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wiper blades upgrade
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 14:41
by gti mad man
mine are judering time to replace.
ive heard of upgrading i.e fitting longer ones anyone done this?
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 14:51
by lloyd
Saw something on BY sometime ago. Am in need of new ones myself.
Might try cleaning them with warm ammonia based cleaner... or reversing them, ie turning them over so bottom is on top..
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 15:51
by windysurfer
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 15:56
by Mocki
clean them with vinegar...... extends the life almost double.......
i have 21" on driverside and 19" on passengerside.......
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 16:01
by lloyd
Thanks Steve. Needed those measurments as couldn't remember what size to get.
Have used vinegar many times too. Don't know why it works, but definitely brings life back into them. Take them off, clean them real good and put them on upsidedown to what they were... upsidedown means the part and rest with sweep in other direction.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 18:04
by Ian Hulley
Get a pair of both and keep the spare singles in your copious hightop ready for when some stinkin oil-burner drops diesel oil on your windscreen and it foooks the blades.
NB a KFC portion of vinegar i just enough to clean a greasy windscreen and your blades too
Ian.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 18:56
by CovKid
£1 shop. What can I say. I just replace mine every couple of months to keep windscreen clear and at a £1 a pair you can afford to. They usually do all sizes.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 22:28
by Hypnovan
KFC Vinegar????!!!
I still can't bring myself to walk through their doors.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 00:52
by Syncro G
CovKid wrote:£1 shop. What can I say. I just replace mine every couple of months to keep windscreen clear and at a £1 a pair you can afford to. They usually do all sizes.
At a quid every 2 months surely a tenner from brickwerks will last 2 years [atleast] so thats actully cheeper, not filling a landfill with cheep tat in the process and above all else, you don't have to bother changing the blades all the time so its much lazyer too.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 01:10
by Hypnovan
Do GSF, JK or Frosts do KFC vinegar sachets in bulk quantities? Maybe i'll give the 80-90 express a call to see if someone can deliver it.
hv
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 05:59
by Titus A Duxass
I like KFC, when you've finished with the breasts you have a nice greasy box to put your bone in.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 07:18
by lloyd
Hypnovan wrote:Do GSF, JK or Frosts do KFC vinegar sachets in bulk quantities? Maybe i'll give the 80-90 express a call to see if someone can deliver it.
hv
Maybe VW stocks it.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 07:46
by T-3PO
Titus A Duxass wrote:... when you've finished with the breasts you have a nice greasy box to put your bone in.
... oh-er misses!!
Wilkinson the cheapo shop sell replacement wipers for about £2 each (apoligies to Mr Baxter for undermining his business
)
Another little wiper mod ... next time your in a scrap yard, keep your eyes open for Vauxhall's about 2001 age and especially Astra's, they have a little clip on spoiler which works a treat on the drivers side especially at speed ... well sorta fast-ish!
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 19:48
by Plasticman
Ian Hulley wrote:Get a pair of both and keep the spare singles in your copious hightop ready for when some stinkin oil-burner drops diesel oil on your windscreen and it foooks the blades.
NB a KFC portion of vinegar i just enough to clean a greasy windscreen and your blades too
Ian.
Which sort of implies that you fuel heads are in your rightfull place ..Behind us oilburners..
Mike
