Vantage Wiper Blades

[yeti]

Boring topic but one of mine has split. Google throws up many options, not least Nick Mee's at £33 EACH and helpfully out of stock.

Anyone found anything better (or even available!) for a 2010 Vantage please? All of the options fit I'm sure, but I'm in a world of Aero, Aerotwin, Aeroflex, Superplus and hybrid, what clears water better and works at speed?

[LTP]

yeti said:

Boring topic but one of mine has split. Google throws up many options, not least Nick Mee's at £33 EACH and helpfully out of stock.

Anyone found anything better (or even available!) for a 2010 Vantage please? All of the options fit I'm sure, but I'm in a world of Aero, Aerotwin, Aeroflex, Superplus and hybrid, what clears water better and works at speed?

If your arms are the later (non-hook) type then I've fitted Aero Twins - very happy. You just have to tolerate the Bosch branding on the ends. There's no way I'll go back to AML blades.

[yeti]

LTP said:

If your arms are the later (non-hook) type then I've fitted Aero Twins - very happy. You just have to tolerate the Bosch branding on the ends. There's no way I'll go back to AML blades.

I'll nip out and check...

[yeti]

windscreenwipers.co.uk seem to think I need a 26"/20" and verify it fits my car so have ordered Bosch Aerotwins.

Edited by yeti on Wednesday 16th September 13:50

Edited by yeti on Wednesday 16th September 14:42

[Minglar]

Bosch Aerotwin should do the job. They are very versatile for most older cars and they usually come with a set of adapters to enable the correct fitment to the wiper arm. The Bosch website is a useful tool for finding the correct blade(s) you will need, as they produce lots of different types nowadays. As an aside, you may want to delete or alter your picture as it clearly shows the VIN of your car. YMMV of course. BRM.

[yeti]

Minglar said:

Bosch Aerotwin should do the job. They are very versatile for most older cars and they usually come with a set of adapters to enable the correct fitment to the wiper arm. The Bosch website is a useful tool for finding the correct blade(s) you will need, as they produce lots of different types nowadays. As an aside, you may want to delete or alter your picture as it clearly shows the VIN of your car. YMMV of course. BRM.

Yes, I should have gone straight to the website!
My car is an odd one; probably the very last MY2010/Euro 4 car produced as it has a build date after the factory shut down of August 2010 and so should have been the earliest Euro 5/MY2011 spec. Makes finding stuff out a bit of a pain sometimes...

[yeti]

And lo and behold, they sent the wrong ones. My car is tricky as it's a 2010MY Euro4 car snuck out after the annual factory shut down and so should be an 2011MY Euro5 car. Autotrader showed it as a Euro5 car when I was looking at it.

So I need 24" & 20" to fit the hook type arm, not the 26" & 20" which seem to have a clip-in system.

[DB9S Paul]

Aerotwins don't work properly wit the older "hook" arms as they don't exert enough pressure on the blade. The later arms can be retrofitted.

[yeti]

Now you tell me!!! 😂

They’ll be better than the split ones on there now and if they’re not doing the job I’ll swap them out again.