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I tried to fit a Bosch Super Plus, but the nozzle prevents it sitting properly and so it sticks up too much at the other end, and the rubber doesn't make contact with the glass at the other end! There is more space for the nozzle on my existing one.
Has anyone else had this problem and what wiper blade do you have?
I use Bosch Icon wipers on all my vehicles. It doesn't interfere with the nozzle on the Jag. Edited to add: the Icon does stick up slightly from the corner of the glass in the lowest position on the Jaguar, but isn't a problem in my opinion.
I use bosch AR series blade. Glass is so curvy at the lower corners so the blade won't wipe from there. That doesn't matter at all as it starts to wipe like 5cm up from the rest position. Does not hit the jets etc.
I use an OE XK8 blade, it gives you the little spoiler on it. The blade end never seems to contact fully when parked regardless of the brand in my experience (40/300/308). I didn't like the look of the arm mounted washer nozzle so I used X300 sprayers and removed the arm mounted one.
Every time I see one of these threads it makes me wonder why buying a refill wiper element without having to replace the whole blade isn't as common as it used to be...
Every time I see one of these threads it makes me wonder why buying a refill wiper element without having to replace the whole blade isn't as common as it used to be...
I've not seen them for a while but I do sometimes use the rubber off the replacement to do exactly that as the old one worked/fitted better.
Tried a beam wiper and was disappointed that it didn't curve enough to get the lower corners of the windscreen. I switched to plain old $10 conventional Trico blade and its been great. Wipes every bit, its silent and doesn't seem to lift at all at highway speeds.
Every time I see one of these threads it makes me wonder why buying a refill wiper element without having to replace the whole blade isn't as common as it used to be...
Probably many don't know they are available from JLR and aftermarket Jaguar parts specialists. P/N GNB8961AA
I took the jet off the arm. Could it be I put it back slightly too far up? But there did seem to be 4 small indents in the arm which it seemed to fit in nicely.
I had a look a different Jag today and his jet seems to be about a cm further up than mine and he had a traditional wiper sitting just fine on the glass. Has anyone else got these 4 little indents in their arm? Some other blokes Jag: jet seems to be further up than mine. Is my jet too far along?
Which windscreen wiper do you have?
