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these are now popping up on the bay for many older cars.

im surprised ours dont have them-they are a huge advancement in wiper technology.if you have driven a newish european car with them you will appreciate how much better they are(and how much better they look!)

Has anyone found an online retailer who stock them?the ones on the bay look a bit dodgy imo.

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I got mine from Supercrap they are made by Aunger and sell for $19.95 or $17.95 on special, they are excellent I put them on both of my cars.

how did you go with the spray jets?how did you clip them on?

  • 3 months later...

in a massive bump for a 4 month old thread, i would just like to add that i changed my wiper blades yesterday after ahving shit blades for the last few weeks in the stupid brisbane rain..

i was at supercheap and i looked at regular replacements.. then i came across the bosch "aerotwin" range

so i went home and did my research - turns out bosch are the original manufacturer or these blades and they seemed to be great.. they are OEM for mercedes, audi, etc. so i bought some :/ plus, they were on sale at supercheap for $21ish each

i bough the 600mm one for the drivers side, and 450mm for the passenger side (they were closest to the rough measurements i did with a tapemeasure).

they fit perfectly (and don't alter the stock wiper jets as someone above mentioned).

and the best part? they work great! as in, better than anything else i've ever used before! i can highly recommend them :huh:

in a massive bump for a 4 month old thread, i would just like to add that i changed my wiper blades yesterday after ahving shit blades for the last few weeks in the stupid brisbane rain..

i was at supercheap and i looked at regular replacements.. then i came across the bosch "aerotwin" range

so i went home and did my research - turns out bosch are the original manufacturer or these blades and they seemed to be great.. they are OEM for mercedes, audi, etc. so i bought some :) plus, they were on sale at supercheap for $21ish each

i bough the 600mm one for the drivers side, and 450mm for the passenger side (they were closest to the rough measurements i did with a tapemeasure).

they fit perfectly (and don't alter the stock wiper jets as someone above mentioned).

and the best part? they work great! as in, better than anything else i've ever used before! i can highly recommend them :D

Another vote for the Aerotwins here - had them for about 2 months and they are brilliant!

Had some similar style flat blades before that, can't recall the manufacturer but they weren't any good, starting skipping/smearing after about 3 months.

yep-i went with them as well,after finding them in supercheap.

they are excellent blades.had them for a few weeks now,but,

The 450mm (smallest avaliable) for the passenger side is about 1cm too long,and doesnt quite lay flat at the end.do you have this problem wazza?

don't tink so mate, but i never really had a close look at each end

from memory i measured slightly less tan 450mm but as you said 450mm was the smallest they stock. bosch make 400mm ones but supercheap don't stock them

there was an article in autospeed where some masters student at volvo in sweden tested these versus regular blades and these went for 120,000 wipes without wearing while the normal blades wore out after 33,000 wipes

EDIT: http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1810/article.html

Edited by WazR32GTSt
  • 1 year later...
don't tink so mate, but i never really had a close look at each end

from memory i measured slightly less tan 450mm but as you said 450mm was the smallest they stock. bosch make 400mm ones but supercheap don't stock them

there was an article in autospeed where some masters student at volvo in sweden tested these versus regular blades and these went for 120,000 wipes without wearing while the normal blades wore out after 33,000 wipes

EDIT: http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1810/article.html

Hi Guys, just got myself a pair of wipers, the instructions on the box on how to put them on is really simple, but I dont know how to take my current one off! Can someone please guide me on taking off the old wipers? Thank you!

Hi Guys, just got myself a pair of wipers, the instructions on the box on how to put them on is really simple, but I dont know how to take my current one off! Can someone please guide me on taking off the old wipers? Thank you!

Did you buy new arms with the wiper assembly, or just new wiper assemblies?

Either way it is pretty simple, but let us know.

  • 2 months later...

Now that the rain is starting to be a bit more regular in Perth I decided to get some new windscreen wipe blades as my existing ones were terrible and remembered this thread. So I got the Bosch Aerotwin ones, 600mm and 450mm as recommended and it's only been an afternoon but I'm happy with them! Weren't exactly cheap at about $54 for the pair but they work well and it seems they should last. It wasn't immediately obvious how to get the old ones off but basically there is a little latch thing between the arm that goes to the center of the blade and the blade assembly thing, press that and slide a couple of cm towards where the arm is bolted to the car.

Didn't have any fitment issues like cookie--monster.

:rofl:

never really noticed before, but my car comes with bracketless wipers, they're really loud when it's not very wet or just using the washer jets for a second, but they are very effective when it's raining rather heavily

Now that the rain is starting to be a bit more regular in Perth I decided to get some new windscreen wipe blades as my existing ones were terrible and remembered this thread. So I got the Bosch Aerotwin ones, 600mm and 450mm as recommended and it's only been an afternoon but I'm happy with them! Weren't exactly cheap at about $54 for the pair but they work well and it seems they should last. It wasn't immediately obvious how to get the old ones off but basically there is a little latch thing between the arm that goes to the center of the blade and the blade assembly thing, press that and slide a couple of cm towards where the arm is bolted to the car.

Didn't have any fitment issues like cookie--monster.

:rofl:

yeah my wipers needed replacing too so i also bought the aerotwins, as u said not cheap but i think their worth it very quiet and they do the job well

  • 12 years later...

HI guys,

Any help in removing wiper blades to suit Skyline V36 ?  Just spent time mucking around trying to get them off but didn't want to break anything.  Thanks

found this for infiniti q50

 

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