Are wipers meant to be that bad?

[Guest]

My passenger side blade leaves an annoying streak of water on the down/final stroke.
I changed the blades (Bosch) thinking that would cure it, but alas - Smear City.
Is it just me, or is there a type of blade that does the trick?

 

[Keggers]

my 944 does the exact same thing even with new blades. drives me mad!

 

[Guest]

What if we took the passenger side blade off?

 

[sawood12]

This site does the new style wiper blades that are curled extruded blades instead of a metal articulated arm which might work better on highly curved windscreens. I'm going to give them a whirl when I next replace my blades.

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/home.php

 

[Pete B]

Probably the same designer as the headlamps!

 

[Guest]

I'd give them a go but they don't do a 15"[:'(]
(I am a PCGB member, by the way. My signature is just stuffed. Got bored trying to fix it)

 

[Mark Elder]

My first drive of my car was in the rain (dealer had put new blades on), I was not impressed by the wipers and pleased to see they had 3 speeds! I put it down to being a 10 year old design of wipers.

But a few days ago I drove another P reg (but ordinary) car in the rain and Toyota's wipers seem to be able to clean the screen[8|].

The 993's wipers just don't seem to fit the screen that well. Maybe the springs in the arms are worn out.

 

[Porker993]

In the past I have found smears have been caused by shampoo/wax residue on the windscreen. It's sometimes worth trying to get your windscreen really clean (and never let anyone put wax or any other cleaning products near your windscreen).

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

I found silicone blades were a big improvement on the standard Bosch ones.

 

[sailor]

Guys
I switched my wipers to park on the nearside, because I wanted a clear view of that glorious front end. Bonus was a perfect wipe pattern. But you should always use a proper windscreen cleaner after you have washed and dried the car.

JohnC
993turbo

 

[burrow01]

I think keeping the blades themselves clean also helps

If you clean them when you wash the car, you normally get loads of grease off

Cheers

Pete

 

[Sundeep]

Rainx, seems to work well on the angled 993 screen

 

[RichardLW]

drive quicker and the water just runs off the screen

and if you think 993 wipers are bad, have you tried the earlier models which are, IMHO, bloody useless.

 

[911sse]

Wiper blades for a 911 were one of the only things I do buy from the OPC.

Turn out to be just as cheap as a motor factor and it was a good tip from someone.

They are a slightly different shape than off the peg Bosch items, 944 included.

Same for the Boxster, just replaced both of them.

 

[Mark Elder]

ORIGINAL: sailor

Guys
I switched my wipers to park on the nearside, because I wanted a clear view of that glorious front end. Bonus was a perfect wipe pattern. But you should always use a proper windscreen cleaner after you have washed and dried the car.

JohnC
993turbo

John,
How did you make this switch? Easy?, or do you need to completely replace the mechanism?