General Ugly Replacement Rear Wiper Blades

[staffordmike]

Has anyone else bought a replacement rear wiper blade? The rubber on my original one was beginning to come apart so I went looking for a new one. A local accessory shop had a Valeo one, but the rubber was shorter than stock and it didn't look the same as standard. Halfords had a Bosch one, which was the right size but looked ugly, I mean who wants a wiper with the word Bosch on it upside down? My local Fiat dealer doesn't stock them so I ended up buying the Bosch one, taking it apart and putting the rubber in my original arm, sorted!

 

[The Twins]

Good that you found your own solution.
The fronts can be hard to source too. The front Bosch ones in Halfords are different (uglier) than the pair that Bosch do as a set for the 500 which have different and better mounting blocks.

 

[chas379]

I find these did the trick for me in the 1.2 TA Lounge and now the Abarth

24" + 13" Bosch Front AeroTwin Windscreen Flat Wiper Blades Fiat 500 1.2 QF23175 Hatchback -7 [2007-2012] Hatchback: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike

When they are up and running and do a good job I'm not interested in the position of the manufacturer's logo

 

[staffordmike]

What did the trick?

 

[chas379]

What did the trick?

They appear to be a better quality blade and to me do a better job. There are other threads on the forum about these blades and after reading same converted to Bosch.

 

[The Twins]

They appear to be a better quality blade and to me do a better job. There are other threads on the forum about these blades and after reading same converted to Bosch.

Totally agree about Bosch being better. There are two types though.. Multi fit and the dedicated ones. They have same blades but I prefer the dedicated ones as the mounting clips are neater (I'm being a bit of a tart really, I know, most would not even notice the difference)