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Workshop for classic Saab models => Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) => Topic started by: gbski on 04 November 2012, 12:57:46 PM

Title: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: gbski on 04 November 2012, 12:57:46 PM
Just bought some of these, bargain.   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221138989052?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: mikeloadsasaabs on 04 November 2012, 04:15:41 PM
Thanks for the tip - I was thinking of buying some anyway, and what a price! The free delivery was a bonus.  ;D
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 04 November 2012, 04:22:11 PM
Bu99er......just fitted some Bosch ones to mine. Typical. At that price, though, maybe get some spares, to fit in Spring!
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: TomPaine on 04 November 2012, 07:38:54 PM
Aye thanks - buy now while stocks last...
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: sean treacy on 04 November 2012, 08:16:56 PM
just bought some,at that price you cannot go wrong,tempted to buy another pair...many thanks for the post to the link...
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: sgould on 04 November 2012, 10:28:10 PM
Looks a good price.  But double check the driver's side.

I bought a pair of GM blades from eBay a year ago for a 9-5 and the groove in the back of the spoiler, where the arm fits, was angled the wrong way.  It will only fir a LHD car!! :(

Didn't find out until I went to fit them three or four months later.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: wrighar on 04 November 2012, 11:23:46 PM
These appear to be from Western Saab and come with a 2 yr warrenty....


Suitable for:                                                                   

    All SAAB 9-5's from 1998 - 2007 model years.         

Please email your vehicle details to check that this part is suitable.                                                                                                   

Free delivery, Genuine Parts comes with 2 years manufacturer warranty - you are buying from a main dealer, for peace of mind & complete satisfaction.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 05 November 2012, 12:58:51 PM
Quote from: sgould on 04 November 2012, 10:28:10 PM
I bought a pair of GM blades from eBay a year ago for a 9-5 and the groove in the back of the spoiler, where the arm fits, was angled the wrong way.  It will only fir a LHD car!! :(

Somehow you'd hope that a UK dealer wouldn't be flogging LHD wipers....unless they want a virtual brick thrown through their online-shop-window.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: mikeloadsasaabs on 05 November 2012, 03:20:10 PM
Quote from: CitTone on 05 November 2012, 12:58:51 PM
Somehow you'd hope that a UK dealer wouldn't be flogging LHD wipers....unless they want a virtual brick thrown through their online-shop-window.
The picture on Ebay certainly looks like the RHD version, as it should be. I know Scotland is discussing independence, but I don't think driving on the right is on the agenda atm!  ::)
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 05 November 2012, 05:18:16 PM
Could be dodgy crossing the border if they did....
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: mikeloadsasaabs on 05 November 2012, 06:40:19 PM
Well, it used to happen between Sweden and Norway!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Sweden)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H)
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 06 November 2012, 07:33:24 AM
Yes, but they weren't on Buckfast.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Paper Plane on 06 November 2012, 08:08:13 PM
Now sold out!  :(

steve
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: TomPaine on 06 November 2012, 08:13:43 PM
Perhaps whichever of us gets them first can do a quick check that they're RHD.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: gbski on 06 November 2012, 10:23:40 PM
Put mine on all ok. 8)
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: idlerider on 07 November 2012, 01:57:57 PM
Me too. (I'd have been miffed if they hadn't - they came from the same place as my Saab!) 8)
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: sean treacy on 07 November 2012, 06:34:20 PM
fitted mine also,all good and yes are for rhd vehicles and come with 2years warranty...what a bargain...happy days
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 07 November 2012, 08:27:56 PM
Arrived yesterday.
According to the pictures on the box, they're ambidextrous. And the frame is the same both ways (there are two holes to one side of the central hinge point, but don't affect the "handedness"). Mine will go on before January's MOT, the current Bosch will last a while longer.

According to the box I have to fit them to a Cadillac. Haven't seen many of those lately.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 07 November 2012, 08:49:28 PM
An excellent tenner's-worth! Full marks to gbski.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: TomPaine on 08 November 2012, 02:33:13 PM
Yep, mine arrived today too, can only echo the thanks.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 09 November 2012, 01:47:35 PM
Quote from: Geoff1951 on 07 November 2012, 08:27:56 PM
According to the box I have to fit them to a Cadillac. Haven't seen many of those lately.

Ten of them on Autotrader at the moment.

Well, they're distinctive.

But so is wearing a fez with a mink stole and waders.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 09 November 2012, 08:29:19 PM
Nice one, CitTone!
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: jmblack on 10 November 2012, 12:51:46 AM
Met a mate today who's bought an Infinity. Now that's a style icon....
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 10 November 2012, 05:09:22 PM
Quote from: jmblack on 10 November 2012, 12:51:46 AM
Met a mate today who's bought an Infinity. Now that's a style icon....

There are several different models. Which one particul - oh, hang on, I forgot, they're all lookers.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: jmblack on 10 November 2012, 06:09:34 PM
I'm not entirely certain, but I think it's called something like the the Nissan Jukes Ugly Big Sister.....
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 10 November 2012, 08:03:31 PM
When I was (a lot) younger, single, and out on the town with a pal, we had a saying: All cats are grey at night. But we'd have drawn the line at the human equivalent of the Juke.

Off topic...!
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: collywobble on 11 November 2012, 09:34:04 AM
Geoff, don't you mean dogs!!!
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 11 November 2012, 02:53:32 PM
Still off topic:
Well, yes, sort of, collywobble, just that it has a better ring saying cats than dogs. And we did have minimum standards, which precluded those which were clearly not for daylight viewing.

To redress the sexist balance, me and  the chap I was with got the brush off quite often. Usually along the lines of "your mate's fat and you'd need to stand on a box." My response to that was we're all the same height lying down.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: jmblack on 11 November 2012, 05:41:59 PM
Not necessarily......
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 11 November 2012, 06:47:54 PM
Within my own target range they are...  six inches taller or shorter.
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: collywobble on 11 November 2012, 06:58:20 PM
In the halcyon & distant days of my youth you could buy an ex North Thames Gas Board mini van (with 948 cc engine) for the princely sum of £40!  An old single mattress fitted perfectly in the back just in case you fancied a snooze in a nice dark country lane at night..............
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: steventon95 on 11 November 2012, 08:00:55 PM
Yes, but the wiper blades were rubbish ...
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Norfolk Jim on 12 November 2012, 08:29:15 AM
Off Topic:

Triple baggers Geoff

2nd bag incase first came off and 3rd bag to cure the hiccups afterwards when viewed when 2nd bag dropped off :)

On topic - my bosch flat aero have been on for around 4 months and are still the same as the day I fitted them so will make a pass on this one gbski.

Wasn't Juke design by Nissans equal opportunities visually impaired section?
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: Geoff1951 on 12 November 2012, 10:34:35 AM
Jim, my standards were never so low as to consider triple baggers.

Still off topic - anyone still following the YPLAC website mentioned a while back? The industrial language aside, there are some crackers there. I posted a picture of a white Ferrari illegally parked in a disabled space. I ask you, a white Ferrari?
Title: Re: 9-5 wiper blades
Post by: CitTone on 12 November 2012, 03:32:42 PM
Quote from: Norfolk Jim on 12 November 2012, 08:29:15 AM

Wasn't Juke design by Nissans equal opportunities visually impaired section?

Oi, that was mine!!!