Wiper Arm Changeover

[greyhulk]

calling upon the oh so wise 'S' jedi council..

My wiper arms are looking rather tatty, im hoping to replace them with some nice stainless steel ones off 'carbuildersolutions' http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/stainless-st...
Now my only concern is the diameter spindle the new ones say 13.5mm.. are they going to fit? and more importantly i read something on here about some wiper arms fouling the bonnet too

has anyone changed over theres?

[XK140]

Don't think I'd go in that direction with the arms and blades being black as original.
Even if you can get some stainless arms that fit then it's not going to look right unless you go to shiny blades as well...which are old tech and don't actually wipe very well at all.
I would take off your existing arms and clean,prep and prime before finishing in satin black,hang them up to paint and aerosols will be good enough for a decent finish.

[greyhulk]

Oh I did wonder about that, thanks for your wisdom kind sir, i shall go with your advice and respray them. The current blades need replacing too there dragging real bad

[Sandgrounder]

I sprayed mine up, looks fine. I was worried about changing from something I knew wasn't going to rub the bonnet.
I'd also take the opportunity to embody the Chimaera mod, ie. wiper blades with integral washers. The difference is amazing. Just a simple bit of tube work and a couple of black cable ties.

[greyhulk]

I'll pickup some primer an satin black spraypaint from halfords thanks guys. Oh I think I'll give that a bash too, firstly the parts.. Where did you get yours from if you don't mind me asking?

[Sandgrounder]

Ebay. Cost me less than 20 quid if I remember correctly.

[greyhulk]

Nice one I'll look into it thanks, I take it the hoses just connect to the current jets then run them up to the blades?

[Sandgrounder]

No, cut the washer tubing near to the reservoir. Insert a Tee piece (I had to buy this from Halfords). Run a new piece of tubing to the drivers side of the car along the bulkhead and fix with cables ties. Install the new blades with integral washers. Mine came with two pieces of black rubber tubing. Plumb these in and secure the tubing to the wiper arms with a couple of thin black cable ties. Make sure there is sufficient play in the tubing to allow for the wiper arm movement. Job done!

Must be easy if I can do it!!

[greyhulk]

haha I'll give it a go after I've sorted the respray of wiper arms out

[Bobhon]

I don't know if it works on the S wiper arms, but on my Tamora you can run the washer tube through the spring on the inside of the arm. A little Fairy Liquid on the tube helps it to slip through.

Would give a neater installation.

Bob

[greyhulk]

Thanks for the tip, i will be sure to remember that when I get round to doing it. Btw how do you get on over speed bumps an driveways with the tamora? The rear of them look really low

[greymrj]

greyhulk said:

My wiper arms are looking rather tatty, im hoping to replace them with some nice stainless steel ones off 'carbuildersolutions' http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/stainless-st...
Now my only concern is the diameter spindle the new ones say 13.5mm.. are they going to fit?

Just in case anybody searches this again, the ones from CBS are NOT suitable for the S. This has been checked out.

[Oldred_V8S]

Seen this thread about Joe's modification?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=151...

[Bobhon]

greyhulk said:

Thanks for the tip, i will be sure to remember that when I get round to doing it. Btw how do you get on over speed bumps an driveways with the tamora? The rear of them look really low

The front and rear do look very low. I try to avoid roads with those speed pillows that you usually straddle or I make sure to drive one wheel over the centre and go very slowly.

In my opinion the front worries me more than the rear. Also pulling into parking spaces with a kerb at the end means that you have to be careful not to over run the space.

On my S2 the exhaust front downpipes used to ground out fairly regularly. So there was a monthly job to remake the bottom joints, lots of exhaust paste. Not an issue on the V8S or the Tamora.

Bob

Edited due to bloody autocorrect. It isn't a Tamara you stupid android tablet.

Edited by Bobhon on Wednesday 16th September 21:37