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Rear Wiper Blade?

Paz

Paz

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Two seconds on Google brings you this . . . http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/pt69_894_-cma81-cmo121/Porsche/Cayman-987C---981C/Wiper-Blades---Arms/
 
I know the rear wiper is not a common option on Cayman's - mine has one and I am looking to replace the rear wiper blade.

Anybody have any leads for a replacement before I go down the OPC route?

Many thanks.
 
Thanks, but I have already done that! They are original Porsche which I was trying to avoid if poss. due to the cost for one wiper.
ORIGINAL: Paz Two seconds on Google brings you this . . . http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/pt69_894_-cma81-cmo121/Porsche/Cayman-987C---981C/Wiper-Blades---Arms/
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I haven't got a rear wiper on mine, but are they a special fitting on the rear blade? The fronts are a standard fitting 22" blade - I got some PIAA silicone blades for mine. I know that on the 996 they are a standard straight 22" blade on the rear wiper, and it is easy enough to get Bosch or other replacements.
 
Hi Richard Bosch do not list one in their catalogue - seems nobody else does either. I thought I had found one on Ebay but when it arrived the fitting is wrong. Seems the part that locates to the wiper arm is a special fitting and not one I have seen before - PIAA have no listing either. Guess I will have to bite the bullet and go down the OPC route.
ORIGINAL: Richard Hamilton I haven't got a rear wiper on mine, but are they a special fitting on the rear blade? The fronts are a standard fitting 22" blade - I got some PIAA silicone blades for mine. I know that on the 996 they are a standard straight 22" blade on the rear wiper, and it is easy enough to get Bosch or other replacements.
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It is Richard - it is a U section arm and the wiper blade has a spigot that slides into the U and a couple of release arms clip into the sides of the U.
ORIGINAL: Richard Hamilton Is the fitting different to the front blades then?
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Looks like they have gotcha then. Unless those aero-type blades they use on BMWs fit, perhaps? They are some strange fitting like that. If I were you, I'd mosey down to Halfrauds and open a few boxes....
 
Next part of the plan methinks.
ORIGINAL: Richard Hamilton Looks like they have gotcha then. Unless those aero-type blades they use on BMWs fit, perhaps? They are some strange fitting like that. If I were you, I'd mosey down to Halfrauds and open a few boxes....
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Sounds something like the old VW fitting there should be an adaptor provided or maybe use the old one?
 
Hmmm - not sure TBH. The original is integral to the blade assembly and cannot be removed.
ORIGINAL: Buddy Sounds something like the old VW fitting there should be an adaptor provided or maybe use the old one?
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Glad I didn't spec the rear wiper on purchase and it's never been an issue, although my car's garaged - which avoids standing water on the screens - and I rarely drive in slow traffic when I suppose it might be useful. At normal speeds the airflow keeps the sunken glass clear (a good aero design). I wonder if the same is the case for the 981 whose rear glass is flush with its frame - rather like that of the 911 on which many purchasers seem to spec the rear wiper? Jeff
 
Having had the 944 and 968 with rear wipers I can say they only became useful when they had been standing in rain and I needed to reverse, on the road never used. The design of the Cayman Gen1 & 2 is so much better in that respect as being recessed it drains off better when standing, I really can't say for the 981 as I've only driven them in the dry. Back to Chris's problem, is it possible to remove the rubber and swap it with a Bosch item?
 
Tried that mate - the Porsche one has a rubber aero piece on the top to press the wiper to the rear screen, thankfully it is separate but when I compare the Bosch rubber it looks as though the piece that slides into the wiper arm is thinner than the original. Very frustrating!
ORIGINAL: Buddy Having had the 944 and 968 with rear wipers I can say they only became useful when they had been standing in rain and I needed to reverse, on the road never used. The design of the Cayman Gen1 & 2 is so much better in that respect as being recessed it drains off better when standing, I really can't say for the 981 as I've only driven them in the dry. Back to Chris's problem, is it possible to remove the rubber and swap it with a Bosch item?
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