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Bosch Icon wiper blades

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  • 09-01-2011 7:08pm
    #1
    kubiak
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭


    Hello. Does anybody know where in ireland can i buy Bosch Icon wiper blades.
    My car is Toyota Corolla '08 and by Bosch website i need 418A and 424A, wich by my understanding are 18" and 24". However (original) wipers on my car are 14" and 26". Does anybody have info on it?

    All answer appreciated. Thanks

    Martin
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    dnme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭dnme


    Longer blades will work fine usually. Look at your existing blades and then look at the clearance they leave on the glass. If there is a couple of inches spare, you can go an inch or so longer with the new blades and they will be fine. Same works for shorter but then you do not get as much glass cleared.


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    GTE
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    dnme wrote: »
    Longer blades will work fine usually. Look at your existing blades and then look at the clearance they leave on the glass. If there is a couple of inches spare, you can go an inch or so longer with the new blades and they will be fine. Same works for shorter but then you do not get as much glass cleared.

    Also just to be clear about it,
    If you have 1 and a half inches of extra space on the windscreen that means you can take a two inch longer blade, one extra inch on each end.


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    kubiak
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭kubiak


    Any idea where in Ireland can i buy those ?


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,988 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    The Corolla is no longer sold in the UK so the instructions may be for a different model and rare to get Irish model instructions online. Once the combination doesn't exceed space on the windscreen you will be fine, 40 inches total is working fine for you at the moment, see if an extra 2 will fit.

    Never seen Icon before, as far as I know the best rated Bosch they do here are AeroTwin.


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    kubiak
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭kubiak


    It looks like aerotwin is almost same thing as icon. I think Icon might be a market name in US.
    So, any idea are they available in Ireland and where could i buy them?


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    dnme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭dnme


    Just go to your local autoparts and get a couple of decent wipers. You can trial and error fit them outside the shop, that way you can exchange em if they don't fit


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    kubiak
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭kubiak


    Sorry, i don't want any "decent" no name wipers... i want best there is. If i won't source them anywhere i will go for same as i had new on the car... from toyota garage that is. Those lasted 3 years and were good.


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    dnme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭dnme


    kubiak wrote: »
    Sorry, i don't want any "decent" no name wipers... i want best there is. If i won't source them anywhere i will go for same as i had new on the car... from toyota garage that is. Those lasted 3 years and were good.

    Yea, night now


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    Anan1
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    I went through the whole rigamarole about Bosch Aerotwin wiper blades myself a couple of months back, ended up ordering them from www.wiperblades.co.uk


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    Bogger77
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    try your local toyota dealers, I find them as cheap as anywhere for the bosch wipers


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