wiper blades

[KevD]

I bought the elise shop s1 wiper upgrade with built in spray arm about 4 years ago and need a new wiper blade for it. Does anyone know which one it is? Need to pick one up at halfords to squeeze through an mot. I think it's an s2 arm but did a search and it came up as possibly an espace or a renault van might fit, can anyone clarify please?

K

[BiggestNizzy]

I think it's off an espace.

[flyingscot68]

Tesco do these now. £5

[KevD]

Thanks will try to sort one from tesco / halfords espace job

K

[ste7en]

I use this one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silencio-VM15-W ... words=vm15

[AJT]

Just ordered one.

[thesurfbus]

I have the elise shop S1/S2 Wiper conversion and find the blade pretty poor, infact not any better than the S1 that I replaced it with. I find that the blade doesn't follow the contours of the window and misses half the window, are these Amazon ones any better?
Also the Elise Shop arm didn't fit the Splines on my Motor, had to drill a bigger hole through the arm (killing the first arm in the process).

[rgordonw]

Bosch AR26U flat single blade £13.80 from Euro Car Parts, £20.99 from Halfords
Have fitted to 3 S2s and cant recommend them highly enough.
Vast improvement over year old/4000 mile OE blades

[j2 lot]

Bosch is worth the extra cost.

[Shug]

I tend to find any wiper blade gets killed in short order - I think largely by the curvature of the screen. Any wiper sits parked with most of the pressure on the middle and not a lot at the edges, it wears quickly where you need it to wipe. I've tried most blades over the last 12 years on S1 and S2 and I've just come to the conclusion that you treat it as a regular consumable and chuck cheap supermarket ones at it a couple or three times a year - a Bosch might last a little longer at top performance but I'll bet cheap and often works out cheaper overall.

[woody]

I had VxJon's old PIAA blade on my car for years - was nicked off his along with the S2 wiper arm while we were waiting on the recovery truck.

[Shug]

I had VxJon's old PIAA blade on my car for years - was nicked off his along with the S2 wiper arm while we were waiting on the recovery truck.

Yes, but did it actually do any work in the years it sat on your car?

[Dominic]

[KevD]

I got lazy and let the mot garage get it.... £23 later, ouch!!!!

Back on the road today, and squirmy in the damp conditions- new tyres on friday!