[T3] wipers

[John L. Morgan IV]

They only had one 15", so I went with 14". They seem to be okay.
Thanks everyone.

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> I've used 15" at times on my '71.  The 14" seems to park close to the
> screen
> rubber on the right corner, (though '70s park the other side, which may be
> the difference), so you might not gain much cleared visibility having a
> longer blade as it would have to park higher.  I think at one point there
> seemed to be 14 1/2" blades - probably ideal!
>
> Whatever length sweeps the screen and doesn't just wave in the air, while
> missing the screen rubber at the ends of the sweep is OK. Maybe asymmetric
> would work too!
>
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Adney
> Sent: 18 December 2012 03:52
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] wipers
>
> On 17 Dec 2012 at 12:16, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
>
> > I went into Advance today and stupidly gave them my year and make: 70
> > Fastback for some wipers. They gave me some blades that snapped right
> > on, but now I realize they are too large (16 inch).
> >
> > What blade do you use? SIze, etc. Thanks.
>
> Up thru '70 the correct size is 14". From '71-on the correct size is 15".
> Sometimes people have found that they need to go a little shorter than the
> OE lengths (which were probably metric anyway.)
>
> I don't know why some people haven't been able to use the normal sizes.
> Perhaps it's window gaskets that are a little wider, the arms not the right
> ones, or maybe not all 15" blades are created equal.
>
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