Fantastic.....do you agree?

 

Let me know where to get them and maybe I'll let you know The standard ones on my STI are awful

Also, what doesn't help is that the jets from the washer nozzles are so weak that they can't reach the top of the screen at anything above about 30mph - does anyone else have this problem? The car's new, they can't possibly all be blocked up already...

 

Nah, they're not blocked...just $hite. My Golf GTI from a couple of years ago had fantastic jets. Get the wiper blades from Scoobyworld. Approximately £40 for them both. You have to scrub the windscreen, then wipe with special supplied silicone and isopropyl alcohol wipes. You then let the silicone 'set' for 10min before rubbing with a dry cloth. Once the wipers are installed you have to let them wipe a dry screen for 5 min (looking like a pillock to passers-by in the sunshine!). Then you are ready to go. Highly recommended. It rained later today and I didn't have to put the wipers on!

 

good aint they, just not sure how long they will last

 

Its easier(cheaper) to give standard wipers a go with RainX!

 

Maybe, but mine were knackered anyway.

 

have you been overusing your wipers hugh,must have been avoiving the dust from my car!!!
martin

 

For 'dust' read 'rust'!

 

the only rust i see is on your zimmer frame!
martin

 

new blades and rainx brilliant

 

I would agree that the PIAA blades are very good, However, I didn't find that they lasted that long. Decent quality blades, such as Bosch, will do the job fine with RainX properly applied. PIAA and RainX suffer from the same problem - if you don't prepare the screen properly (ie thoroughly cleaned and de-greased) then they are nowhere near as effective as they should be.

 

do you get the silicon and alcohol wipes included when the buy the PIAA blades from scooby world?

 

They are a con! See here

 

Why does that suggest they are a con? They state quite clearly in the instructions that from time to time you have to clean the screen and re-do the 5 min dry run thing. How much is the Rain-X stuff and how do you use it?

 

Read my opinion in post 11

 

halfrauds would sell rain-x,see you should have gone today
martin

 

Got my RainX as a two bottle deal. Cleaner and solution for £4.99.

 

QUOTE=Brun]Read my opinion in post 11 [/QUOTE]
So what! They dont advertise themselves as alternatives to Rain-X treatment plus purchase of other blades, nor do they instruct you to use them without the treatment. The beading is everything to do with the silicone. The treatment with the wipe (containing much more silicone than that which is laid down by the wiper) is the fundamental to the whole PIAA experience! Why did you think that not following the makers instructions then gives you the right to criticise their product? What's your point? (By the way I do not have any shares in PIAA!)

 

the PIAA experience!!!just clean your windscreen or even use your widscreen wash-that is why it is there!
martin

 

Both our cars have been using silicone bladed wipers (not PIAA though) for the last 3-4 yrs. Performance is streets ahead of any normal wipers I've ever used and after a couple of months the wipers leave a film of silicone on the windscreen that means the water runs off and you can drive in light rain without wipers.

p.s. we live in the wettest part of the UK so they are used a lot...

p.p.s they don't squeak either..

 

Hugo - i presently use Bosch wipers. The screen has been treated with the spare piaa pack that i didn't use on Dads car and guess what.................. They are every bit as good as the piaa's - Fact

 

i was in hugo's cat today-lots of smears on the window,only some were due to someones cra**y braking!
martin

 

Why were you in his cat ?

 

what a sicko!

 

It's the mention of the smears on the window I was worried about....

footmarks on the roof trim is one thing but...


as long as the cat was all right!

 

Wonder.... unless he meant CATalyst? (ab)using the exhaust system .... ?

 

I've told you before...stay away from my cat!!! Find your own *****!

 

hey your cat gave me a cough and made my eyes water!!
come to think about it,those smears smelt a bit funny!
martin