Silicone Wipers
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Silicone Wipers
Got these from PRI Racing 2 weeks ago and must say that I'm totally impressed both with their quick service and the performance of the PIAA wipers.
Deffo an essential buy on every car I have from now on...
Deffo an essential buy on every car I have from now on...
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Originally Posted by messiah
Got these from PRI Racing 2 weeks ago and must say that I'm totally impressed both with their quick service and the performance of the PIAA wipers.
Deffo an essential buy on every car I have from now on...
Deffo an essential buy on every car I have from now on...
Don't need to use them above 60mph as the water beads and flies off the screen. Sort of odd, this - you've spent about £40 quid on a set of wipers that do themselves out of a job for about 50% of the time.
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
Wheres the cheapest place to buy these?
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got mine from Pri racing - got the carbon effect ones delivered cheaper than scoobyworld do the regular wipers undelivered...
http://www.priracing.co.uk
http://www.priracing.co.uk
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P1 - I imagine it would be the same as my MY00 - the pri racing site has a link to PIAA's website which will tell you which size you need (11 & 7 from memory - check first). I thought the passsenger side blade would be way too small (the drivers side is much bigger) but fits and works a treat.
You don't need the curved ones BTW.
You don't need the curved ones BTW.
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I have these too - Been on for about 10 months or so - anyone else get smearing with them ? Sure they didnt do that at first - maybe I need to completely clean the windscreen again....
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Originally Posted by Jim_B
I have these too - Been on for about 10 months or so - anyone else get smearing with them ? Sure they didnt do that at first - maybe I need to completely clean the windscreen again....
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The beading is nowt to do with the silicon. The little wipe thingy that you must use before installing the wipers, is laced with Rain-x type stuff. It is that which causes the beading
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
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Originally Posted by Brun
The beading is nowt to do with the silicon. The little wipe thingy that you must use before installing the wipers, is laced with Rain-x type stuff. It is that which causes the beading
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
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I was wondering the same as I used rain-x before [ or similar product ] and it seemed to bead better than the PIAAs. But after a while that began to smear too...
Guess I'll just glass cut the screen and re-apply the rain-x.
Guess I'll just glass cut the screen and re-apply the rain-x.
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Originally Posted by Brun
The beading is nowt to do with the silicon. The little wipe thingy that you must use before installing the wipers, is laced with Rain-x type stuff. It is that which causes the beading
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
To prove my theory, i bought some silicon wipers for my old man's car and didn't bother with the wipe - did it bead?????????????? did it ****.
They are better than normal wipers but not worth the money.
My next set will be Champions or similar and a tub of Rain-x
The wipe says it contains 98% Alcohol & 2% Silicone.
I've noticed that you get a kind of misty look as the wiper passes over the screen - yesterday when I used the washers - the screen didn't get the misty look where the jets had sprayed, so I thought you might not have been too far away. However, after constant use in last night's and this mornings rain the whole screen is misting again - you can't see any areas where the washers might have removed any surface coating, so my conclusion is that the wipers have replaced the silicone coating.
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