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Nathan-HxC
10th October 2011, 23:07
I bought some flat-blade wipers off of eGay that were 20" driver's side, and 18" passenger side, fitted them and in the middle of the window, the top of the drivers wiper overlaps the bottom of the passenger wiper?
What size wipers do I need so that they can sit level with each other and not overlap?!
2 x 18"'s?
Cheers :y:
geraintthomas
10th October 2011, 23:09
That's odd, I've got a 20" and an 18" on mine, they're fine? :/ not sure what could be happening there..
danny-vts
10th October 2011, 23:42
have you put them on the right side.
20" on passenger side
18" on drivers side
ads85
11th October 2011, 05:20
I bought some flat-blade wipers off of eGay that were 20" driver's side, and 18" passenger side, fitted them and in the middle of the window, the top of the drivers wiper overlaps the bottom of the passenger wiper?
What size wipers do I need so that they can sit level with each other and not overlap?!
2 x 18"'s?
Cheers :y:
No its definitely a 20 and an 18, i'll check mine in a min and see which way around they are mate
BertieG
11th October 2011, 06:18
havent taken your wiper arms off at any point have you?
Nathan-HxC
12th October 2011, 10:46
http://i51.tinypic.com/29ztnoo.jpg
If you look you can see in the middle where they overlap?
geraintthomas
12th October 2011, 11:00
They're on the wrong way round. The shorter one goes on the drivers side if you have aero blades.
The passenger one does lip up off the windscreen slightly, all of them with Aero blades do. It still works when the wiper moves as it touches the rest of the windscreen.
Nathan-HxC
12th October 2011, 11:13
They're on the wrong way round. The shorter one goes on the drivers side if you have aero blades.
The passenger one does lip up off the windscreen slightly, all of them with Aero blades do. It still works when the wiper moves as it touches the rest of the windscreen.
Ahh, I thought it was the other way around due to the lift off of the passenger side one when it had the 20" on, thanks I'll switch them around :y:
geraintthomas
12th October 2011, 11:15
Ahh, I thought it was the other way around due to the lift off of the passenger side one when it had the 20" on, thanks I'll switch them around :y:
It's ok! I thought the same thing - the passenger side does lift off slightly. I'd love to know a pair of aero blades that don't do this. They're fine when they move though.
Maybe 2x 18"s would be okay? Might be worth a try :)
Liamjrhodes
12th October 2011, 11:22
id say wiper arms look wrong, should be the shorter one on the drivers side
geraintthomas
12th October 2011, 11:25
id say wiper arms look wrong, should be the shorter one on the drivers side
...we just discussed that >.<
Liamjrhodes
12th October 2011, 11:52
...we just discussed that >.<
Thought you was on about blades
geraintthomas
12th October 2011, 12:27
Thought you was on about blades
OH! My bad sorry, I completely mis-read!
He has a point - if the blades don't sit right check the arms!
Liamjrhodes
12th October 2011, 12:42
its just that looking at the picture of his the arms look like the longer one is on the drivers side when it should be shorter one
danny-vts
12th October 2011, 16:17
its just that looking at the picture of his the arms look like the longer one is on the drivers side when it should be shorter one
arms: longer one on drivers side, shorter one on passenger side.
blades: just swap them over lol. cos on mine the longer one is on the drivers side.
Grimey
30th October 2011, 17:01
The time it must have taken to write the post why didn't you just try them swapped over! ahaha
Nathan-HxC
30th October 2011, 17:51
The time it must have taken to write the post why didn't you just try them swapped over! ahaha
24 posts to go mate.
This is an old thread...
Grimey
30th October 2011, 18:10
22 now. ;)
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