MOT and Window Wiper

SMW87

Hi all

One of my wipers has a small tear of about 2cm which you can see when its wiping. The screen wipes fine though with no issued and no residue or anything left.

Would it be worth replacing before MOT? Garage is quoting me 30 quid for it but the blades seem fine.

Thanks

S

BeenThroughItAll

SMW87 wrote: »

Hi all

One of my wipers has a small tear of about 2cm which you can see when its wiping. The screen wipes fine though with no issued and no residue or anything left.

Would it be worth replacing before MOT? Garage is quoting me 30 quid for it but the blades seem fine.

Thanks

S

£30? For a wiper blade? Do it yourself, job done for under a fiver.

AdrianC

SMW87 wrote: »

One of my wipers has a small tear of about 2cm which you can see when its wiping. The screen wipes fine though with no issued and no residue or anything left.

Would it be worth replacing before MOT?

Yes, of course you should replace your shagged, torn wiper blade, fortheloveofgawd...!

Do you really need the MOT as a reason to do it?

http://www.wiperblades.co.uk/ or other online retailers, or your local car spares place, or even your local Halfords. A few quid, and about a minute of basic DIY to replace it. They go off surprisingly quickly - I replace mine annually.

cajef

SMW87 wrote: »

Would it be worth replacing before MOT?

Only if you want it to pass the MOT because it will fail otherwise.

Just bought a complete set of Bosch wipers for a Honda Civic, two front and one rear from http://www.wiperblades.co.uk/ for under £30, delivered in two days and fitted in 5 minutes.

macman

And replace the pair-not just one side.

tykesi

macman wrote: »

And replace the pair-not just one side.

For what reason?

AdrianC

tykesi wrote: »

For what reason?

Because, unless some tight-fisted half-wit only replaced one last time, they're both the same age and they've both had the same amount of use and they've both been exposed to the same amount of UV, so they're both as shagged as the very shagged one that caused the thread in the first place...

daveyjp

I change the ones on our cars every couple of years, nothing worse than wipers which don't wipe properly, especially at this time of year.

With a tear I can't see how they can be very effective, they must be ancient.

jimjames

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

£30? For a wiper blade? Do it yourself, job done for under a fiver.

Less than 30 seconds to do. That's massive hourly rate if they're charging £30


https://youtu.be/7VYUw6Vh3ho

Strider590

They're so cheap that they're practically free (DIY), stop being tight and change them all.

On a very serious note, a small smear that doesn't quite clean properly is more than big enough to hide a motorbike approaching as your about to take a right turn.

suki1964

£4.99 from lidl this week