Windscreen wiper guide

If motorists new windshield wipers purchase, they must fit their car brand. Other wipers can not be mounted. In addition, it should be noted that the windshield wipers for a vehicle are usually not the same length: The wiper on the driver’s side is usually longer. Therefore, must windshield wipers always be procured in a set.

The meaning good windshield wipers

quality windshield wipers are indispensable for a motorist to travel safely. Anyone who has ever tried to drive in the rain with a fancy windshield wiper will quickly find that this is practically impossible. Therefore, the wipers must be intact and also replaced regularly. Especially with the ironing wipers, the performance decreases significantly after a few years. The replacement depends on the load, ie the weather and the mileage of the vehicle. In Germany, for the average motorist with 13,000 with 20,000 km annual mileage is expected from a change every two years. Bosch dominates the market among manufacturers, and the windscreen wipers are very good. Other reliable products come from Handycop, Kifir and Hybrox. There are ironing wiper and flat blade wipers, they each consist of the wiper blade made of rubber and the wiper arm. As a rule, drivers can change the windshield wiper relatively easily themselves. Bosch windshield wipers are equipped with an adapter, which makes the assembly very uncomplicated. This makes many windshield wipers universal, so that fits for example for the Seat Leon, the Golf 6 and the VW Caddy the same wiper.

Wiper types

The types of windscreen wipers differ according to various criteria, such as the type of vehicle, front and rear windshield wipers or ironing and flat-plate wipers. Furthermore, there are design differences after use:

– Aerotwin windscreen wipers are designed for high speeds. For this they bring a high load capacity and an aerodynamic design.

– Twin wipers are very sturdy metal ironing systems with double corrosion protection, they are very durable and durable. Its dual-fluid technology uses a soft squeegee back and a hard wiper lip with a micro double edge.

Windscreen wipers last longer and do more if the driver occasionally runs antifreeze over the windshield in dry weather and the windshield wipers wipe it off. This also avoids the unpleasant squeaking noise associated with the wear of the wipers.

Purchase criteria for windscreen wipers

Despite some universal models, but also only to the vehicles of a manufacturer fit (see above: also the seat belongs to VW), drivers usually have to make sure that they get the appropriate windscreen wipers for their vehicle. The manufacturers have specialized a bit, so

– Bosch on Mitsubishi, VW Golf, Seat and Kia,
– Handycop on Lupo, Bora, Vento and Golf,
– Hybros on Opel as well
– Kifir on Fiat.

But of course, there are also windshield wipers for the countless other car models from these well-known brand manufacturers. The material of the windscreen wiper shackles should be corrosion-resistant metal. The length is the wiper is of course crucial when buying. When windscreen wiper set that should be purchased only for windscreens (unless there is even a windshield wiper on the windshield), two length values ​​are noted on the package. Of these, the first value indicates the length on the driver side, the second value on the passenger side. Another important value for the driver of faster cars is the indication „high speed“. These are windscreen wipers that still work well at speeds beyond 200 km / h. If a windshield wiper is not high-speed-resistant, it comes from a certain speed – usually beyond 170 km / h – rubbing the wiper blades by the pressure of the wind, over 200 km / h, the windshield wipers could not work. They stay in the worst case. Distinguished from this design specification are noises caused by wear. Very noisy wipers, which are actually high-speed, are likely to be dirty if they make strong noises. As a rule, simply wiping off the rubber inserts will initially suffice, but old windscreen wipers will also become louder and no longer wipe properly – they will then have to be replaced.