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windscreen wipers

A topic for such easy subject? Yes, because the windscreen wipers you can buy at your local carparts store are all for the typical modern wiper-arm;

standard modern car
In Russia some things are different..... The wiper arms don't have the "hook" on a Lada 21013, they have a straight end.


I noticed during heavy rainfall that both wipers made an annoying noise.

Not strange when you discover that the clips were held by tie rips...

Instead of going for the usual suspects Bosch, Valeo, SWF, I did visit www.ladapower-europe.com again. Good choice, because these Russian wipers came with the correct clip for the straight Lada 2101 wipers.

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