Subtle touches make most difference?

[DaiRees]

Mine is a d9. Its the later d9's from i think 2003 on have the mist type which are far better cover the hole of the screen instead of two water pistols

Do you mean these?

[mjb]

*drool*

[DaiRees]

*drool*

I'll take that as a yes then

I always knew my car had good washers but never realised they were "special"

[puggy]

Pah !!! another tasty extra my car doesn't have
think the fookin pug extra guy's were jerkin off in the bogs when my car went down the line

[steve_earwig]

Yes, ok, thankyou Mr No Oil Leaks

*drool*

You, TOO, could have them! They're only a couple of quid too!! (So long as you don't mind them just squirting the wipers )

[mjb]

You, TOO, could have them! They're only a couple of quid too!! (So long as you don't mind them just squirting the wipers )

They involve drilling holes in the bonnet though, so I think I'll give 'em miss

[steve_earwig]

Nah, they fit on the standard holes underneath the bonnet. It was the fancy ones you'd need to drill holes for.

[mjb]

Got a part number?

[steve_earwig]

I did have, I deleted it when I realised they were useless on the D8 (although a couple of layers of insulation tape...). Gah! Service Pox is still down, I'll try it later as it suggests. Or you could, try "washer jets" in the 406 facelift search box.

[mjb]

I did have, I deleted it when I realised they were useless on the D8

NOOOOOO! Whyyyy?

[rapport25]

Mine is a d9. Its the later d9's from i think 2003 on have the mist type which are far better cover the hole of the screen instead of two water pistols

Do you mean these?

Yes they are the ones dairees i have decided to invest in some instead of the twol water pistols i have either side Are they adjustable? or do they just cover the screen as i like

[steve_earwig]

I did have, I deleted it when I realised they were useless on the D8

NOOOOOO! Whyyyy?

For you and anyone else contemplating this "mod" - Don't bother!!! The driver's side blocked up on my D8 and, remembering how it's held together with Araldite from last time, I thought I'd just swap it with one from the D9 (to be replaced at my leisure). So, remove old one, push on new one. And push, and wiggle and... break the pipe of the back Alraldite that one, meanwhile pinch the other off the D9, file the clip down a bit (now in "we don't take no sh#t from a machine" mode) and fit. Goes on a lot easier but just about falls off again Nevermind, turn the ignition on and hit the washers and... it just sprays the bottom of the screen and there's no adjustment so there's bugger all you can do about it

This almost certainly doesn't apply to an early D9 of course.

[steve_earwig]

And Service Pox is still down

[mjb]

hm wonder if i were to attack it with a file and a hot glue gun to raise the spray angle. Got o be worth a try for a couple of quid eh?

[DaiRees]

Is the curvature of the D9 bonnet greater than that of the D8, making it higher in the middle?