Aero blade rebuild

[ibizaracebrake]

Had to change the long front wiper blade on my car, bought a Bosch replacement from G+S but it didn't really match the factory blade. I had a look at the design and found the rubber blade section is the same as on old cars, so I dismantled the old factory blade and the new Bosch one and reassembled the Seat one with the new Bosch rubber blade slid into it. Used a small flat blade screwdriver to remove the endcaps, the aero elements just pull off and stretch back on. Result is new blade with factory design at 1/2 price.

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

nice one, will keep that in mind

 

[danwilko90]

How much are wiper blades like?

 

[Octane2097]

must admit, i did this with wiper blades on my old FR
i bought the wrong ones by mistake, rather than taking them back i swapped the rubber strips over.

 

[NetworkMan]

Shame you can't buy the rubber strips on their own. I always used to do this with the old style wiper blades.

 

[markmeus]

Shame you can't buy the rubber strips on their own. I always used to do this with the old style wiper blades.

It is a pity, £2 for a pair of refils for the old style wipers, vs £20 for a set of Aero blades from my local motor factors

 

[ibizaracebrake]

What I'm saying is you CAN use a £2 refill for an old type wiper blade in the new Aero type blade, but it has to be dismantled carefully first. I took the Bosch blade I bought apart and found it was just a fancy version of the old type blade after all.

 

[markmeus]

Ohhh I understand you know. I thought you were just referring to the cheaper aero wipers but now I see what you mean.
I have a set of cheaper £20 aero ones and the clips are brute ugly, far more visible from the inside

Good to know then, that refills are an option!

 

[ibizaracebrake]

Yes, you can keep the factory low profile aero blade but sidestep the silly money replacement from the dealer by fitting just the rubber wiper bit - result.

 

[Nutkin]

How much are new aeros from seat?

 

[nightflight]

these ones are a direct replacement, probably the OEM ones as the clip is identical
http://www.wiperblades.co.uk/seat-ibiza-years-2010-to-2012/valeo-silencio-vm446-wiper-blade/

 

[Deleted member 67732]

i fitted the bosch flat ones from this company,no fiddleing about, just a straight swap over.

 

[FR_POWER]

£35 a pair from seat.

Halfords don't have them...

 

[Stebb]

Closer to £40 from Seat - there was a price increase lately.
I got a direct replacement set of Valeo's from a local parts shot for £23.

Click-off, click-on, if you get my drift!