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David and I both fitted the proper curved blade some months ago - miles better than any other blade I've tried. He'll agree, I'm sure
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Overall 21.5". But a 23" blade still works for me.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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Other than that, I would imagine the curvature would have the cosmetic advantage of bringing the tip of the n/s wiper closer to, and more inline with, the bottom edge of the windscreen. No doubt the curve also reduces the overall effective straight-line length of the blade, but if that were the only advantage, a shorter straight blade would be just as good.
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I think the D3 blades are Valeo as the rubbers say SWF on them - but most other VAG cars are BOSCH Aero but there is no Valeo aftermarket part number for UK/RHD and places that sell these are selling LHD parts, but the EKTA specifies different part number of RHD & LHD and different for passenger and driver side but aftermarket ones are usually same for driver and passenger so there must be some compromise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8kHXwEzCw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhNDZOd9G9U Last edited by snapdragon; 26th July 2015 at 03:47 PM. |
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Don't confuse Valeo with SWF.
SWF is premium german brand for wipers. SWF is better than Bosch. Valeo is cheap s**** in comparison. That logic was true for D2. SWF may be owned by valeo, but the quality and brand are separate.
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I had to replace my blades recently, I read this thread and was going to order SWF from Germany, but in the end I just got Bosch blades from Halfords, they seem to be good quality.
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Just a question, how often do you guys clean your blades? I was getting smearing and cleaned the blades with meths. Apparently they don't need changing as often as i thought.
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I don't clean them. I change to genuine SWF rubbers on my D2 every year which I buy from TPS.
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I need to order new wipers for the D3.
wheres the recommended place?
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I'd use TPS. Even the cheap Quantum blades are ok and only a few quid each
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