15 replies to this topic

[KevinB]

Hi, this may seem a little pointless but it's driving me crazy. My precious VX220 has a really unusual wiper blade arm. The arm does not have a hook on it, it is flat with a screw hole. Does anyone know where I can get a wiper to fit this arm? I'm happy to post a pic if required. Thanks K.

[Rusty789]

I think I'm right in saying this is an earlier VX then? They changed the wiper arm at one point, or people converted to the elise S2 one...

http://www.elisepart...iper-arm-blade/

[KevinB]

Yes mate, 2001. I could do with keeping the cost down (seriously have a lot to do on it), can I get the wiper from anywhere? In brief I need to - service, MOT, Cam Belt, two new tyres, sort our an engine fault, replace the speakers and tax the car.

[Rusty789]

You'd be able to get a wiper from somewhere, but I've never had to... Always had the hook arm type, I'm sure someone will come along and point you in the right direction shortly.

[Craig S]

Quick fix would be just a replacement blade (just the rubber bits) and use your original fitting. A stealer will charge you over £30 for a full replacement wiper, I stupidly asked a good few years back.

[D3YMO]

I have a Y reg and have the hook type...and looking through the recipts of the car it doesnt seem to have been replaced in its ownership - seems they were luck of the draw on 2001 models

[N.E.M.O]

I have a 2001 and I had the same arm. I looked for a while and couldnt find a blade so I just replaced the arm with an Elise parts one in the end

[TheRealVXed]

The EP arm and a cheap tesco blade is the same price as getting the funcky VX-ONLY-SPECIFIC-POINTLESSLY-OVER-ENGINEERED-AND-YET-STILL-UTTER-SHITE-WIPER-BLADE (VOSPOEAYSUSWB for short) from a stealership.

[GiGo]

I've got my old arm if you want it? Its got the hook type connection on it, I replaced mine for a spay arm, PM me if your interested

[christhegasman]

Yes mate, 2001. I could do with keeping the cost down (seriously have a lot to do on it), can I get the wiper from anywhere?

In brief I need to - service, MOT, Cam Belt, two new tyres, sort our an engine fault, replace the speakers and tax the car.

hi if its a 2001 I assume it is an NA no cam belt chain driven and not desperate unless its rattling in start up or noisey makers say good for 100 000 miles but I wouldn't risk it

[cosmicegg]

The EP arm and a cheap tesco blade is the same price as getting the funcky VX-ONLY-SPECIFIC-POINTLESSLY-OVER-ENGINEERED-AND-YET-STILL-UTTER-SHITE-WIPER-BLADE (VOSPOEAYSUSWB for short) from a stealership.

It's an Elise S1 wiper arm / part.

As mentioned, 3 courses of action, either:
Buy an Elise S1/Vx220 wiper blade
Or
For roughly the same cost, buy and Elise S2 wiper arm and fit a generic blade.
Or
Bodge job a new piece of rubber in.

If you go for option 2, the blade will be pennies to replace next time around.

Personally, both our cars have s2 arms on them.

[2GOOD]

Swapped my wiper arm for the later Elise/Exige arm & the lotus wiper blade. Didn't cost much more than the later type genuine Vauxhall blade on it's own! Vauxhall had changed the supplier, the blade was really poor & at £20+... Lotus arm & blade £25ish inch longer blade & does better job than original. Replacement lotus blade less than £10.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

i have the stupid s1 arm and just modded a normal blade to fit.. when it needs replasing again I will go for a s2 arm

[Claws]

I bodged a standard blade on to mine, had to drill out the pin in the centre where the hook should attatch

[mark moyz]

Asda are selling an aero wiper blade for about 7 quid and comes with about 8 different plastic attachments maybe this will fit ? my blade is usless so i will probably get one soon.

[judgefargo]

Hi lads

Sorry for reviving an old thread, thought this info could be useful for some one else.

I was struggling also to find a replacement blade for my Speedster, as it uses the S1 system with pin, so checked the Elise forum and they use the following:

Bosch SP23

This blade has a hole that is exactly the same diameter as the S1 pin, then if needed you just slightly drill the centre pin of the Bosch blade (its like a rivet, so just a few spins and you can poke it through) and youre done.

I hope this helps someone else out also, I have done it on mine and works fine, bought on Amazon so there is availability.

Drive safe!