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by WR1 Bro » Fri May 12, 2006 1:06 pm
I need some PIAA wipers. Where is the best place to order them from?
Are these sizes correct:-
22inch Drivers side 17inch Passengers side
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by jd » Fri May 12, 2006 1:08 pm
Halfrauds?
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by marky mark » Fri May 12, 2006 1:16 pm
I have these and they are superb!!!!! I got them from GGR but since realised i was paying over the odds. this was the best place i found for them. will also give you the sizes (in case they are different to your car) Are you capable of a DIY fitment? http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Piaa ... lades.html
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by The Swede » Fri May 12, 2006 1:17 pm
WR1 Bro wrote:I need some PIAA wipers. Where is the best place to order them from?
Are these sizes correct:-
22inch Drivers side 17inch Passengers side
If you wait for 3 months, you can have mine for free The 'housing' is pretty expensive, but you can replace the rubbers in them pretty cheaply. Got the carbon look ones.
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by WR1 Bro » Fri May 12, 2006 1:25 pm
Torrekens wrote:WR1 Bro wrote:I need some PIAA wipers. Where is the best place to order them from?
Are these sizes correct:-
22inch Drivers side 17inch Passengers side
If you wait for 3 months, you can have mine for free The 'housing' is pretty expensive, but you can replace the rubbers in them pretty cheaply. Got the carbon look ones.
Cheers Mate. You are a love.
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by jd » Fri May 12, 2006 1:29 pm
1mposter is my hero.
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by WR1 Bro » Fri May 12, 2006 1:37 pm
jd wrote::gay:
Off thread. Serious post.
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by jd » Fri May 12, 2006 1:38 pm
Makes a change.
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by marky mark » Fri May 12, 2006 1:40 pm
Makes a change for him to post!
who gives a fook where it is? its pretty much the same tripe as before his little sabbatical! PMSL.
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by jd » Fri May 12, 2006 1:42 pm
sabbatical or temper tantrum, answers on a postcard to.......
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by stijoy » Fri May 12, 2006 5:40 pm
got mine from scoobyworld, think it was 21 and a 19 inch wipers.
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by The Swede » Fri May 12, 2006 6:38 pm
stijoy wrote:got mine from scoobyworld, think it was 21 and a 19 inch wipers.
No clue which size, but pretty sure the WR1 wipers are still the same as the STi ones. I'll keep mine for Bro. You probably only need other blades. Cheerio S.
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by stijoy » Fri May 12, 2006 6:39 pm
hold on just going outside to measure them
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by stijoy » Fri May 12, 2006 6:44 pm
just been out but forgot i have put my original ones back on as the piaa ones dont like the salt but the original ones are 22 and 17.
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by marky mark » Fri May 12, 2006 6:56 pm
Hang on a sec here - how can you use second hand ones? for them to work properly you need to treat the windscreen first so where you going to get that from???
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by stijoy » Fri May 12, 2006 7:03 pm
the wipes i got to prepare the screen, i got 2 in each of the wiper boxes
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by The Swede » Fri May 12, 2006 7:45 pm
Not sure that treating windscreeen really does anything. If you think of it, you're just nicely cleaning it and two weeks later, the thing is saturated with polluted particles again. Still, I must say I am very pleased with the PIAA wipers, which had been recommended to me by Pops, btw. I have used them throughout the winter here, including in April and october, the two months when they use salt on the roads (abundantly !). No decrease in their performance. Build quality is also spot on. Expensive ? Yes ! Worth it ? Yes !
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by osaka » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:07 pm
we have them on sale - check out our ebay shop: link os found on our site: www.osaka-autodesign.com
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by WR1 Bro » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:29 pm
I can't find the link to your ebay shop.
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by WR1 Bro » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:31 pm
Found it... I can't find the sale prices though?
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by osaka » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:33 pm
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by stijoy » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:05 pm
they beat the piaa in my opinion
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by WR1 Bro » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:11 pm
Can someone explain why you rate them so highly? Very interested to hear the benefits they offer over the PIAAs.
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by Robocop » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:23 pm
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by stijoy » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:29 pm
having tried both, these new ones are better give them a try stu
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by Robocop » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:34 pm
I first saw them on some Merc C Classes we had. They're standard fit now on Merc VW Audi and a fair few others.
To start with you could only buy them to fit the ones that came OE, but now they're starting to filter through as direct replacements for non OE.
They sit much lower on your windscreen as my last picture hopefully shows. Standard blades have about 8 pressure points where the rubber is pressed against the screen. With the "Flat blades" as they've been called, it's over 1000 contact points.
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by danr55 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:40 pm
i have these bosch things too apprently, they seem to work well, slightly less well since some twat bent the sh1t out them
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by WR1 Bro » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:42 am
How do they compare when you don't want to use the wipers at speed since the PIAA leave behind a quick clear silicone film?
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by marky mark » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:48 am
This is what i like about the Piaa's, the fact that you hardly have to use them at 60mph+
If JP is Roland Rat, them I am Errol the Hamster... His number 1 fan.
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