motion tomorrow on the drive to work but so far I am very impressed.

Oh yeah, these don't have any ends that can "pop" off, they are completely one piece. The box says they're made of "Liquid-Fix Graphite", whatever that is.

For £15 they seem to be an absolute steal. So yeah, get them!

TaKeN · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:06

Bought some of these on your recomendation Mr Mrk...

For my 1999 Peugeot 306. They don't bend round the screen properly on the passenger side! :mad:

So I'm left with a big gap at the last 2-3" of the wiper between it and the screen.. but then it cleans the screen once it gets 1/4 of the way into the wiping..

Ah well.. Damn my curvy screen. Have emailed the seller to see if he has sent the wrong ones :\

mrk · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:16

That's a shame, maybe if it is the right one you could curve it a bit at the end manually?

TaKeN · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:30

I tried that, the plastic seems to have a memory effect so it goes back

Sin_Chase · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:52

Small lead weight glued to the tip, enough to try settle it down?

mrk · 17 Feb 2012 at 18:24

Easy solution? `New car

Sin_Chase · 17 Feb 2012 at 18:43

True that!

mrk sez the wipers would be worth it!

mrk · 17 Feb 2012 at 18:44

Oh they're worth it for sure! Just it's not my fault if your car has a curvy windscreen though

GT3 · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:02

I've not changed my wipers since I've had my car. (dec09 - 30k miles ago)

They still wipe fine with no smears or funny noises, they are original valeo ones (non-aero)

Django x2 · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:09

I had to coax the end of my drivers one slightly, right at the end, but nothing a quick bend didn't rectify

TaKeN · 17 Feb 2012 at 19:11

Ahh, I'll give it a harder kink

Clarkey · 7 Apr 2012 at 21:56

Bought these the other day, fitted today, one of them doesn't work at all. Nice big area directly in front of my eyes is totally unwiped, completely useless. Quality isn't all it's cracked up to be IMO.
Oh, pass side one doesn't sit flush with the screen on e36 either, nearly 1" up at the end.

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:14

Is MRK going to continue to defend these cheap and naff ebay specials?

mrk · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:16

What?

Why would I need to defend anything? I only ever post my experiences, if my experience has been a positive one then why would I lie and post something different.

And anyway, the Alca ones aren't exactly ebay specials.

Edit*
And others who have put them on their e46 cars (bmwland) have also had positive experiences. And this thread is about e46 vehicles so...go figure.

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:19

You talk these blades being better than anything Bosch makes, first person to try them seems to think they suck?

Kinda goes back to the discussion we had about proper Bosch Aero blades and your ebay specials.

mrk · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:21

No.

I posted my experience of these blades on my car. Having had Valeo, Bosch, Halfrods own and ebay ones over the years on the same car I felt it was relevant to post my opinion of them in this thread.

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:27

Oh i understand that, i just think it's strange that you rate the Bosch ones so poorly and these others so great, yet others seem to give less than glowing reports on anything other than an E46.

Out of interest how many times have you changed your wipers over the past 12 months, and has this been out of necessity i.e. patches not wiping on the screen etc?

mrk · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:48

I change wipers once or twice a year. Looking back now, all the blades I've had have not had un-wiped patches but instead after some time begin to judder on the windscreen. They wiped just fine even if they did judder though. The non aero blades from Valeo and Bosch juddered the loudest.

I rated the Bosch ones lower than the others because they didn't last as long as I was expecting them to while the cheaper ebay ones lasted a big longer depending on what ones I got from the seller. The Bosch cost twice as much (or more if bought from the dealer). I don't keep blades on longer because I want to try something new and after 6-12 months of coastal weathering I find it's worth doing anyway anyway. The Alca ones are still wiping as smoothly as they did the first few days though so I imagine they will last longer than others I have bought before.

I don't care if something costs more if it's worth the extra. But I do care if it costs more and doesn't end up being worth it, like the Bosch blades bought from both Halfords and BMW.

Blades don't last too long down here with the salty weathering but the Alca cost £15 and have a smarter looking design than any other blade so I'll just get them again later on in the year when needed.