wiper options

[TTMan]

right since i had a good old drive up the M4 today i have realised how .... the standard wipers are at speed. are there any heavier or tighter sprung alternatives, or silicon coated blades that fit? at times all i had on my screen was salt and a stream of water not being touched by the wipers!! :eek

[MaLicE]

i have some bosch super aero blade or whatever its called on my fd... they are a little bit to long but they are much better than standard, but its the motor that has the problem a little bit of air or wind putting pressure on the blades and they slow RIGHT down... gonna take mine apart and re greese them in the hope they work better! the blades are the same as you get on the new vw\'s one huge thick piece of rubber... they clear the water really well!

[TTMan]

i had some piaa silicon ones on my old fiesta ST and they coated the screen so you only need a couple of wipes and the rain would just run off anyway. will i get the problem of lifting with any wipers then if its the motor?

[MaLicE]

i just dont think the motor has enough power to move it at high speed, hit motorway speeds and the wipers fly up the screen easy but coming back down they are slow and judder

[gandyRX]

mine do the same, there ....e

[Mark Ide]

Guys try getting some Rain x and putting that on your screen, you won\'t need the wipers so much!!! http://www.rainx.co.uk/

[TonyC]

The rainx stuff is good (as is their mistx for inside). You might want to think about a single wiper coversion. I fitted one to mine, and although it sounds chavy it is a brilliant mod. Clears a huge amoutn of screen in one sweep and no problems with it lifting or slowing at speed, and depending on circuit, I\'ll be well into 3 figures speeds in rain and very heavy spray - so well tested!

[noyzboy]

I fitted the PIAA 10S blades with the spoilers. They are excellent.
I followed the screen treatment instructions and water just rolls off the screen above 80.
I had to bend the N/S arm slightly to clear the spoiler.
These blades are very expensive but a REX is worth it.

Martin H

[Jono FD3]

I\'ve got the bosh ones on mine & must say the wipe the screen well at slow & high speed, but like the others have said, slow on the return stroke with some juddering now & again!! This could be down to having the fins on both blades as normaly the rex only came with one on the driver sride, so this will put extra stress on the motor & slow things up a little with wind speed!!

Jono

[probedb]

I\'ve got the PIAA ones along with the treatment and screen wash and they\'re excellent

[TTMan]

to the people who got PIAA wipers, what size and where from please

[noyzboy]

Model I fitted is a 10S Super Sporza.  This is in Black with a spoiler.
They also come in carbon finish for even more...if you think that carbon wiper blades are hot stuff and will help you pull.
They also give u some stickers in Japanese that make the car go 10 mph faster.LOL

Where...tedious searching on the internet in the UK...for cost plus shipping. I can\'t find from where and prices may have changed.

Get searching.

Despite the titling, they are Japanese, not Italian

Martin H

[TTMan]

thankyou kindly, i think these + rainx should do the trick  :driving

[nicholasnismo]

You can get on e-bay just search for piaa wiper

[N777CK T]

or don\'t even bother buying rain-x...

...just wax the outside windows the same as you\'d do the bodywork