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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #15 - 11. Jan 2007 at 14:20 just checked....£399.60 for 4 fitted
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Reply #16 - 11. Jan 2007 at 14:42

Jimbob wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 14:18:

TheBoy wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 14:13:

etyres also worth a look, will give you good idea of competitive prices.

My Dunlop SP9000 235/45ZR17 were £105 per corner this time last year...

Thats on the soft irmsher wheels?
happy with em for grip and not tramlining?

Generally happy. Good levels of grip wet and dry, better than anything else I've tried on it.

Any wide low profile will have a tendency to tramline. However, these appear to be handling a bit weird at moment - probably partly due to knackered wheel bearing that has just been replaced at weekend, and also due to a broken rear spring. Once this fixed, Tony from WIM will rework his magic and I'm sure the car will be back to normal. I've also been experiementing with tyre pressures, so that may have contributed to some strange handling lately (tyres currently quite hard - 38 psi all round)

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #17 - 11. Jan 2007 at 14:51 cheers, out of interest, why you playing with pressure?
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Reply #18 - 11. Jan 2007 at 14:56

Jimbob wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 14:51:

cheers, out of interest, why you playing with pressure?

Odd tyre wear on one tyre was what started it (probably due to Milton Keynes and its roundabouts!), but then started playing with them. I found 34PSI to be about the ideal for my car from a handling point of view, but still experimenting...

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Re: Wipers scratching glass?!
Reply #19 - 11. Jan 2007 at 14:57

Going back to the wipers....

Check that the spoiler is clear of the windscreen, if the wiper arm has got bent at some time then the blade will be at the wrong angle to the screen and spoiler may even rub on glass causing scratch mark.
Usually gets bent when someone is trying to remove wiper arms:
Bonnet up,
Undo nut,
try to remove arm,
wont budge,
lift arm to fully up posn,
still wont budge,
try lowering bonnet to work from other side,
oops, lower wiper arm first,
too late, alloy bit is already twisted slightly,
wipers squeek forevermore.

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Re: Wipers scratching glass?!
Reply #20 - 11. Jan 2007 at 15:00

TheBoy wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 14:56:

Jimbob wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 14:51:

cheers, out of interest, why you playing with pressure?

Odd tyre wear on one tyre was what started it (probably due to Milton Keynes and its roundabouts!), but then started playing with them. I found 34PSI to be about the ideal for my car from a handling point of view, but still experimenting...

Cheers, nothing worrying then
Just thought 'why play if you like them?'

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #21 - 11. Jan 2007 at 15:04 My fronts are towards the end of their life, and the rears are probably halfway. And they are only 1yr old (about 14k), but they do occasionally have a hard life
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #22 - 11. Jan 2007 at 15:05 TheBoy wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 15:04: My fronts are towards the end of their life, and the rears are probably halfway. And they are only 1yr old (about 14k), but they do occasionally have a hard life Perfect time for the question, will you buy the same to replace then? That is always the proof of the pudding.
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Re: Wipers scratching glass?!
Reply #23 - 11. Jan 2007 at 15:17

Jimbob wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 15:05:

TheBoy wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 15:04:

My fronts are towards the end of their life, and the rears are probably halfway. And they are only 1yr old (about 14k), but they do occasionally have a hard life Roll Eyes

Perfect time for the question, will you buy the same to replace then?
That is always the proof of the pudding.

Most likely, unless someone can convince me otherwise. I think Marks_DTM was trying to persuade me onto contis....

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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #24 - 11. Jan 2007 at 16:49 I replace mine as a matter of course every 12 months, around November tine, with Bosch. I like a clean windscreen when its raining. Never had a problem with Bosch. Tried Halfords once, never again.
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jonny2112 Senior Member Offline Posts: 743 Bangor NI Gender: Drives: a bundle! Not for long though ....	Re: Wipers scratching glass?! Reply #25 - 11. Jan 2007 at 21:43 My blades are just about ready to be changed. I was going to get the Vx ones though - hadn't thought of anything else!
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