Has anyone tried fitting one of these to the coupe?

No? How about one of these ?

this is going well

Why do you even want a rear wiper? For me it's complitely useless...
Currenty my second car is Renault Megane Classic which doesn't have rear wiper, and I don't need it.
I think you only need a rear wiper if you have a hatchback car.Which has a lot of visibility and where you do need a rear wiper.

If you want better visibility on a Coop, get yourself a rearview camera mirror.
Can find them on ebay, about 100€ kit with camera and mirror.

And Coupe looks much nicer without the rear wiper

^^ All of what was said there!

I can't see how people don't use there rear wipers? Do you never drive in the rain? I don't know about anyone else but I like a clear field of vision when I'm driving. The coupe rear screen isn't exactly vertical and water seems to collect on it quite easily.
I think the original rear wiper looks a little old fashioned and I'm trying to find a more modern and sleeker looking rear wiper. There was a thread a while back on this, if I remember correctly someone used a replacement from a Chevrolet of some sort. The Punto and Laguna wipers look the right shape, has anyone tried either of them?

I'm with you james, the rear wiper is usefull IMHO. It may look a little old fashioned and be the wrong side for RHD but it is still essential, especially whne there is snow and ice about. The fact that the wiper arm has a bend in it will mean the alternatives will be limited. Not seen anyone do anything with the rear wiper other than remove it so hence why you are seeing very little response to this thread.

Jame5,

For what it's worth I'm with you on this ( and Bockers). Also I, like you, have considered the rear wiper design "soooo 1990's darling!" and considered alternatives, purely on aesthetic grounds as the existing one still works tolerably well.

The bend on the Punto and the Laguna both appear from the picture to be less than the original and that may not suit. At £20 a pop it's a bit steep to buy one and see.

Having said that I fully expect you to turn up at the next meeting with one on!!

I've always found that with regular applications of rain-x or similar it clears almost instantly once you're moving, and stays off. My old astra coupe didn't have one from the factory, and it was never an issue.
Every hatchback I've ever owned has the rear window covered in spray the instant you even look at a wet patch in the road, I'm guessing down to their aerodynamic properties, but this doesn't appear to happen so much on longer or sleeker designs.

Laguna wiper purchased from ebay, watch this space

Shame it wasn't from the big Renault people carrier then we could have watched this espace

If it doesn't fit i'll have a punt-o the other one

Well put begbie

Jame5 neither of these will fit.

How come? and where were you last week!

1.Because I have tried them.
2.I wasn't here

What was the problem with the Laguna arm?

Too long and wrong angle

What you have to think about is the diameter size of the ribbed Coupe wiper mech. The Punto one was larger but with a shim you could make it work but was stupidly small.
Also, the angle it's attached for pressure on the screen is another thing to address.
The Laguna one is almost there and is massive. You could almost bend it to shape with heat which I tried cutting out some inner strenghthening ribs. I over did it, wondered why I was doing this and used violence to put it in the bin. But I did keep the blade if you want a spare.
I roll with you on needing one. As when I drive dirt somehow lands on my rear screen in beteween washes. Crazey I know but with a little spray and wipe it cleans it.
Also, if you sit in the passenger seat you can see fine, Maybe to do with left hand drive? This was discussed when I had a 944, same thing although much more raked rear.

I fitted one off a kangoo! initially it wouldn't work, the wiper arm just floated across the glass, after further investigation I noticed that the arm and the spring loaded wiper attachment were at maximum closure so I stripped it down ( they are easily disassembled) made a small saw cut and removed part of the spring stopper to give more downforce onto window works but not brilliantly. Also this wiper arm has no splines on to fit onto the motor shaft so I just had to nip it up as tight as I dare

Anyone tried a mk1 zafira arm?

I had forgotten just how many I had bought !
As it was some time ago it's not showing in eBay purchase history, so which one is which I cant quite remember.
I know the large blade was the Laguna. I think that the smallest was the Punto and perhaps the mid size was the Zafira?

*Just noticed how rusty my blade has become!

dlongstaff, That picture paints a 1000 words! Jame5- what now!

The laguna wiper i bought looks different to all three of those so maybe i'll be lucky, if not a lot of tinkering then a lot of swearing then ordering more wipers!

James, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to spend an hour walking around local scrapyards to see what fits?

Got to be better than wasting money ordering different wipers

It would be much easier and probably cheaper too! Unfortunately I rarely get time off during scrappy opening hours and the nearest half decent one is a fair drive. I also quite enjoy bargain hunting on ebay

Ah, fair enough.

At least you can look around Ebay at midnight, etc, unlike scrapyards, unless you're a thief

laguna wiper arrived today, looks hopeful (famous last words!), the metal part under the plastic moulded bit looks very similar to the coupe and i may just be able to swap it over. Tinkering time

Step one,



Looks promising but i think i'll be very lucky indeed if the plastic bit fits straight over the coupe wiper. More tinkering tomorrow