Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was browsing 
around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their home brand 
wiper. They cost about £1.49.

Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at clearing 
and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.

Thanks

"Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
> 
> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.

They'll be worth every penny.

"Adrian"  wrote in message 
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> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>
>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>
> They'll be worth every penny.

you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper arms !

Adrian  wrote:

> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
> 
> > Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
> > browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
> > home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
> > 
> > Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
> > clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
> 
> They'll be worth every penny.

I bought a set from Wilkinson's many years ago to fit to my Cinq.

The Cinq. only had one wiper speed, but 2 (yay!) intermittent settings -
which meant the wipers only ever did 'fast'.

Anyway, said cheapo wiper blades lasted about 30 miles before the
driver's side blade flew off into a bush whilst on 'normal' wiper
setting (ie. fast as fuck with a delay between wipes that wasn't as long
as the intermittent setting)
-- 
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed
Alfa 156 TSpark Lusso - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso - Ducati 750SS

"Sarah"  wrote in message 
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> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was browsing 
> around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their home brand 
> wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>
> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at 
> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>

Cheap wipers BLOW.

I always put Bosch Aero-Twins on my cars once the OE ones die.  By this I 
mean, I've put them on one car :-)  (The Vee) They were very good though, 
the faster you went the harder they were pressed to the glass.  And they 
didn't have those little fins or anything, the back was like, curved  to get 
the air to press them down.   Also, I can confirm that at 150ish indicated, 
I was able to wash my windows normally without the wipers jumping. 
Although, the water did fly up the window and off over the roof a bit 
quickly...  Private land etc etc.

-- 
Dan B
Clio R27

Sarah wrote:
> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was browsing 
> around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their home brand 
> wiper. They cost about £1.49.
> 
> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at clearing 
> and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
> 
>
Yes - used them many times.  Just as good as any other normal wiper blades.

Go on - push the boat out for £1.49 and tell us how _you_ rate them!

Don't condemn them _just_ because it's easy to sneer at things that 
don't have a fancy name, and aren't advertised in boy-racer comics, or 
that don't have good enough instructions for the mechanically-challenged 
to fit them correctly.


-- 
Kevin Poole
****Use current date to reply (e.g. sep2008@mainbeam.co.uk)****

"reg"  wrote in message news:gbe8aa$h2l$1@aioe.org...
>
> "Adrian"  wrote in message 
> news:6jvllpF5c97aU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>> saying:
>>
>>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>>
>>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>
>> They'll be worth every penny.
>
> you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper arms !
>

Oh dear ! What a criminal waste of Curly Wurlys ...     d;~}

Arfa

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> "reg"  wrote in message news:gbe8aa$h2l$1@aioe.org...
>>
>> "Adrian"  wrote in message 
>> news:6jvllpF5c97aU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>>> saying:
>>>
>>>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>>>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>>>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>>>
>>>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>>>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>>
>>> They'll be worth every penny.
>>
>> you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper arms !
>>
>
> Oh dear ! What a criminal waste of Curly Wurlys ...     d;~}
>
> Arfa
>

Thats what I thought. I'm a little strange I like dipping my curlr wurlys in 
tea!

"Sarah"  wrote in message 
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> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was browsing 
> around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their home brand 
> wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>
> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at 
> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>
> Thanks

Bought a set for my car - the passenger one seems fine, but the drivers side 
squeeked, clicked, and was generally very poor and noisy - got a champion 
one from local factors (£6-49), and world of difference - still ok on 
passenger side though.

Graham

Sarah wrote:
> Just bought some boosch wipers

Were they mighty?

-- 
Abo

Graham2 wrote:
> "Sarah"  wrote in message
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>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>
>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Bought a set for my car - the passenger one seems fine, but the
> drivers side squeeked, clicked, and was generally very poor and noisy
> - got a champion one from local factors (£6-49), and world of
> difference - still ok on passenger side though.

Wipers squeaking is nearly always because the wiper arm is twisted and not 
at exactly 90 degrees to the screen. Clearly the fact that one was ok and 
one wasn't indicates the problem lay elsewhere than the blades.
-- 
Dave Baker

"Dave Baker"  wrote in message 
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> Graham2 wrote:
>> "Sarah"  wrote in message
>> news:1uOdnbIOe-KiAkfVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>>
>>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> Bought a set for my car - the passenger one seems fine, but the
>> drivers side squeeked, clicked, and was generally very poor and noisy
>> - got a champion one from local factors (£6-49), and world of
>> difference - still ok on passenger side though.
>
> Wipers squeaking is nearly always because the wiper arm is twisted and not 
> at exactly 90 degrees to the screen. Clearly the fact that one was ok and 
> one wasn't indicates the problem lay elsewhere than the blades.

If changing the blade for a Champion one fixed it would that not suggest it 
was the blade (possibly a duff linkage where it attaches to the arm).

>>
>> Wipers squeaking is nearly always because the wiper arm is twisted and 
>> not at exactly 90 degrees to the screen. Clearly the fact that one was ok 
>> and one wasn't indicates the problem lay elsewhere than the blades.
>
> If changing the blade for a Champion one fixed it would that not suggest 
> it was the blade (possibly a duff linkage where it attaches to the arm).
>

Perhaps some are a little more tolerant than others at being a bit 
mis-aligned.

"Sarah"  wrote in message 
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> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was browsing 
> around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their home brand 
> wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>
> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at 
> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.


I bought a pair of cheapos from a pound shop.  They wipe perectly but squeak 
all the time, the same as they do when the screen drys out a bit.

Bill

"Abo" <no@spam.thanks> wrote in message 
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> Sarah wrote:
>> Just bought some boosch wipers
>
> Were they mighty?
>
>

No the super :)

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>>> "Adrian"  wrote in message 
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>>>> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>>>> saying:
>>>>
>>>>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>>>>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>>>>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>>>>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>>>
>>>> They'll be worth every penny.
>>>
>>> you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper arms 
>>> !
>>>
>>
>> Oh dear ! What a criminal waste of Curly Wurlys ...     d;~}
>>
>> Arfa
>>
>
> Thats what I thought. I'm a little strange I like dipping my curlr wurlys 
> in tea!
>

I've never tried that ! My wife and I love 'em - always have. You can get a 
pack of 5 in Tesco's for 80p.

Arfa

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>>>> "Adrian"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:6jvllpF5c97aU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> "Sarah"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>>>>> saying:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just bought some boosch wipers off ebay for out mk4 golf and was
>>>>>> browsing around wilkinson and was wondering if anyone has used their
>>>>>> home brand wiper. They cost about £1.49.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wondeirng if anyone has used them and if they are any good at
>>>>>> clearing and lastability as I might put them on our lupo.
>>>>>
>>>>> They'll be worth every penny.
>>>>
>>>> you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper arms 
>>>> !
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh dear ! What a criminal waste of Curly Wurlys ...     d;~}
>>>
>>> Arfa
>>>
>>
>> Thats what I thought. I'm a little strange I like dipping my curlr wurlys 
>> in tea!
>>
>
> I've never tried that ! My wife and I love 'em - always have. You can get 
> a pack of 5 in Tesco's for 80p.
>
> Arfa
>

Thanks for the tip Arfa I shall check it out next time I pass Tecos :) ... I 
love to lots :)

>>>>> you'd be better off straping a couple of curly wurlys to the wiper 
>>>>> arms
>>>>> !
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh dear ! What a criminal waste of Curly Wurlys ...     d;~}
>>>>
>>>> Arfa
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thats what I thought. I'm a little strange I like dipping my curlr 
>>> wurlys in tea!
>>>
>>
>> I've never tried that ! My wife and I love 'em - always have. You can get 
>> a pack of 5 in Tesco's for 80p.
>>
>> Arfa
>>
>
> Thanks for the tip Arfa I shall check it out next time I pass Tecos :) ... 
> I love to lots :)
>

Enjoy ! We were in there last night, and picked up a pack ...

Arfa