[s-cars] RE: Valeo wipers

[Vincent Frégeac]

Hi Ben,

Last Saturday, I installed the Canadian Tire Reflex which seems the exact
copy of the Tricos for a similar price. They really work great, tested with
rain, freezing rain and snow during the same week-end. Ah, isn't it nice to
live in Quebec when you want to really test wipers ;-)



Vincent.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Ben Kwan
Envoyé : 20 décembre 2004 12:01
À : Fred Munro
Cc : audi quattro; audi s-cars list; Jeff Pereira
Objet : Re: [s-cars] RE: Valeo wipers


Hi everyone, 

Just catching up on this thread.  I have a couple of problems with the
wipers on my 92 100CSq.  First of all the arms themselves seem kind of tired
and dont seem to apply a whole lot of pressure on the windshield.  Any
BTDT's on this problem?

Second thing is that the Anco winter blades just dont seem to have enough
pressure points to wipe at the extreme edges.  Maybe the arm is contributing
to this problem, I'm not sure.

I looked into the Valeos as well but was turned off by the price.  I did
some searching and found that Trico has something similar for about $10,
same idea as Valeo but I'm not sure how well they function.
http://www.tricoproducts.com/news/index.cfm?id=1388&show=newsitem&location_i
d=87&view=trico

I'll try them out if I can find them.

Ben

85 4000S
92 100CSq
94 90S
01 A4 1.8Tq
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:45:15 -0500, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> These wipers are available in Canadian Tire stores under the "Reflex" 
> tradename. I just bought a pair for my UrS4 for C$19.99 each. They are 
> made in the U.S.A and use the same ad artwork as the Valeo website, so 
> I suspect they are the Valeo wipers - they are identical in appearance 
> in any event. Haven't tried them out yet - they'll get a good winter 
> test this year judging by the weather so far.
> 
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Pereira
> Sent: December 6, 2004 10:01 AM
> To: lee at wheelman.com
> Cc: audi quattro; audi s-cars list
> Subject: Re: Valeo wipers
> 
> If you go to:
> 
> http://ultimatewiperblade.com/spec.php
> 
> click on buy now
> 
> and enter "secretdeal" in the discount code area they drop to $24.95 
> each.
> 
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 15:52:13 -0500, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> 
> wrote:
> > Just a quick note...I picked up a set of Valeo wipers for my '96. 
> > They're similar in design to the wipers on the later model Audis, 
> > clean and well designed. They have a built-in airfoil that may cure 
> > the lift issues on
> the
> > C4 series cars, and they look like they'll work well as winter 
> > blades (no place for ice/snow to accumulate.
> >
> > I bought mine from Tirerack.com:
> >
> > http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/valeo/ultimate.jsp
> >
> > I have not driven with them yet...
> >
> > Lee
> > '02 A6 quattro avant
> > '96 A6 quattro avant
> >
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