Thread: Windscreen Wipers

Originally Posted by Laurie

Flex Blade TFB22H .........

Laurie

Umm, Why do you think these make a good replacement Laurie?

I just checked them out at my local SC and apart from not looking like the right fitting to the wiper mechanism, they are 3" too short!!

Now I admit that the assembly may actually fit but that 3" shorter blade length means a lot of windscreen real estate that gets missed.

Just wondering.

Cheers,
Iain

Iain
I didn't test them on the car , but that is the part number in their catalogue for the L322 ! I usally only replace with refills on our cars.

Laurie

Originally Posted by bacicat

I think at some stage someone has replaced them with a whole new arm assembly, and like a lot of newer cars now, they don't have replaceable blades, you just clip the blade holder off the arm and clip a whole new assembly in. Only takes a few seconds, but you have to find the bloody things first...

If someone has a standard set of arms, I'd be happy to buy them and just go back to longer blades (if I can find them).

Cheers - Gav

Gav: I have purchased a couple of sets of replacement refills from Bursons in Altona

Originally Posted by uteman

Gav: I have purchased a couple of sets of replacement refills from Bursons in Altona

Thanks for that - I'm down that way a bit.

Island 4 x 4 has them cheap at around 5 quid each, aftermarket Britpart or similar, as do a few other UK sources, such LR Direct. The shipping cost can sometimes be really cheap.

I just had some shipped out with two new front airbags and threw a few more service parts in there to make the shipping cost more palatable.

I just tried to put complete assemblies on my D2. Got Calbre ones from Supercheap.
NO CHANCE.
The attachment method to the arm is different to anything I have seen. You have to slide a little plastic sleeve back with"lock" on it, but the new blades are wider so will not fit with any adaptor supplied.
The blades also have to fit into three "sockets" 2 on the wind deflector and one on the wiper arm, and they have to be the exact correct width to fit in.
So I guess I will gte a correct pair from UK.
I like to change complete assemblies avery few years as new assemblies do not chatter like when you put refills into old assemblies.
Regards Philip A

http://www.michelinwipers.com/stealt...ml#prettyPhoto

Originally Posted by alpick

MICHELIN Stealth | Hybrid Wiper Blade Design

Doesn't list a front set for a Rangie....

I have ordered a set from Paddocks, but they seem to be on the slowest transport available....