replacing windscreen wipers easy or not

Yogibear

guys I am looking for advise /help here my elderly neighbour has has just told me the crows have stripped the rubber off his wipers,I said I would try and help him getting replacement wipers I put his reg in eurocarparts and they tell us what fits but not now to do it,any ideas?

ps. do`nt pull me up on my grammar I`m an oldish chap myself building trade csc

Bantex_2

The usually come with instruction diagrams on the back of the pack.
Think Halfords will fit them for a couple of quid if your not sure.
Most are very simple.

kfw_2

It's a very simple task, will take you approx 5-10mins for both.
However, don't trust the eurocarparts car registration parts finder, to be 100% sure, go out to the car an measure the length of each wiper blade just to be certain. Drivers side is usually longer than the passenger.

I find the quality of bosch wipers not as good as they use to be many years ago, so these past few years I have used Valeo and Vista Pro wipers - I usually get about 2 years use from them before they start smudging.

Fitting - a bit of advice, cover your windscreen with either the car mats or a coat, as it easy to knock the wiper arm which could hit the windscreen and cause a crack!. Once you have lifted the arm press the little clip holder in (pinching it) it will release the wiper blade and slide out very easily. Open the wiper blade box and inside should be new/multiple clips which should match the item you have taken out. Attach the new clip onto the wiper blade and slide back in until it clicks/locks, give it quick pull down to make it's not loose. Job done.

Yogibear

kfw wrote: »

It's a very simple task, will take you approx 5-10mins for both.
However, don't trust the eurocarparts car registration parts finder, to be 100% sure, go out to the car an measure the length of each wiper blade just to be certain. Drivers side is usually longer than the passenger.

I find the quality of bosch wipers not as good as they use to be many years ago, so these past few years I have used Valeo and Vista Pro wipers - I usually get about 2 years use from them before they start smudging.

Fitting - a bit of advice, cover your windscreen with either the car mats or a coat, as it easy to knock the wiper arm which could hit the windscreen and cause a crack!. Once you have lifted the arm press the little clip holder in (pinching it) it will release the wiper blade and slide out very easily. Open the wiper blade box and inside should be new/multiple clips which should match the item you have taken out. Attach the new clip onto the wiper blade and slide back in until it clicks/locks, give it quick pull down to make it's not loose. Job done.

thanks for the info kfw especially about the coat on the windscreen,it would just the thing eh:D

neilmcl

Give wiperblades.co.uk a go to find out exactly which blades you need. Fitting couldn't be easier, there are fitting guides on the site.

Ebe_Scrooge

One quick tip - change them one at a time. By which I mean, don't take both of the old ones off before you fit the new ones. Take one off, then fit the new one. If you get a bit stuck with how the clip fits onto the arm, you have a look at the other one to see how it goes :-)

Sometimes they're just a little bit of a fiddle, depending on the particular model, but not at all difficult.

vansboy

Also depending on the car, they may be different sizes on each side.

VB

UsernameAlreadyExists

I think that everyone has missed the real problem here - the crows.
I'd suggest an air rifle, but that wouldn't be very PC.

4743hudsonj

There are around 4 common clip fitments at the moment with countless more less common. Fitment can take anywhere from 2 seconds to 2 minutes per wiper.

What car and year is it?

londonTiger

very very easy. But if you're really unsure then halfords will gladly fit them for you for not very much money. But their wiper prices are expensive.

heretohelp

Also check some of the smaller motor factors a couple round my area fit them for free.