Wiper Blades

Why good windscreen wipers matter

Your windscreen wipers are essential to safe driving - clearing rain and dirt from your windscreen and ensuring you can see the road ahead (and behind) clearly. Like many automotive parts, wiper blades deteriorate over time and should be checked regularly.

• During the winter months, dirt from wet and sleety roads is propelled into the air by the tyres of passing vehicles or the car in front, making visibility very difficult in a short space of time.
• While the summer months generally see less inclement weather, this can lead to an accumulation of dry dirt and dust, and your view can be obscured due to a build-up of bugs hitting the windscreen, particularly when driving at speed on motorways.

In either case, you’ll want to be able to clean your windscreen quickly and easily so you can see the road ahead clearly — and that’s where windscreen wiper maintenance or a new set of wipers comes in.

If your windscreen wipers are no longer working effectively, don’t leave them until another downpour severely reduces your visibility, call into your local Kwik Fit.

When to replace your windscreen wipers

We generally recommend that you replace your wiper blades every 12 months to ensure they continue to provide maximum visibility. However, if your windscreen wipers exhibit any of the following behaviours, it may suggest you have a problem, and that you should get your windscreen wipers checked out:

• Wiper blades leave streaks on the windscreen
• Some parts of the windscreen are left wet and dirty
• Wiper blades have visible cracks and splits in the rubber edge or ‘squeegee’
• Wiper blade is not making contact with the windscreen
• Wipers judder and no longer move smoothly over the windscreen
• Wipers make a lot of noise and squeal when they pass over the windscreen

Ineffective windscreen wipers can result in an MOT failure, so make sure you check and replace your damaged wipers before taking your MOT test.

Windscreen wipers at Kwik Fit

At Kwik Fit we stock a wide range of replacement windscreen wiper blades to fit most cars and vans including standard wiper blades, new style flat wiper blades, rear wiper blades and spoiler wiper blades to reduce ‘wiper lift’.

Which windscreen wiper blades do we stock?

We have an impressive collection of windscreen wiper blades from quality brands on our shelves, including but not limited to, Bosch.

For more general information about which wiper blades you need, see our blog.

Windscreen wiper fittings

New wiper blades can sometimes be awkward and fiddly to fit — but not for our technicians. Whether the blades for your vehicle require side pin, bayonet, push button, pinch tab, or hook fittings, our team can carefully and quickly secure them without hassle.