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wiper blades
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:35 pm
by philroach
anyone bought ''aero '' wiper blades from flea bay ? there seem to be a few on offer , just need to know which ones are better than oem ?
RE: wiper blades
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:47 pm
by Cornishmoocher
Bought a set from the dealers. Grizz is doing them st 85 bucks. cheaper than dealers and more reliable......
they are excellent mind you- worth the money
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:08 pm
by CMJS
Have I missed something ? £85 for wiper blades is this just the rubber of the whole wiper head ? Do you need to replace the whole wiper head ? Need new on mine - front and rear so interested. Thanks
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:09 am
by GardinerG
Yes, that will be for the arms and blades too (just the fronts I would imagine though).
Alex, did you change the rear wiper to Aero too?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:28 am
by ecain63
Whats wrong with the standard ones? Ive had no problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:35 am
by Cornishmoocher
stick a set of aero's on then you will realise how pants they are.
G. just the fronts ATM, but i am going to steal the rear aero off of my work passat to see if it fits- looks like it will....
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:42 am
by GardinerG
ecain63 wrote:Whats wrong with the standard ones? Ive had no problems.
The standard ones (from the earlier cars IIRC) had a tendancy to lift up at motorway or higher speeds.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:07 am
by ecain63
Roger that!
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:46 pm
by calummcculloch
Hi , got some areo blades conversions from the fleabay and have found them to be very good , 22ins both sides and 15ins for the rear. think the lot was under £30included post.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:11 pm
by mrmule
calummcculloch wrote:Hi , got some areo blades conversions from the fleabay and have found them to be very good , 22ins both sides and 15ins for the rear. think the lot was under £30included post.
Can you elaborate with some links perhaps?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:51 pm
by philroach
yeah , thats what i am after , its just knowing which seller to use
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:16 pm
by deanobeano
It was posted on here a while back, thatb the ebay Aero blades seemed to be of low quality and didn't last very long.
Back when I used to drive a Mk iv Spitfire, the wipers stopped working, I rubbed a cut potato on the screen, works a treat, the water just runs off!
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:28 pm
by jd_hants
I'm sure someone told me that Rain-X is a polymer derived from potato starch!!!! Prob a load of cobblers but I do wonder!!
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:16 pm
by calummcculloch
will look into it
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:46 pm
by calummcculloch
ok just had a look at fleabay, i think it is the 24hr dispatch company, i called the chap and gave him the run down on the car and what i needed. anyhoo 2 x 22ins for the front and 1 x 15in for rear all seems fine at the mo, and we have had some hell of a rain in scotland. FX BLADES is the name of them ,they do a conversion for our cars , comes allready to fit just open conversion slide hook through and bobs your uncle