Silicone wiper blades
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Ive tried bosch ones but are very noisy and thud on direction change. Get the valeo vm420s. Same as oem and 28 per pair at eurocarparts at mo.
Can´t have searched much on google btw^^
"silicone wiper blades leon" on google, first hit; http://www.piaa.co.uk/wipers/wipers.asp?make=SEAT&model=LEON+2&year=09/05-
Honestly, I searched so much! Never got this show up on my results, but thank you! Ordered the PIAA blades (WUK65E) from Fasteronline.
£60 for a pair of wiper blades? They'd better be good!
I've got a pair of the Valeo Silencios on the way for £27.58 all in (Amazon).
Valeo Silencios VM420's. £28 or cheaper you wont get better than these. I made the mistake with the bosch ones and wont make it again. Usually bosch are considered the best but in this case there is no comparison with the silencios.
Silicone blades cant be compared to normal rubber blades. They Even coat the screen each time they wipe to further make Them silent and remove water. If you have tried silicone you Will know
Are the SEAT OEM blades rubber or silicon? I've never actually bothered to check TBH.
My current OEM ones have awful judder when there is only light rain on the screen. I thought about using RainX but it has mixed reviews with some people saying it causes smearing and can be extremely difficult to get off again so I'm reluctant to go down that route.
If my OEM ones are rubber then switching to some silicon ones may well be the answer.
My current OEM ones have awful judder when there is only light rain on the screen. I thought about using RainX but it has mixed reviews with some people saying it causes smearing and can be extremely difficult to get off again so I'm reluctant to go down that route.
If my OEM ones are rubber then switching to some silicon ones may well be the answer.
thats just made my mind up,ill replace mine with these as mine are over a year old now
I got mine from ECP but Amazon seem to be cheaper, unless ECP have an offer on currently?
OEM is rubber 100%
Not a trace of silicone on it. If you blades are already badly worn, try to take some silicone spray/stick and run along in it a couple of times and let the rubber "soak" it in. Now try to use the wipers after. You will get the idea pretty easily. Silicone wipers are actually just that, rubber with silicone in it.
Here is a 2 year old silicone blade vs a NEW normal rubber blade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99bXzqA1gnY
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Word of warning, I purchased the WUK65E blades as listed here:
http://www.piaa.co.uk/wipers/wipershow.asp?make=SEAT&model=LEON+2&year=09/05-
These are for my '06 Mk2 Leon, but they DO NOT fit the wiper arm with any of the supplied adaptors! Just emailed them to find out which is the correct blade as the one listed is clearly not.
http://www.piaa.co.uk/wipers/wipershow.asp?make=SEAT&model=LEON+2&year=09/05-
These are for my '06 Mk2 Leon, but they DO NOT fit the wiper arm with any of the supplied adaptors! Just emailed them to find out which is the correct blade as the one listed is clearly not.
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