Piaa silicone wipers?

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Hello,

I ordered a set of front silicon wipers for my A3 Sportback.

Fitted them yesturday, by cleaning screen with the PIAA cleaner, then doing the Screen Protect, then fitting wipers and running for 5 mins.

The front left one does not fit properly even though it is the same size as the OEM one that came off. When you turn the wipers off they are supposed to drop down below view, this now happens about once every 4 times instead of every time, and even then it looks too long in the car.

Also, both of the wipers are leaving what looks like a long streak of grease, the right one leaves it vertically down the right side of the screen, the left one leaves it diagonally straight across field of view.

Now everyone says these wipers are "streak free" and "silent" but mine aren't streak free and I can hear them wipe. Any thoughts?

Here is some pictures from an iPhone:

How the left one rests when turned off:
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Streaks:
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See the tree to right of sign - diagonal streak from left wiper
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Any ideas? Are they faulty?

Here is the reciept showing wipers and product used:

Products
1x PIAA Silcone Tech Flat Wiper Blades (WUK??E) £26.26
-PIAA Wiper Blade Size Size 8 = 480mm / 19&..
1x PIAA Silcone Tech Flat Wiper Blades (WUK??E) £26.26
-PIAA Wiper Blade Size Size 81 = 600mm / 24..
1x PIAA Vision Screen Cleaner (PS101?7) £5.99
-PIAA Vision Size 150 ML
1x PIAA Vision Screen Protect and Coat (PS10108) £5.99
-PIAA Vision Size 150 ML
1x PIAA Vision Screen Wash 500ML (PS10106) £3.98

Order Totals
Sub-Total: £57.06
UK Mainland: £4.99
VAT(20.00%): £12.41
Total: £74.46
 
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I think your first mistake was paying £75 for wiper blades and some window cleaner.

You'd probably be able to get genuine VW ones for about £30 which, if they're like any genuine wipers, work absolutely fine - it's when you start going aftermarket that they start becoming crap.
 

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And then decided to pay six times the price for ones that do the same.

That's a mental amount of money for wipers
 
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PIAA Wipers for £75. I'd hire someone to sit on my bonnet and wipe when it rains for £75.

You should have just got some ebay aero's for £10. They work fine?
 
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I once had PIAA on my MK1 Focus and decreed never to use any other wiper. However my next cars were not compatible and stuck with OEM and thought how much they sucked. PIAA have caught up and since designed aero type wipers of which you have.

They do not seem to fit well if they are not returning to the original resting location when off.

In respect to the streaking, I know I had to run mine dry to bed them in initially and never experienced this.
 
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What is the problem with that? Couldn't think of any other present.

I just need to wipe the screen again and all will be well, and apparently A3's have some wiper adjustment feature which should drop them.
 
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