The time has come to look at replacing the wiper blades, so does anyone have any reccomendations for me?

Looked at the bosch ones as I had them on my last car and they seemed to perform well. I have seen that scooby world are selling some silicon dipped wipers but these are about £20 each which I thought was a bit excessive for wipers but if they are as good as they claim them to be I'd be tempted to give them a try?

Cheers

 

Silicone wipers are a gimmick. Good screen wash will help any wipers but people get blinded by the "expensive so must be good" thought process.


Michelin Flat Blades have been brilliant on the RA and they work out at £14 a pair in COSTCO.

 

PIAA flat wipers. I went with ,good but expensive.

 

Ive had two sets of piaa wipers and they were awful. The best I have found is bosch.

 

I've just fitted the piaa silicon wipers. I got fed up with constantly changing Bosch blades because the would make an awful noise after a couple of months.
Yes they are expensive (they are full silicone not dipped) at £38 for the pair, but have read people's comments on here saying that they have been on the car for five years or more, so they will pay for themselves.
So far they do a brilliant job of wiping, and they are silent, can't hear them at all.

 

Just as a side note - for maximum efficiency, look to apply something like Rain X to your windows, that will be the most significant improvement you can see! Or, if you can afford the product and time, buy Gyeon View and that'll last for approximately two years. Polishing your glass with cerium oxide will greatly improve visibility, but I'd leave that to someone with experience.

PS - I drove to Bham last night (20~ miles) in the rain, and didn't need to use my wipers once due to Gyeon

 

My PIAA wipers are far outlasting the Bosch ones I used to buy.

They've not quite "paid for themselves" yet but I reckon if they survive this winter they will have done

 

I've been using the Tesco flat blades at £4 each! They are brilliant, never squeak or lift off the screen and have just replaced one set that I had on there for 3 years.

 

Aero style wipers from ebay for me, been using them for
5 years now and no problems at £5 a pair delivered.

 

I hope you're right - I'll be popping into Tesco's at Winnal to get a pair

Nick

 

Cheers for the reply's, Think I'm going to get a new pair of bosch ones, there only about £15 a pair and try that rain x, see how I get on

 

I most certainly am! Make sure you know your lengths first as Tesco seem to know **** all about car parts!

 

Out of interest what are the wiper lengths for the widetrack STi?

 

Piaa only way to go the rest I have tried were rubbish

 

Mine's a 2003 STi, so assuming the screens are the same size? 20in driver and 16in passenger.

 

link?

 

I think original size are 21" drivers and 18" passenger but scoobyworld supplied me with 22" drivers and 17" passenger side. The ones I got appear to clear more of the screen.

 

Thank you, that's what it says on the site that I ordered from but just wanted to be sure

 

what did you order and where from please?

 

Was ment to say this ^^^ is the size of my wipers not what I put before :/

 

I have ordered the Bosch ones as they seem to be in the middle on price and value so have to see how I get on.

Oh and ordered them off flea bay as they seem to have the best selection at decent prices

 

link please mate

 

Im on my second set of cheap flexi blades from ebay on my 05 blob. Honestly cant fault them at all and they come with little adapters to fit them in a few seconds. Great job and i think around £7 ish delivered so no big expense at all

 

Got three bosch wipers of ebay for 05 Sti wide track 22 ,17,15 inch .

 

nothing will come close to the quality of the PIAA wipers...

I have them on my hatch and they are not only quiet but they leave a very clean windscreen

 

I would go along with this statement from experience of these so far.
Someone said earlier in the thread that they are just a gimmick.
Driving along at nsl speeds in light drizzle the rain spots do seem to disappear of their own accord.
When I washed the car last week, upon rinsing the windscreen I could see the difference in the way the water is repelled and dispersed on the area that is wiped by the blades, in comparison to the parts of the screen that isn't.

 

As requested
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aero-Front...item27c3d4b0d6

By the way, I don't have a widetrack just a lowly woman's WRX.

 

again they will not compare with real silicone wipers by PIAA.... just amazes me that the 2 things you should be spending real money on are good wipers so you can see out and the other is real tyres and yet someone wants to get wipers as cheap as poss and how many times do we see the word budget mentioned when discussing tyres....


just my opinions

 

Please explain to me why I need to spend circa £40 on wiper blades?

I have used the linked wipers for 5 years now and am currently on
my third set in those 5 years.

 

well you have said it yourself 3 sets in 5 years.... PIAA will outlast the cheap imitations