Windscreen wiper recommendations

[jamesgarbett]

Mine are squeaking like a rusty gate

Have tried windscreen polish to give everything a thorough clean

It could be the windscreen which I assume is original so 11 years old

But for now i will try new wipers

Any recommendations?

 

[MikeyH]

Have you tried cleaning the wiper blades with a mixture of washing up liquid and turps?

 

[enuff_zed]

Also try a clay mitt on the glass

 

[B21]

OEM aka BMW is the best wiper by far..and no its not a Bosch in a BMW box..but yes its expensive..

 

[brillomaster]

i've always gone for bosch. usually the first thing i do when i acquire a new car is stick some bosch wiper blades on it.

 

[MikeyH]

i've always gone for bosch. usually the first thing i do when i acquire a new car is stick some bosch wiper blades on it.

I bought Bosch wipers, very happy with them Although they do squeak at the resting spot, I think it's because they need adjustment.

 

[Roberltd2]

I recently swapped out a set of Bosch wipers because they were juddering across the screen so much. Tried a pair of Halfords Flat Wiper Blades R51 & R45 (20" & 18"), the aero type blades. So far they've been brilliant, so I would recommend those

 

[B21]

E85 blades are different sourced to E89s …

ie the best E85 versions are not the best for E89s..FWIW

Tried Bosch not a patch on the BMW supplied variant..

 

[Roberltd2]

Oops, didn't realise it was an E89 topic. Sorry..

 

[MikeyH]

Oops, didn't realise it was an E89 topic. Sorry..

Me also sorry, didn't realise. :?

 

[flybobbie]

Yet to find any decent after market blades. Tried Bosch, Halfords, tried cheap shop. My car has aftermarket glass, BMW branded though after some Chinese rubbish. But the way blades wipe not a patch on the Berlingo glass and blades on my other vehicle.

 

[Busterboo]

'Buy cheap, pay twice.' Buy BMW, pay £56. They work.

 

[mcbutler]

Mine are squeaking like a rusty gate

Have tried windscreen polish to give everything a thorough clean

It could be the windscreen which I assume is original so 11 years old

But for now i will try new wipers

Any recommendations?

BOSCH

 

[mcbutler]

'Buy cheap, pay twice.' Buy BMW, pay £56. They work.

BMW wipers are Bosch wipers in a BMW box..... You can get a pair for around the £20 mark from an autofactor.

 

[mcbutler]

i've always gone for bosch. usually the first thing i do when i acquire a new car is stick some bosch wiper blades on it.

I bought Bosch wipers, very happy with them Although they do squeak at the resting spot, I think it's because they need adjustment.

 

[Five-O]

Denso hybrid wipers work really well on the curved screen. They look a modern style but don't have the drawbacks of the flat ones.

 

[Busterboo]

'Buy cheap, pay twice.' Buy BMW, pay £56. They work.

BMW wipers are Bosch wipers in a BMW box.....

Not the ones I have. The ones I threw away were Bosch. :wink:

 

[Pondrew]

I bought Bosch wipers, very happy with them Although they do squeak at the resting spot, I think it's because they need adjustment.

Serious question...
How do you 'adjust' wiper blades?
Are we talking bending the wiper arm, or something else?

 

[B21]

If you look at the OE and Bosch version of the wiper blade you can see that the OE version has a compound spring system with two sub springs under a master spring..unlike the Bosch and others with a single spring…that double spring set up works on compound curves much better ..

 

[GreySquirrel]

I usually buy Bosch, but when I bought the Z4, it was meant to be a quick flip. ('till I drove it for a while, now it's staying forever).

The wipers were shot, so I popped to Eurocarparts and spent the grand total of £3.75 for a cheap pair of wipers. 3 months later, they are as good as any high-end ones I've bought before. No smearing, no squeaks.