Gentlemen; I just joined this site, just for the reason of thanking you for all the help. My 2004 XJR has the wide insert blades and according to my dealer the only thing to be done is to replace the "wiper system" Yea Right. I just ordered the Bosch kit on eBay from the UK. $29 shipped to the US. As some of you have also attempted, to find them on this continent, I have also not been able to.

Thank You So much for the help
Otto K.

 

There is no US dealer for these. I have now been searching for three weeks on the WWW. I ordered them from the UK because the price was not any different than buying a regular set of blades at the local parts store. They actually wound up being less expensive even with shipping. This is what I bought. BOSCH 3397007654 / AR608S Set of AEROTWIN RETROFIT Windscreen Flat Wiper Blades

 

The only countries I have been able to find these are Germany, UK, and Latvia.

 

By the way, a set of inserts for these is very inexpensive. less than $10 2 x Wischergummis für BOSCH 3397007654 AR608S AEROTWIN Scheibenwischer 600/475 | eBay


It might be worth it to buy a spare set or two for the future. In this way they can be replaced every year or two the way they should be.

 

Thanks. I did the same thing. After not being able to find replacement cartridges with the spray nozzle, and seeing the cost of buying the replacement nozzle at about $20, I decided that all I really needed to do was remove the worn out blades and metal carriage and replace those. Purchased the same size blades and removed them from the carriage that they were in. Squeezing with a pliers on the end which has a small catch to lock them into the carriage gets them to slide right out. Did this on both the old carriage and the replacements. Then merely have to slide the new blade and metal carrier into the old carriage and put back onto the wiper arm. Hooked up the washer hose and voila, new wipers! Cheap and easy.

 

That's what I wanted to do also, but I couldn't. My OE wipers had the 12mm blades and even the inserts I got from Jaguar would not fit because they only have the 8mm ones. For the Thirty bucks including shipping it was worth the purchase from the UK. It was less than a five minute job to change them and they actually look better than the OE wipers.

 

I can't find the ANCO N-19R or N-24R anymore, so I just buy complete wiper blade assemblies, pull the rubber blade that does the wiping out, and slide it into my old arms. Not any 19" and 24" wipers will do. You need ones that are 1/4" wide. Seems most are 5/16" wide nowadays. Maybe the OEM Jaguar wiper blades are 6mm wide; I dunno. The 1/4" ones fit.

Last month the cheapest I could find were these on amazon: "Windshield Wipers, 24'' + 19'' Wiper Blades for Volkswagen CC 2009-2017, Passat 2006-2019, Infiniti OX30 2014-2019". They work fine. If you want full wiper arm replacements with water spray nozzles, you can find aftermarket ones on ebay, including Bosch and lower-priced generics.

It takes maybe 10 minutes to change both blades this way, IF you can get the arms off. You can't flip the wiper blades up like on most cars. You flip them up as far as you can, which is about 5" at the far end. Then you find the latch to release the J-hook, hold it down, and slowly pull the blade off the arm while bending the top of the blade up. You want to get the blade angled up enough to slide the J-hook thru a slot in the blade, then move the hook around the thing it was held on and pull it back out of the blade. IIRC. Then you can get the blade kind-of off of the arm, enough to make changing the rubbers easier.

 

Hmmmmm...I just ordered the Bosch AR-608 S at amazon last month...33.99. Very reasonable for pair, and fit like a charm

p.s., search for them by Bosch P/N; BOSCH 3397007654

 

Yes, with the hood closed you will only be able to lift the arms in a very limited way, as described.

If you open the hood, you will be able to flip the wiper arms up completey underneath the hood, which makes the replacement much easier. At least, it works with my car...

Best regards,

Thomas

 

If You only do not treat your cats as temples, I recommend this modification.

https://www.mediafire.com/view/029ft...nkler.jpg/file

 

Speaking of replacing the wipers, if someone could figure out the black magic of parking them wipers in the middle of the windscreen that would be real nice:
https://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/2...e_wiper_blades
I tried all sorts of variations of what the guy in the video is doing, doesn't do isht for me.

 

You're right! The photos say AR 608 S. But how did you know to search for 3397007654?

 

Me too! Tried turning the wipers off at all different times in the cycle, turning off the ignition, even turning off the ignition and jumping up to grab the wiper. Nothing could stop them from completing their appointed rounds. It must be by design--those wiper arm motors would stop when the ignition goes off if Jaguar hadn't gone to some length to keep them moving.

 

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Genius! Why didn't I think of that?

 

I see the arms aren't attached by J-hooks here, but can you explain what you did, & what parts you used, enough that someone else could do it?

 

Thanks for the advice! I knew that there has to be a way to replace the worn parts. Price is right!