Anyone tried PIAA silicone wipers?
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Just got a set today for my smart, very impressed with build quality & what they 'claim' it will do. Basically you need to clean the screen properly first, run wipers for 5 mins in the dry and add the supplied sachet of powder to your washer bottle & you will have no need for Rain X as the wipers coat/treat the windscreen and your water bottle supply keeps it conditioned.
Fit them later but has anyone experience of them?
www.priracing.co.uk/product.php?xP
>> Edited by V8HSV on Monday 3rd April 11:52
Fit them later but has anyone experience of them?
www.priracing.co.uk/product.php?xP
>> Edited by V8HSV on Monday 3rd April 11:52
Fitted them to the smart yesterday, outstanding quality and work brilliantly, best used to date, another set arrive today for the HSV with little wings on them. Basically you treat the windscreen with Rain x type stuff, run them for 5 mins dry to bed the silicone in and hey presto, no need to use them when raining at night!
1 X WSEFB, PIAA Silicone Sporza wiper blade & carrier black (single) skew:WSEFB @ GBP 18.37 = GBP 21.58 (size 10)
1 X WSEFB, PIAA Silicone Sporza wiper blade & carrier black (single) skew:WSEFB @ GBP 18.37 = GBP 21.58 (size 12)
one 20" & one 22"
>> Edited by V8HSV on Monday 3rd April 11:08
1 X WSEFB, PIAA Silicone Sporza wiper blade & carrier black (single) skew:WSEFB @ GBP 18.37 = GBP 21.58 (size 12)
one 20" & one 22"
>> Edited by V8HSV on Monday 3rd April 11:08
Would be interested to know how you get on with them long term.
I have used rainex for years but only on the side and rear windows.
Have tried on the windscreen a few times but always get the same result. Great on dual carriageways and motorways where you just do not need to use the wipers because the screen self clears.
Not so good once you are in slow traffic with light to moderate rain, as the treatment on the screen causes the standard blades to drag and stick more. Unless the windsreen is frequently retreated smearing occurs.
The silicone content in rainex repells water but increases the friction of the rubber blade/glass contact patch.
So i tend to stick! with standard blades replaced annually.
I have used rainex for years but only on the side and rear windows.
Have tried on the windscreen a few times but always get the same result. Great on dual carriageways and motorways where you just do not need to use the wipers because the screen self clears.
Not so good once you are in slow traffic with light to moderate rain, as the treatment on the screen causes the standard blades to drag and stick more. Unless the windsreen is frequently retreated smearing occurs.
The silicone content in rainex repells water but increases the friction of the rubber blade/glass contact patch.
So i tend to stick! with standard blades replaced annually.
Yes I agree on the RainX, use it side & rear only, can't live with grey film smears even when clean. Let you know the outcome. Been speaking with someone about to buy a second set of PIAA wipers and he claims its like having RainX for 18 months without ever having to 'treat' the window as the silicone in the wipers doers that each time they are used.
>> Edited by V8HSV on Tuesday 4th April 09:10
>> Edited by V8HSV on Tuesday 4th April 09:10
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