The wipers on are cars are pretty obtrusive visually. I have changed the blades to less-prehistoric looking ones, but I would like to swap the metal arms for something a bit more modern.

It can't be that hard. Has anyone tried it?

 

Not yet, but it is on my list.

I dislike intently, the way the passenger side was not designed to park the same way the driver's side does.

I had thought of perhaps heating the existing arm and bending slightly to get the right angle, obviously using an old one first.

Maybe look at other manufacturers to see what is available, as you say, it must be possible.

 

There was a member on here - can't recall his name - who said he hated them so much he removed them completely and kept them in the boot along with a spanner. I never take my Jag out in the rain anyway, so I suppose it's one solution.

 

You live in France, a country with a very leaky roof - so you never take your car out of the garage then ?

 

Keep enough Rain-X treatment on your windshield and always drive fast - you won't need any stinkin' windshield wipers....

 

I use the Bosch aero twin wipers, in conjunction with PPG Aquapel (much much better then rain-x), works perfect together. Somehow I also like the industrial look of the old wiper blades, but the new combination works better.

 

The thread link below is for aftermarket replacements, but addresses the same issue of getting a lower profile on the wipers.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-wipers-79285/

 

I continue to REALLY like my beam wipers and they work great in the rain. I love being able to see the hood while I drive. Va-ROOOOM!

 

I am really looking to change the arms and the blades to achieve something like this. The integrated water nozzles make it harder, but there must be another car out there with compatible wipers.

 

Two things to note here:

1. he was in California
2. he hasn't been heard of for a while (since it last rained there... )

I can never see the reason not to design wipers to park out of sight below the bonnet line. So many instances of beautiful cars spoiled by wipers that look like an aftermarket bolt-on.

Graham

 

I took mine off and keep the drives side in the "boot" with Rain-X on the windshield. You might think about only running with the drives side, passengers don't need to see anyway. Get it looking the best you can and try to forget about it, or do what I did, I don't thick of it at all until I go to drive out of the car wash. It's a little dicey until I get up to speed.

 

^wow, that looks so much tidier!

 

If any UK members are considering driving around without windscreen wipers fitted, be aware it contravenes Construction & Use Regulations 1986 and the Road Traffic Act 1988:

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
Every vehicle fitted with a windscreen must have one or more efficient
automatic windscreen wipers, unless the driver can obtain an adequate view of the road to the front without looking through the windscreen.

Every vehicle required to have a windscreen wiper must also have a windscreen washer, unless it is:
1. an agricultural vehicle first used before 1 June 1986;
2. a tracked vehicle;
3. a vehicle which cannot go faster than 20mph; or
4. a vehicle used to provide a local service (as defined in the Transport Act 1985).

All wipers and washers which are required to be fitted must be properly adjusted and maintained in efficient working order.

Further to this, Section 40a of The Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended by Section 8 of the Road Traffic Act 1991) Part II, Using a Vehicle in a Dangerous Condition, states that:

A person is guilty of an offence if he uses, or causes or permits another to use, a motor vehicle or trailer on a road when:
(a) the condition of the motor vehicle or trailer, or of its accessories or equipment; or
(b) the purpose for which it is used; or
(c) the number of passengers carried by it, or the manner in which they are carried; or
(d) the weight, position or distribution of its load, or the manner in which it is secured;
is such that the use of the motor vehicle or trailer involves a danger of injury to any person.

One more reason to get pulled by the boys in blue.

Graham

 

Would sticking your head out the side window satisfy that one?

It would probably be even less aesthetically pleasing than the wipers now that I think about it.

 

On narrow roads it would soon remove the need for future compliance and render any pending prosecution null and void.

Graham