sparky Paul Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Well the old Galaxy's still going strong, so I thought I would treat her to a new set of wiper blades, the old ones looking a bit tatty. I've seen the posts before about fitting aero blades, and as they're cheaper than the original ones, I thought I'd give them a whirl. Anyway, the wipers arrived in the post, and I look at them and they're straight. They fit the old 12mm hook style arms, but the nearside one rides up on the bottom windscreen trim and catches the underside of the wiper arm, 'clunking' everytime it passes the park position. Am I missing something? Quote
chromedome Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Silly reply but are they the right way up. If upside down they can catch on the wiper arm. It may also affect the height of the blade. Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 Makes no odds, these are straight when flattened out, unlike the curved originals. They actually look reasonable on the car and sit parallel at park, but the nearside blade fouls the windscreen trim and isn't going to last long. Are the ones fitted to later mk.IIs curved? Quote
chromedome Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 The wipers are flat when touching the screen. The reason for asking is I fitted a retrofit aero blade to the rear wiper and the blade did touch the arm if the wrong way up. At least with this blade the whole rear screen gets wiped unlike the standard one. The blades on the earlier Mk1 Galaxy were 28" and 26". I believe the aero on the Mk2 are both 28". Here is the site I use www.wiperblades.co.uk Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I don't mean the springy curve of the aero blades - the original Bosch metal frame type wipers are curved when looking from above, following the curve of the bottom of the windscreen. These new ones are straight and the very end of the nearside wiper fouls the windscreen trim. This end of the wiper also catches the underside of the wiper arm when the wiper blade rides up on the trim plastics. BTW, my mk.I Galaxy has always had two 28" curved blades fitted from new. Edited June 27, 2013 by sparky Paul Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 Looking around at various supliers, I've found a few sets of 28"/26" pairs, they all seem to be straight blades - I presume the short blade is to avoid them hitting the windcreen trim on the passenger side. I might have a go at chopping a bit off these to make them fit, until I can get a pair of 'proper' curved ones. Quote
chromedome Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I think the Mk1 and Mk2 windscreens are identical. No extra curves, etc. Sorry I can't be much help. Quote
seatkid Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Am I missing something? Obviously. Different wiper arms Mk1 wiper arms 7M2 955 409 / 7M2 955 409 Aero wiper arms 7M3 955 409 / 7M3 955 410 Mk1: http://www.auto-parts.spb.ru/cat/au/au.mycat?SelPg&t=tximLH0Ypiw4GKYs9ULOFYZZ/wrkQfUGq9qmLJhHJhy3GKRTVzqiILcu4DS3OKamukxaY51XgbgtKaGEg9I4_a0Ypj3VraI6pChbYimkCCpPsp3OHnWxZV5FJsCHHKC9gBH0Su7IrjalCyDLbkzMLrEQiLn0qQt0b9NhVTJ78QDxmV5NeDZ9IzToEF6n8MENyA/UaY9INn_dBGQ= Mk2: http://www.auto-parts.spb.ru/cat/au/au.mycat?SelPg&t=zGs3WQZrN1lcazdZjjFfYP0qbn_fMrgX0hs3Wf20t2nMazUmLEkzVcxdcUHMSzfTwTj_7W_6okD9bJ9tHC9TiGxqUXZEG99/oNamsk_j6XNCmBBNHIeJR9xmNAXIYV8UAG21iw4H8Tns0Rv707xgcf1Hddtpij7r1tEhd3qpm43_BrK8yzYdINNs14AEGu_Xj5QgK4lTZ8lDJSkp Quote
gizmo.john Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 hi sparky my mk1 t reg 1999 did the same with the wipers park also my mk2 02 reg does the same. on the mk1 I cut a bit of the trim away and with the wiper in park you couldn't see it, I also tried 26'' wipers but they done the same. Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Posted June 28, 2013 Cheers John, now Iknow it's not just me with this problem. I'm not gonna start chopping bits of trim off the car, so if these won't fit with a bit of shortening, they'll go in the bin. @seatkid, I know about the later arms, but these blades were supposed to be specific fit for the mk.I and fit the old style hook fasteners. I was just wondering if the proper mk.II aero ones were straight or curved - I must say I prefer the look of the old curved blades against the bottom of the 'screen. Quote
gizmo.john Posted June 28, 2013 Report Posted June 28, 2013 the proper mk2 aero are straight as well hope this helps. Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Posted June 28, 2013 the proper mk2 aero are straight as well hope this helps. Yes it does. B) I did wonder because I don't recall seeing any curved aero blades. Quote
chromedome Posted June 28, 2013 Report Posted June 28, 2013 When you lift the aero blade from the screen it looks like a banana :blink: Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) When you lift the aero blade from the screen it looks like a banana :blink: Yeah, but when it's against the 'screen it's straight. :) The original metal frame wipers curve to match the curve of the screen at the bottom, if yer know what I mean! Anyway, I have a plan - I'll take one of new wipers apart and remove 1¼" from the inside end, see if that works. ;) Edited June 28, 2013 by sparky Paul Quote
sparky Paul Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Well, I took the offending wiper blade apart, cut a bit off the end of all the bits, ground up the ends to resemble the original steel ends and put it all back together. Result is no bumping on the windscreen trim, and it looks okay. Still prefer the original ones, but you can't argue at £6-odd a pair, even if you do have to doctor 'em to fit. :) Edited June 29, 2013 by sparky Paul Quote
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