Windscreen Wipers

[Guest]

Can I put an upgrade Windscreen Wiper arms on my C2. Is there something with twin springs?

 

[Melv]

Twin spring wipers:

2 x cap P928.628.623.01 1.73 3.46
2 x arms P964.628.028.01/03 20.84 41.68
2 x blades p964.628.901.01 9.56 19.12

Less 10% Club disc &
+ bloody VAT

Melv

 

[kevin]

Hi Melv,

What blades are used on this? Are they bosch twin edge or similar, anything with an good sweep at speed and on a small area would be an advantage.

Kevin

 

[Guest]

I' ved now got the new twin wiper arms fitted, complete with Bosch Blades. They appear to be a great improvement to the original ones.

To clean the Windscreen I use Auto Glym, Car Glass Polish.[8|]

 

[Elliot Davies]

Ken, i read somewhere that somebody put halfords wipers onto their 964 (the cheapest in the shop) as they were more flexible and therefor wrapped around the screen a little better and covered a better wiping arc........Im going to try this next set to see if there is an improvement over the standard bosch blades.

 

[Guest]

I can vouch for the cheap windscreen wipers .. I bought a pair of bog standard 9" blades for about £6 and they work really well .... it' s about the only time I' ve bought anything for the Porsche which has been cheap.

Having said that - can anyone explain why the blades wipe right to left leaving a large corner of the screen on the drivers side uncleared? I assumed it was because Porsche had just been lazy with the RHD cards, but I gather on the LHD version the blades swing the opposite way. Seems to be somewhat stupid!! Is there any way to change them round?

 

[Guest]

I put Bosch blades on my sc and now I have a triangular area within both sweep areas that does not get cleaned. I' ll try the cheap wiper approach

 

[John Boggiano]

ORIGINAL: Charles

Having said that - can anyone explain why the blades wipe right to left leaving a large corner of the screen on the drivers side uncleared? I assumed it was because Porsche had just been lazy with the RHD cards, but I gather on the LHD version the blades swing the opposite way. Seems to be somewhat stupid!! Is there any way to change them round?

To find out why, try a stint as a passenger in light rain.

Each time the screen is swept, the area in front of the passenger has water pushed to the bottom of the screen by the blades. When the blades move away and park, that water rises in trails. It' s infuriating! (But we love them anyway). In a more modern car, the blades park along the length of the scuttle and prevent this effect. On our 964s, only the driver benefits from the parked blades.

 

[Guest]

Ahh ... suddenly the madness makes sense. I have to confess, with my car being a cabriolet, it doesn' t see rain too often, and of course when it does I' m behind the wheel tutting at that corner of the screen I have to duck beneath.

Thanks for the explanation John - much appreciated.

- Charles

 

[Guest]

I can also vouch for the ' Halfords special' . I changed to the twin spring arms and bosch blades last year, and was infuriated when the new blades left about 20% of the windscreen (the curved parts) unwiped. I subsequently bought a set of the cheapest Halfords blades possible and gave the ends a ' bit of a tweak' - hey presto, perfect.

As stated previously, for once with the Porsche - less is more.

Rob W

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: Rob Wyke

I subsequently bought a set of the cheapest Halfords blades possible and gave the ends a ' bit of a tweak' - hey presto, perfect.

Hi Rob, What do you mean by a bit of a tweak? I tried bending my existing blades without success.
Ken

 

[Guest]

Hi Ken, owing to the Halfords blades being fairly thin gauge steel, it' s possible to give the drivers side (for us RHD' ers) a slight bend right at the tip, which ensures the blade wraps around the screen, the pressure exerted from the twin spring arms ensures that the blade maintains contact on the rest of the screen.

The improvement over the bosch blades was very noticable.

Rob

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rob I will give it a try.
Can you remember what size blades to ask for please. I don' t expect Halfords will have 964s on their chart.

Ken

 

[Guest]

Surprisingly they do have the 964 on their chart Ken. I think they are 13" blades from memory. They are colour coded and the ones I bought come in the blue box.

Happy hunting,
RobW