Well like I said, the front ones fit perfect with no mods. They were fine. The back one I'm not really sure what the problem was. Instead of it form fitting with the arm it has a little extra plastic that keeps it from snapping down all of the way. It kind of snaps but on mine I just wouldn't stay. I just shaped it to match the arm. Took maybe five minutes and if I didn't care how it looked I could of just clipped the excess plastic off with a pair of wire cutters.

It's still a blade that works well and you can pick up from any auto parts store for $10. ymmv

 

i know it sounds like a lot of work, but it literally took me under 3 min to make it fit, and works much better than a brand new Land Rover OEM rear blade, thats what i meant :P, once you have the OEM and the new ANCO side by side, you'll see

 

HEHE, had to bust you guys chops a little I appreciate the info and "R&D" you guys did to figure this out, and I will be taking your advice to get myself a replacement. Was going to do the DI conversion in the back too, but this seems just easier

 

no problem

heres a pic, i just ground down the wiper blade to match up with the arm, so the blade sits nice and flat, the blade will fit and snap in without trimming, but will not sit flat. you can actually see the contour that i made, better, and easier to see in the reflection

 

The ANCO looks different than the Trico but it looks like they both have the same issue in the same spot. Someone needs to send an old LR blade to their R&D departments ;-)

 

Another thought on the modification of the rear replacement blades. I was looking at the pictures provided of the modified metal replacement frame for the deeper downward curve than the replacement blade frame is designed for. Would there be any reason you could not take the Dremel to that deep downward curve of plastic on the wiper arm just once, so all future replacement blades would fit? This would be a one time fix, rather than having to modify each replacement blade frame. I have not looked at the arm that close, just wondering.

 

The Trico replacement I got today is made of plastic so you can just as easy trim it down instead of the plastic arm. Hope that helps?

 

Rover Hokie, i thought the same thing, you could, would just be a tad more difficult, but makes sense, either way would work.

 

Trimming the arm down would just give you a rear "no mod" replacement that you could now pickup at any ..... well you got the gist of what they were saying about the odd blades. This takes care of that. And since you have sourced front blades a local shops and can use refills for just the rubber, you now have a full set of blades you can get most anywhere.

To me is does not matter. A Dremel is part of my rover tool box, so I am OK either way.

 

Just installed a Trico-14D (well, a Napa equivalent, Trico makes Napa's wiper arms). Simply laid the old blade atop the new one. Traced a line following the contours of the old arm on to the new arm and cut the plastic along the traced lines w/ aviation snips. Worked great! Took a whopping 45 seconds.

Well, that's not counting the 32" BFG A/T TA KO spare tire removal