Windscreen Wipers

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#1 Windscreen Wipers

Post by mylesw » Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:31 pm

Hello

The offside wiper on my RHD 3.8 FHC does not bend to match the contour of the windscreen and I suspect that the spring in the wiper arm needs to be stronger. Does anyone know of a supplier who carries wiper arms with decent springs that will give my wipers a better contact with the windscreen?

Thanks

Myles
1964 RHD 3.8 FHC

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#2 Re: Windscreen Wipers

Post by Heuer » Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:46 pm

Yes, buy the £20 each blades from SNGB rather than the £7 crap blades which use vinyl rather than rubber. Even in period the wipers were an instrument of last resort so put Rain-X on your screen as well plus RainX additive in your screen washer bottle.
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#3 Re: Windscreen Wipers

Post by cactusman » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:39 pm

Yep....drove back from Cirencester today. Heavy rain....wipers pretty useless....I will try the sngb ones too :bigrin: :bigrin:
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#4 Re: Windscreen Wipers

Post by cdaubs » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:33 am

Good call. My near side wiper doesn't lay flat either.

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