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Until very recently there was principally only one sort of Windscreen Wiper and connection system for cars. For the past 20 years or more, this system has been fitted to probably more than 95% of all cars. These are what are usually referred to by many motorists as classic Windscreen wipers.

A Classic Windscreen Wiper normally has a rubber blade mounted in a pressed steel frame. The frame is manufactured from several pieces connected by flexible joints which allow the Windscreen Wiper frame to bend along with the blade as it follows the contours of the car’s windscreen. These Windscreen wiper blades are attached to the car’s wiper arm by a plastic connector which fits into the hook on the end of the wiper arm. Over time, the hook fitting became almost universal, and two sub types developed, the first, slim one being the most popular, with a thicker and stronger system being launched for larger Windscreen wiper blades.

The last few years has seen the introduction, starting with most exotic cars such as Lamborghini and top of the range Mercedes, BMW and Porsche cars, of the new type of Flat wiper blades. These offer many inherent advantages over the classic Windscreen wiper blades

Flat wiper blades don’t have any joints to loosen, corrode, wear, seize or vibrate so they hugely cut down noise, vibration, judder & uneven wiping. The elimination of risk of seizing also permits the Windscreen Wiper to better follow the contours of the car’s windscreen.

The Design of Flat wiper blades also ensures that the pressure keeping the Windscreen Wiper in contact with the windscreen is constant along its entire length. This has two major benefits for the car driver; firstly it ensures that the flat Windscreen Wiper is much better able to follow the contours of the windscreen so improving wiping and cleaning; secondly it makes sure that the Windscreen Wiper wears evenly along it’s length, so lengthening its useful life.

Flat wiper blades are intrinsically much better aerodynamically than classic Windscreen wiper blades, and finally Flat wiper blades look fantastic, and now that retrofit Flat wiper blades are to be easily had, you can effortlessly and speedily update your car if it has hook type wiper arms.

Whether you want the look of classic Windscreen wiper blades, or Flat wiper blades, you can now enjoy even better performance in extreme conditions and a much longer life by buying Silicone Wiper Blades. The best Silicone Wiper Blades come with a 1 year warranty, and typically last 3 to 5 times longer than rubber Windscreen wiper blades of the same type.