[Shambles]

My good friend eye30 made a useful observation on the GB Hyundai forum recently, noticing that to replace all 3 wiper blades might involve a strange combination of purchases.

Presuming it is standard on the i30 (and maybe i30CW) my measurements are...

Driver wiper: 61cm single blade
Passenger: 46cm single blade
Rear: 30cm clamshell [sprung grab]

Has anyone seen a "pack" that purports to replace this whole set in one go (as it were)? Or even just the front blades (mixed sizes)?

I know I'll soon need to replace my flat blades, and would probably want to replace the rear at the same time, but it does seem a strange combination which might not be "off the shelf" so to speak.

Anyone looked for replacements yet?

[press your buttons and vote now]

[Dazzler]

Can get ones that you just cut to size over here...

[eye30]

Can get ones that you just cut to size over here...

Here is a picture of the end of one of my front wiper blades.

They are not moulded as first thought but a rubber blade held in a metal strip with a rubber wind deflector on top to hold the blade to the widscreen.

Looking at it it would appear that you can replace the rubber blade insert but to do it you need to remove one of the caps at the end.  

I looked and tried to remove this cap so you can slip the old rubber blade out and then slip a new one in, cutting to size if need be.

Does anyone have any info on how to:
(a) remove the cap and or
(b) how to slip 1 out and slip 1 in if you can't remove the end caps?

OR

(c) do you have to buy the complete unit?

[Dazzler]

Hi Eye,

Without going outside in the cold (and looking at your photo) the way it looks to me there might be enough room to slide the rubber out by pulling it slightly towards you as slide it.

Usually these end clips just need a firm squeeze to get off..

Supercheap (car accessory shop over here) do sell complete wiper arms with blades for much less than $10 each last time I looked but doubt they would have one short enough for the rear..

[Shambles]

I just came back from the supermarket and they are selling generic silicone blades, complete with infrastructure, for £4 (all sizes). Not sure whether the specifics of the i30 arm would mean they are suitable "out of the packet".

Dazz, I tried sliding the silicone blade out thru that gap but it really will not slide out. Even if forced out, the replacement would be very hard to get back in. So you might be right about the end caps squeezing off somehow. Or maybe the whole thing has to be replaced

[eye30]

Dazz, I tried sliding the silicone blade out thru that gap but it really will not slide out. Even if forced out, the replacement would be very hard to get back in.

 

I concure with you that there is not enough space to slide out.

So you might be right about the end caps squeezing off somehow.

 

When I tried it would not come off unless I was to force it free from whatever was holding it stuck on.

Or maybe the whole thing has to be replaced

 

I think the whole unit will have to be replaced.

[sparki30]

Shambles, my dealer told me the blades and bulbs had a two year warrenty, worth a go ?

if not try

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOSCH-AEROTWIN-WIPERS-FIAT-BRAVO-HYUNDAI-i30-07_W0QQitemZ120339983101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item120339983101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Not cheap.

[Shambles]

Shambles, my dealer told me the blades and bulbs had a two year warrenty, worth a go ?

My blades are fine at the mo - they reckon these silicone blades will last 5 years. Eye30 & I were just thinking ahead

if not try

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOSCH-AEROTWIN-WIPERS-FIAT-BRAVO-HYUNDAI-i30-07_W0QQitemZ120339983101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item120339983101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Not cheap.

Yup I looked around the patch and they aren't cheap at all. Thanks for looking mate

[eye30]

Cheers for that sparki30.

Now got a £ benchmark to check against, so if I see them cheaper I may buy ready for when they need changing.

Seems dear but what do you expect. Fleece the motorist.

Don't get me started especially when there are oil tankers anchoured off our coast trying to drive the price of crude up.

[eye30]

Picture from melWA reply no9:
https://i30ownersclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,2047.msg27826.html#new



My Posting from reply no.2


It apears that the wiper housing differs between oz and UK.

If I had melWA blades I can get replacement rubbers at 2 for £2 ($4aud).  Whereas, as I have a moulded blade they will cost £18 ($36aud) each.

[Shambles]

Strange innit?

melWA's will last 12 months whereas our silicone blades should last much much longer

Wonder why Hy changed the spec

[Hemmi]

I have the same blades as UK members and my car is now almost 11 months old, there hasn't been a lack of raining or snowing in that time, I'm sure it rains more here than in UK, I think. They still look and work very well.

I still dont know why AUS models do not have the same blades, maybe it got something to do with climate?

[eye30]

I'm sure it rains more here than in UK, I think.

Reykjavik is also a very wet city, having on average 213 rainy days out of the year.

In Uk, especially in the North West, it rains 365 days a year - official results as verified by eye30 by looking out of his window.

[MelWA]

Hey, that's my dirty car!  Wiper blades last about 2 years up here.  The heat and sun ruins them.  Then when you have to use the wipers, they just scrape across the glass because they've gone all hard 

[Shambles]

I read somewhere that these silicone blades deposit a microscopic film on the glass with each wipe. I wonder if the Koreans have decided that the harsh Antipodean weather might render that feature useless, hence the standard rubber blade?

All of this is off topic but still a useful chat I reckon

[snowcherry]

my wipers dry out pretty quickly and end up scratching the glass.
there's varying conditions with extreme humidity, dust and more dust, rain to mix with the dust, and baking sun etc.
so maybe our climate doesn't like the silicone ones...

interesting

my wipers dry out pretty quickly and end up scratching the glass.

When you clean the  car or the screen, do you ever actually clean the wiper blades? Get a wet rag and drag across the sharp edge of the blade with your fingernails.  You'll be surprised what sort of gritty crap comes off.

[2i30s]

ive noticed that the rear coil springs are a different shape not just wiper arm/blade setup.  steve