cant quite put my finger on it but something tells me the PIAA wipers are good

thanks for all the tips guys, never thought a wiper thread would get so much interest, is it because we are british ?

I will try the crimping tip as suggested above, hopefully that works and if not then it will be some PIAA silicone ones

 

bosch wipers and a coating of rainex see for miles when it rains.....

 

piaa here as well

 

Lucas blades (clean the built up crap off the blades weekly), and 10yrs worth of wax washed off from the roof.

Wipers barely get used

 

i bought new wipers (bosch) and rainex the spray type today, cant wait till it rains now


























only joking im not that sad

 

right i've done some crimping, tested it on a damp screen and no clicks so far, the tst will come when I drive on the motorway in the wet, guess I wont have to wait too long hey ... !

 

The "special" wipe is soaked with a Rain-x type substance. Try using the piaa's without the wipe and they are nothing more than good wipers at twice the price of other good wipers

 

rain x is an absolute c**t on your screen if you haven't cleaned it properly. i used it a few years ago and would never, ever use it again.

great if it's daylight and raining, but at night i got a cloud like smear that dried in half a second but you couldn't see a bloody thing until it cleared. it was safer to not use the wipers at all!

i'll accept that i didn't apply/prep correctly, but if it's that easy to **** up i can't be the only one that's struggled. oh, and it's damn near impossible to clean it off, tried everything. was even tempted to put a brick through the screen (seriously) it was that annoying.

anyone want a nearly full bottle?

 

I'm using Sparco flat wipers, work great in all weathers for me

 

thecrimping technique has helped and improved things massively, so no need to pay out for new wipers just yet!

 

Can someone give me the exact size of the wiper blades on a 2006 Hawkeye STi? On my car there appears to be a remarkably small blade on the passenger side and when I search for blades online they seem to vary in size depending on the manufacturer.

I would like to upgrade to the flat blades. Any recommendations (other than PIAA)?

 

Anyone?

 

sorry mate, I'm a blob eye ;-)

 

I bought these too. Really impressed.

 

I've an MY99 STI5 - are the blades the same as a UK Turbo of the same year?
I know sad, but on a website search their seems millions of variaties