Silblade Drop-In for Disco II

[JWilliams]

D1 Wiper blades are smaller.. right? or am I wrong there. I thought the DII blades were longer because the DII windshield was redesigned and made taller.

 

[Loydster]

you replace the d2 arms with arms from a d1 and then buy any type of wiper blade you want

 

[JWilliams]

ahhh ok... gotcha haha. Brain fart.
But if you buy the kit from EE doesn't it come with 18"? Thats how I read it. Would I just buy the DI arms and then have to buy 21" blades?

 

[syoung]

The DI arms are actually LONGER although the DII glass is taller... If you run the DI arms, you have to run 20" or shorter blades even though a stock DII blade is actually 21.25" The funny part about the stock DII arms/blades is that the centre point/pivot of the blade is not actually in the centre of the blade.
I run 20" Anco Winter blades on my DII w/DI arms and the passenger side blade is .25" from the a-pillar.

 

[JWilliams]

Thanks for clarifying all that info for me. I think I might make the switch once these go bad. I got really annoyed because I didn't have winter blades and the flex arms kept freezing up and getting snow in them. So I had to buy the ones from AB.

 

[Jamooche]

I wrote this last week:
http://www.jamilabbasy.com/silblade.htm

I agree that the D2 wiper arms, in addition to the blades, are horrible. On my truck and others that I have seen, they don't keep good pressure on the windshield. At rest sometimes only half of the blade contacts the windshield. I recomment buying the D1 wiper arm kit with the silblade blades.

Jamil

 

[RAV]

FYI - Wiper blades for DII are backordered from EE right now. Ho said he should have more of them in a week or less.

 

[S Marks]

Well, the way things have been here in TX and surrounding areas, there is no need for wipers or replacements because we have no rain...

 

[eric]

I made the swap on my '04. The DI arms don't have that nice, chunky look the DII arms do, but they work fine and let me drop in any rubber I want.

 

[Barry]

I just paid the $60 for the winter DII blades from Land Rover, I bought them from AB last week. I am not inpressed at all with the quality. There is a stupid metal adapter that is just pop-riveted onto a cheapo winter blade. Looks like a $10 set. I bet that they last a couple weeks. I am going to have to try the new Sillblades when this set goes bad(which will be soon).

I have used the Land Rover Winter Blades for my DII the past two seasons. They are rather dorky looking... but solved the freezing blade problem and have worked flawlessly.