Wipers

[SevenSeas]

Is there any reason just the rubber itself isn't sold? I just paid 16.99 for 1 rear and 2 front wipers. It's not so much the price, as the waste of material. Sure, it's a bit fiddly to get the rubber in with the two metal reinforcements either side, but not impossible.

 

[Toby Newman]

Is there any reason just the rubber itself isn't sold? I just paid 16.99 for 1 rear and 2 front wipers. It's not so much the price, as the waste of material. Sure, it's a bit fiddly to get the rubber in with the two metal reinforcements either side, but not impossible.

Halfords sell just the rubber. I've not tried it.

 

[Ian Hatten]

My father was persuaded to have just the rubber insert replaced once and was done while he waited, can't remember where it was. When I saw the inserts they were too wide for the retaining clips in the actual wiper frames so did not form a proper curve when sitting next to the screen and hardly cleared it at all. I had to open up the frame clips to allow the blade to move freely.

Ian

 

[me140]

Wait till you have to buy a pair of front " single rubber " blades for a new shape Astra - £42 a pair !!!!!

My father was persuaded to have just the rubber insert replaced once and was done while he waited, can't remember where it was. When I saw the inserts they were too wide for the retaining clips in the actual wiper frames so did not form a proper curve when sitting next to the screen and hardly cleared it at all. I had to open up the frame clips to allow the blade to move freely.

Ian

 

[SevenSeas]

lol, I think I'd rather just reach out of the window with a cloth.

Wait till you have to buy a pair of front " single rubber " blades for a new shape Astra - £42 a pair !!!!!

 

[Brim]

Apart from the fact that fitting the rubber is a fiddle the metal springs on the frame wear out and don't allow the new rubber to grip the screen like a new one. At least the new silicon aero blades last 4 times as long, even if they are expensive.