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Hi Every1,

Sold my evo the other day so have been borrowing my mothers car to get around.

While driving, i've noticed that the windscreen wipers on my mothers car are very squeaky.

I have just replaced the blades, but they are still squeaking. Ive done some research and heard that cleaning the glass with a product such as 'Rain X' can fix this.

Has anyone here got a solution or any other ideas?

Thanks in advance.

We found out it wasn't the blades that were squeeking on my mates 180sx, it was the passenger :rofl2:

Seriously though, we had the same problem. He changed blades, rainex etc.

Ended up being the bushes that the wiper arm pivot on. He doused the bearings and links in WD40 and the noise went away.

Ive had rain X type stuff on my current and last car.. I like it.. the water beads off it very easily, and yea wipers glide very nicely..

Very easy to see out when it rains also etc.

Interesting to see if it fixes your problem,

Good luck,

Cheers,

Anthony.

Might sound weird, but I polished my windscreen with a polisher and just some fine cutting compound and then put on some rain-x

Found putting on rain-x alone didnt really do much.

I've also used normal car wax to stop it squeaking as well...

Both not really the 'Right' way to do it, but worked.

one word... bosch! these are by far the best wipers i have ever used and don't experience any sort of noise from them. they're fairly pricey though ($40 for one) but i managed to get them cheaper off ebay. it's the bosch aerotwin blades that your after. sounds like the wipers may not be your problem but just thought i'd share this with you.

Update -

Today I purchased two Rain X Products -

The first is Rain X Xtreme Clean - http://www.superchea...397#Description

And the second is Rain X Original - http://www.superchea...395#Description

After using both, im amazed how the water just glides straight off the glass while driving - you dont even have to use the wipers.

But when you do use the wipers now, they glide over - very smooth. So im very happy.

Edited by iwanta34gtr

one word... bosch! these are by far the best wipers i have ever used and don't experience any sort of noise from them. they're fairly pricey though ($40 for one) but i managed to get them cheaper off ebay. it's the bosch aerotwin blades that your after. sounds like the wipers may not be your problem but just thought i'd share this with you.

Im pretty sure I know the ones you're talking about. From memory I actually had them on one of my old R34's.

Just dug up some pics and attached. I dont have close ups unfortunately, but you can kinda see them in each pic (some better than others) .....

If these are the same wipers then definately, agreed - they kick ass and look very sleek too.

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