starbank Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Driving up from York yesterday to Edinburgh in all the snow reaffirmed just how flamin useless these new style blades are on the GTi. I've replaced them twice in 3 years (soon to be 4) and not one pair have been as good as the old style. Might have to do a bit of investigating to see if I can get some better replacements. Anyone else checked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Mine are shocking aswell, they leave smears and are so noisy, no matter how much rain sleet or snow is coming from the heavens! Sorry that isn't really much help, i just had to voice my opinion on them aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbank Posted February 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Glad it's not just me then!The noise is terrible and the smears are nothing but dangerous. Yesterday, they were leaving smears right in the middle of the windscreen which was not good - especially at 90mph up the A1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I have been forgetting to post this but I will while its fresh in my mind.Friday I had been to the Dentist, and was on the `M-Way` home.Doing around 90 with the wipers on and the N/S arm suddenly got caught and got its self wedged under the O/S.Had to switch off the wipers untill I could get off the next slip road and sort it out.Yesterday we went for a drive.Same thing again, hit aboiut 80, wipers on full, same bloody thing again!Looks like a new arm is needed. Anyone had this?This is my N/S arm and blade is an old style GTi one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbank Posted February 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Never happened to my Tigz - even more concerning than the smears your problem! I'm beginning to wonder whether both problems could be related i.e. the wiper arms or the spring mechanism. The issues I have could be due to the arms not applying the appropriate pressure onto the screen hence the smears etc.Both my old man and a work colleague have Passats and they have the same probs with new blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 old style GTi one tigs? there was talk of a replacement with a slightly different design a while back when people were getting their blades changed for the first time and had to get arms too, maybe the change solves that potential problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 aye The passenger side one was a gift, but I needed an o/s blade so had to buy the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnmercury00 Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 my wipers are juddery and make loads of noise. does anyone have a set of aero wipers that aren't loud?i just figured that it was because they need changing but maybe that isn't the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Im really glad it's not me, i thought the smearing was down to the autoglym shampoo that i use on the car. Once you have wiped the screen and it is smeary it can take a good 20 secs to clear but by this time you've had to wipe again to get yet more smear. Im gonna invest in some new blades me thinks, must be a poor design though. However mine arent noisy all the time, only usually if the screens not very wet and it's just a bit of spray., if it's actually raining then their silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Mine were fine when they were new.Couldnt belive how well they worked compaired to my standard wipers.My arm slipped again today, this time at cruiseing speeed. I think the sproket may be damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezamania Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Have anyone tried `Rain-X` on their windscreen ? I have replaced my wiper 3+ months ago but they ain't that good. When it's raining lightly, the windsceen is all smeary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 `rain-x` is superb just need to remember to redo it now again, the inside stuff is useless though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsburg Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I've had the same problem with wipers. But the pair I currently have have got better over time (just). Judder is bad if screen is only slightly wet (i reckon this is down to spring tension). Smearing is bad over 80mph. Mine are just standard Lupo versions with an `aero-fin` in the o/s. Actually now I think about it the n/s is brilliant without the `aero-fin`!!??I might try `Rain-X` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I think a lot of it is down to people waxing their screens style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I have to say, mine are fine on the front - they do judder a bit if it's very cold, but a blast of hot air on the screen soon sorts that out.I don't put anything on my screen apart from Nilglass cleaner, which takes stuff off as opposed to putting it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnmercury00 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 well my cousin has an 03 golf with the same type of wipers and his are deadly silent!mine were fine yesterday after i washed the car until i sprayed some washer fluid on it, then it went all noisey and juddery again. ALSO, for some reason if i keep turning the wipers on and off(when it's not raining much) eventually they won't come on at all even if i use the washer spray! they only come back on if i put the wipers on full blast. i'll mention it when i get it serviced in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen_of_the_road Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I managed to blow the fuse by putting my wipers on without clearing the snow off first. DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnmercury00 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I managed to blow the fuse by putting my wipers on without clearing the snow off first. DOH!not a good idea, especially if the wipers are frozen to the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I managed to blow the fuse by putting my wipers on without clearing the snow off first. DOH!last time i tried to reverse through a wall i didnt get very far either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnmercury00 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 my cat broke my rear wiper on my nissan cherry a few years ago. he used it as leverage to jump onto something else because i turned the car on and he knew i wanted to pull away.it wasn't funny at the time but it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Mine is ****ed.Not even bothering to pull the wiper down any more.Just bent the arm so it sweeps over the other one...I'll go get pics...Here it is, my almost, single wiper conversion. border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" />Speaking of which, anyone know the part number for the N/S arm? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen_of_the_road Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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