Does anyone replace the rubber / silicone in their wipers

[Spare tyre]

Replacing the wipers on my wife's car is not a cheap hobby, even with big discounts at eBay / euro car parts today

I carefully took one of her old Bosch aero blade wipers apart today, I've purchased some silicone inserts to replace the rubber ones. A quid each delivered from eBay

Anyone else had any success doing this?

[Efbe]

Spare tyre said:

Replacing the wipers on my wife's car is not a cheap hobby, even with big discounts at eBay / euro car parts today

I carefully took one of her old Bosch aero blade wipers apart today, I've purchased some silicone inserts to replace the rubber ones. A quid each delivered from eBay

Anyone else had any success doing this?

yes, but the amount of cr4p I end up buying I just have to buy again probably negates the point of doing it.

[qska]

I tried.

The replacement strip quality was appalling.

Never again.

Back now to replacing the whole set from Bosch.

Your mileage may vary, I think I bought some Halfords own brand cheapie.

[anonymous-user]

No, but I am interested in them. I have Bosch aero twins just now and they are dog st.

[daemon]

Spare tyre said:

Replacing the wipers on my wife's car is not a cheap hobby, even with big discounts at eBay / euro car parts today

I carefully took one of her old Bosch aero blade wipers apart today, I've purchased some silicone inserts to replace the rubber ones. A quid each delivered from eBay

Anyone else had any success doing this?

Genuine Bosch inserts or just spurious ones off ebay?

If its the latter i cant see it ending well...

[PaulGT3]

I've bought Valeo & Bosch wipers for years and never had any issues, I recently however saw Michelin wipers in Costco and thought I'd give them a bash being a reputable brand, what a mistake! I bought the correct sizes for my car, but the passenger side one sits too far over and doesn't fully touch the windscreen and the drivers side squeals like mad. Teach me for being a cheapskate! I'm guessing some crappy Chinese company has bought the rights to use the Michelin brand for wipers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vlhDtkWZGg

Not just me it seems

[jkh112]

I used to on my cheap cars but never found them as good as a proper new set. I bought a pair of Bosch aero wipers a few weeks ago for £15 so at that price I would rather have new ones.

[Frankthered]

I used to do it back in the 80s/90s, it was always a lot of faff but usually worked out ok.

Last time I tried it was probably about 10 years ago when I couldn't find the sizes for the Civic in the likes of Halfords, etc.

So I thought I'd try some eBay refills - they weren't expensive, but they were, as it turned out, very poorly made and I doubt they would have lasted very long even if I had managed to get them to fit without breaking them - went to the Honda dealership in the end and they weren't even that expensive.