Wiper upgrade

[Titanium S1 111S (gla)]

Anybody know whether my car has one of these up-rated wipers as standard?

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=452

Elise parts say they were fitted to “late S1’sâ€

[campbell]

Looks like an S2 arm to me.

My 99 S1 has a heath robinson screwclip on the end of the arm, rather than the industry standard hook and plastic pivot clamp thingy from most cars. This latter thing is on the S2 wiper arm for sure.

So if you have the screwclip, it's an early one, and the Eliseparts item is a worthwhile upgrade. If you have the hook and pivot, it's a later one, and the wiper shown will fit straight in.

Ironically, I've just been in discussion with Eliseparts about an S2 wiper arm for my S1, they have the arms available for about a tenner I think, but no blades. Blade can presumably be sourced from any decent accessory shop though?

Hopefully going to order the arm this week.

Campbell

[Rich H]

Halfrauds sell wipers that fit S2 arms

[RDH]

[quote="Titanium S1 111S (gla)"]Anybody know whether my car has one of these up-rated wipers as standard?

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=452

Elise parts say they were fitted to “late S1’sâ€

[Victor Meldrew]

Halfrauds sell wipers that fit S2 arms

I had a look in Halffrauds, there was nothing listed in the book for the Elise funny enough...

was it a generic blade or one of these chrome spoiler jobs...

[Rich H]

Generic, that looks about right length. Which turned out to be 1/2" short, but never mind... If you have the S2 arm and old universal bosch blade will do.

[campbell]

The thing I particularly noticed about the S2 blade is it seems to have a kind of "double cantilever" on each end, ie kind of upside down tree of metal wishbone supports, IYSWIM!

Clearly visible here:

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/images/l ... er_LRG.jpg

(courtesy of Elise parts)