Wiper Blades

[Davetheref]

I'm pretty sure it has bee dicussed before so I apologise in advance.

My wipers have recently started smearing instead of wiping on the drivers side. I have tried everything to get rid of the smearing using cleaners, vinegar with newspaper etc. etc. but nothing seems to help. I was also wondering if screen cleaner could cause this as I keep topping up recently with a half water, half screen clean mixture.

If no other ideas turn up I have been looking on Ebay and have seen a set of Bosch wipers for my model at

[TimsBamma]

What car is yours?

 

Just bought new Aero Blades from GSF for

[Rallim]

If yours are not 'aero twin' wiper I bought a set of Bosch super plus from this guy on ebay...

 

Here

 

 

Gordon

[Guest MATT jr]

 

[Mr Poisson]

hi,

 

wiperblades.co.uk are very good, price seemed reasonable and very quick postage.

i used them and they were excellent

 

regards

[Guest gooner52]

mjr do halfords stock aero bosch blades for th mk2 :angry:

[Davetheref]

Thanks for the replys.

Thought I had my Gal type in the profile but not showing now as it used to. Anyway, I have a mark 2, 2003 TDI with aero blades. Thought they were a bit dear on Ebay.

I'm going to try to water the washer fluid down with just clean water to start and see what happens as when I look close at the blades I cant see anything wrong. So fingers crossed its just the fluid.

[Guest MATT jr]

...have you tried washing your windscreen with some warm water, with some fairy washing up liquid in??

 

its a degreaser i find to do the job very well.

 

...also, see if you can find some tubing, and syphon what you've put in, out. then fill with just water, to flush it out.

 

MJR

[Guest gooner52]

use rain x on mine

 

takes a while to condtion ,but the resuts are great :blink:

[Scorpiorefugee]

I fully support the use of rainex. Some don't like the effect but it leaves the glass crystal clear once you've had water on it. It always looks a bit smeary after the first application but stick with it and only use the wipers when necessary and then on intermittent.

 

It's great in the dark. I've often driven along in poring rain totally unaware that it was raining.

[Guest MATT jr]

I've often driven along in poring rain totally unaware that it was raining.

 

:wacko: :lol: :)

 

:D

 

what a statement :wacko:

 

MJR :D

[Dave-G]

I sometimes clean my widows and wipers with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETROL - it works too :rolleyes:

[Scorpiorefugee]

Matt jr,

 

Actually true.

 

The rain clears so quickly that, with eyes focussed on the middle distance, it can be several seconds before a sudden downpour becomes evident. It does depend on the vehicle. The old Mercs seem to have the aerodynamics to make it work exceptionally well

 

Mind, there might be something wrong with eyes because I have never seen the need for front facing fog lamps and just about everybody else seems to think that they are essential in all weathers and the only time in over a million miles that I have used the red ones was in thick daytime fog and I was the only one. ?????

 

 

:rolleyes:

[Guest MATT jr]

sounds like good stuff Scorpiorefugee, i have also noticed those who insist on using fog lights when theres no fog!

 

people think its cool, when there just proving what small D*cks they've got...notice BMW drivers do it the most,,, funny how they cant find the indicator stalk, but they find the fog light switch!

 

MJR

[Scorpiorefugee]

The annoying thing about fog lights (AKA 'Iam a prat' lights) is that, quite apart from having no beneficial effect other than in very thick (down to 20mph) nightime fog, their use at all other times is BL00DY illegal.

 

We had one enterprising local copper who actually stopped and fined one bloke who was using them and this, of course' was sympathetically reported in the local press and the culprit claiming 'It was an accident. I didn't realise they were on' :rolleyes: :excl: It did result in everyone switching them off for a very short period but they are all back on again now.

 

What really puzzles me is, why, when they should only be used at night, and those even more annoying red things which really only have any value during daytime, do the manufacturers fit switches which make this sort of use impossible? :P :D

 

That's it! Take my pills and back to sleep now and apologies for hijacking the topic.

 

Nevertheless, Rainex is brilliant stuff!

 

Ron.

[MrT]

The thing that annoys me about my Galaxy is that you have to turn the front fog lights on before you can put the rear on. I have only once needed the front fog lights and have needed the rear around a dozen. I think it would be very rare to need front and not rear fog lights and not so rare for rear and not the front. After all if my rear fogs are dazzling the car behind me in thick fog, they should not be driving so close!

 

I have changed the wiring on my rotary-pull switch so that the rears can be truned on without the front.

[Guest MATT jr]

After all if my rear fogs are dazzling the car behind me in thick fog, they should not be driving so close!

 

i sometimes use the rear fogs to tell tailgaters to get off my back, in the corsa its easy to do, as theres a button for the rear fogs only, in the galaxy, you have turn the front ones on aswel :rolleyes:

 

...from experimenting, it seems the most effective light to use to get them off your tail!

 

some people follow so close, i think im towing them!

 

MJR

[Guest gooner52]

that is a thing i hate about the galaxy to put on your rear fogs,fronts come on first

 

:rolleyes:

[Scorpiorefugee]

Oh Dear! What have I done?

 

Well folks, It seems that all of the idiotic manufacturers got together and deceided to use the same damned fog light switch some years ago so we're stuck with it. I suspect that the oroginators were French because the majority of French cars have the similarly idiotic and criminally insane idea of using a headlamp dip switch that makes it almost impossible to have a quick flash ;) without putting the lights on full head permanently and then you have to remember to swich the damned things back to dip. Thankfully, the MKII Gal reverted to the sensible version.

 

As far as MrT's comment, I cannot see the point of making life difficult for every driver who is behind you. Rear fog lights at night hide just about everything else, including the all important stop lights and other vehicles in the near vicinity, and surely there can be no point in using them when the driver behind can obviously see you clearly and, in all but very extreme circumstances, ordinary rear lights are visible for at least 200 yards ahead. However, if he's tailgating, hit him/her with everything, even rest your left foot on the brake pedal!

 

Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to drive in fog if the driver behind reverts to side lights? In fact, subject to a minimum of ambient lighting, it is possible to see better in fog, the more lights you switch off. It's just a question of driving within what you can see and not adopt the attitude of many in that it is everybody elses responsibility to see me coming and get out of my way.

 

I do it regularly on long foggy motorway drives when everyone is behaving sensibly. It would be handy to have something between dipped and side lights to make this more acceptable to the men in blue.

 

Sadly, we have rules regulations and 'improvements' created and overseen by people with little experience but a great desire to cover their ar$es so, short of a consensus of opinion for good behaviour, we just have to make the best of things.

 

Must go, My wife has decided to increase my medication....