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Elise windscreen wipers can be particularly bad when compared to other cars. A number of things are arguably to blame for this: Curvature of the screen Length of blade Speed of blade due to single arm arrangment The arm and blade arrangement fitted to Series 1's and early Series 2's are particularly renowned for there poorness. It is difficult to tell whether it is age related (as most S1 blades are now relatively old) or a design problem (the spring in the arm and across the blade being insufficient). Various options are available:- Replace the S1 / early S2 blade assembly with an identical replacement Replace the wiper arm and blade for a 'Series 2' type (that are fitted to the majority of Series 2, except very early ones) Replace the blade only, e.g. with a JML Wonder Wipers item or similar. The Series 1 type can be identified by the traits that it cannot be lifted 90deg to the screen (without breaking!) and it uses an 'R' clip to retain the blade assembly on the arm. The Series 2 assembly is a conventional blade with integral plastic clip that holds it on the arm. All three options have been successfully tried. Replacing the arm and wiper for an S2 type has the advantage that once the new arm is fitted the blade assemblies are standard parts available from high street vendors, whereas the S1 types are a special Lotus item. The replacement blade option is very cost effective with some excellent feedback reported.

All you need is Citroen part no. N93780 bx washer jet spray bar from here and a bit of tubing to connect it to the existing pipework. You may also need a connector join the tubing to your existing pipework, a 90 degree joining connector will do the job. I softened the spray bar in boiling water to straighten out the odd curve at the end, then put it around the lumpy fitting at the end of the S1 wiper using a small tie-wrap at the loped end. Two extra pin-holes and the water sprays the full length of the wiper. Most people seem to put the end of the bar just before the middle of the blade. It's easy enough to take apart and loop around to the top of the wiper instead though, that said even though the arm only covers the bottom of the wiper the force of the wiper moving throws the water up the screen covering the whole window anyway.

From the image above you need to squeeze the plastic insert panel to remove it, it should pop out Remove the screws that go into the dash in front of you and also the ones that go up into the top of the dash as shown on the image Remove the Dash top extrusion by pulling it Make sure that if the steel clips fall down you pick them up, you dont want to leave them rattling about and ending up in the door sill!