Which wipers are suitable for LADA Vesta

The windshield on a Lada Vesta car is the familiar triplex, that is, laminated glass with a film inside. Plus, heating elements were added for heating the glass. Technologies are becoming more complex. Heated glass is more technologically advanced, and therefore more expensive. Price starts from 9,000 rubles plus the upper rubber band and windshield seal costs a couple of hundred rubles. Installation on one hundred will cost from 2000 rubles and more.

Car windows initially performed only basic functions, protecting people inside from bad weather and headwinds. They were designed to provide an overview, create lighting in the cabin during the daytime, and at the beginning they were no different from ordinary window ones, and accordingly they could easily break, break, or crack.

Over time, car manufacturers began to pay attention to road deaths. The first desire was to invent any methods that would increase the safety of the driver and passengers. The glass has been made more durable - to the point that it is not at all easy to break it with ordinary blows, and if this can be done, it will shatter into tiny “lumps” that cannot seriously injure a person.

The windshield on the Lada Vesta is a reliable element of the body - it is made according to new standards. Even with a Lada Vesta SV, SV Cross, you don’t have to worry about the safety of the car when conquering the countryside - the car is tightly protected and will withstand any load. The windshield on a Lada Vesta car is a guarantee of safety. However, chips and cracks from stones have not been canceled. When you leave the city, driving opposite a Kamaz truck, you cannot avoid them.

Buying a transparent frontal element for the Lada Vesta Cross and SV is not difficult; the need for a purchase may arise at the most inconvenient moment - one trip along the highway is enough for a chip or crack to appear. To replace the windshield, we recommend going to a car repair shop, but you can do it yourself by starting the work carefully. Read the article to the end and find out how to do it; if something is not clear, ask in the comments.

Size of wipers Lada Vesta, SV and Cross

All cars made on the basis of the Lada Vesta, namely the SV and SV Cross station wagons, as well as the Cross sedan, have the same size wipers. This is done for maximum unification. Here's what we have:

The driver's front wiper of the Lada Vesta SV has a size of 600 mm, and the passenger one has a size of 450 mm. The windshield wipers of the Lada Vesta SV Cross have a similar length.

Standard sizes

The dimensions of the wipers for the Lada Vesta are as follows:

Custom sizes

Standard-length wipers have disadvantages: part of the glass remains dirty, and dirty water collected by the passenger wiper flows down the center. You can get rid of these problems by installing brushes of non-standard length:

• front: 650 and 450 mm,
• 625 and 425 mm,
• 600 and 475 mm,
• 650 and 480 mm.

Design of windshield wipers Lada Vesta SV

Lada Vesta is the most progressive and developing project of the domestic automaker. I can’t say that only the most advanced developments were used in the car. But structurally, Vesta is as close as possible to its foreign competitors - Hyundai Solaris, Kia Rio, Volkswagen Polo. The windshield wiper design is similarly borrowed from competitors. Of course, with its own shortcomings and characteristics.

The windshield wipers are driven by a conventional electric motor, which moves the windshield wipers through a trapezoid.

By the way, when disassembling the Lada Vesta sedan, it turned out that the motor is manufactured by Bosch, but in China. However, the Chery logo on the motor body paints a complete picture - most likely the trapezoid with the motor was adapted from some model of the Chinese brand. You may not see such a picture in the latest models, but this is exactly what happened in the early Vesta models.

Disadvantages of factory wipers Lada Vesta

1. During the winter season, ice freezes on the factory wiper blades, which reduces the efficiency of the wipers. And the very mobility of the wipers in cold weather worsens greatly.

2. The Vesta wipers themselves have a rather flimsy design.

3. Since the factory size of the Lada Vesta SV windshield wiper blades is 600 mm and 450 mm, and the size of the glass is slightly larger, areas that are not completely cleaned remain. This problem can be solved quite simply - replace it with larger wipers.

Basic faults

The first important malfunction is the incompatibility of the windshield with the windshield wipers. The standard wipers managed to cause a lot of trouble for the owners of the first Vestas.

• Firstly, they are quite short for a large transparent shield and do not cover its entire area, but only part of it.
• Secondly, the rubber on the wipers quickly hardens in sub-zero temperatures, which is why the area of ​​contact with the windshield is sharply reduced to a minimum - the effectiveness of such work is extremely low.

The second problem is scratches on the side windows. The seals on the doors are very tight against the windows. When grains of sand, ordinary dust and dirt appear between them, vertical scratches appear on the sides. Replacing and slightly modifying the rubber seals on the doors can save you from this.

The problem with the windshield is not only due to chipping. If you hear a squeaking sound from the front, the culprit may be the upper rubber seal. If the interior seal is broken, the windshield will have to be replaced.

Options for replacing Lada Vesta wipers

In order to make it easier for you to search for new brushes on the Internet, we decided to turn to the spare parts catalog.

Lada Vesta brushes have the following article numbers:

Bosch 3397118908 — set of front brushes 60 cm + 45 cm Bosch 3397011306 — rear brush Lada Vesta SV 33 cm

By the way, the mounts on the brushes are ordinary hooks, as we are accustomed to seeing on all Asian cars (Toyota, Nissan, Kia, etc.) and domestic ones (Priora, Kalina).

To replace, you can use brushes of a larger size - 610 mm and 480 mm. They stand up great and clean better. The rear brush is 30 cm from the factory, but you can safely set it to 33 cm.

By manufacturer, we can mention Denso brushes (expensive, but worth it) and Lynx (cheap, but enough for a year and a half). Bosch also copes with the task, judging by the reviews, but I personally have never used them.

Replacing windshield wiper blades Lada Vesta SV Cross

There is nothing special to write about replacing brushes, since all the work is done in 5 minutes maximum and is familiar to any car owner. Everything is done very simply. When the hood is closed, the wiper arm (brush holder) rises up, the old brush is simply pulled off, a new one is put on in its place and the arm falls down. If the brushes are not changed for a long time, then sometimes the brush is difficult to remove from the driver, so before replacing, you can lightly lubricate the driver with WD-40. And after a while you try to remove it.

Replacing the Lada Vesta windshield - removal and installation

If the damage to the windshield is too serious and regular repairs are not enough, you will have to think about replacing it. It’s better to replace it with Bor – the “Business” class makes itself felt with its quality, because a good part will stay in its place much longer. For repairs, prepare:

• Plastic spatula;
• Rags;
• Gloves;
• Stationery knife;
• Sealant.

The work must be done with a partner - the part is very heavy, it is undesirable to break it. First you need to wash the car - especially in those places where you are going to carry out repair work. Then drive the car into the repair area and start working:

1. Apply the parking brake and remove the negative terminal from the battery. The second point is not always mandatory, but this is what the manufacturer “wills”. If you are going to connect heating and a rain sensor, it is better to disconnect the network.
2. Open the hood, take out the plastic frill, remove the wipers.
3. Pry up the rubber seals and carefully remove the glue using a knife. First, go along the entire length, without lowering the knife deep into the crack.
4. Go over the joints again and disengage the glass.
5. Pry it with plastic spatulas and squeeze it out.
6. Clean the working surface - the points where the new windshield will come into contact with the body parts.
7. Press the new one into place, adjusting all the gaps correctly.
8. Fill the gaps with sealant.
9. Carefully and methodically place the upper rubber seal on the windshield.
10. Check the installed part for leaks.

After repairs, handle your Vesta carefully, or better yet, put it to “rest” for a couple of days. If this is not possible, avoid sudden movements (especially sudden braking), install new windshield wipers, and refrain from car washes with high pressure water.

Winter wipers Lada Vesta

For residents of cold regions, there is an opportunity to slightly improve the performance characteristics of factory wipers. This can be done by installing so-called winter wiper blades.

They differ from ordinary ones in the presence of a special cover made of thin frost-resistant rubber and a higher wiper rubber. Due to this, the frame of the wipers does not get cold in the cold, and snow and ice do not stick to the rubber band so much. Such wipers can only be used in winter, since in summer the cover can be damaged by the sun.

Windshield blades

Lada Vesta has standard frame-type wipers with dimensions:

• driver's - 600 mm;
• passenger - 450 mm.

The owners of this car do not complain about the performance of the standard brushes. There is no rush to change them to frameless ones to improve glass cleaning, but the result can be improved. This is not about choosing the manufacturer/company of the accessory, but about the size of the wipers. After taking measurements it turned out that:

• the distance between the brushes in the resting position is 35 mm;
• from the edge of the passenger brush to the right body pillar - 40 mm;
• from the edge of the passenger blade to the top edge of the glass - 80 mm;
• from the edge of the driver's blade to the top edge of the glass - 50 mm;
• from the edge of the driver's brush to the left body pillar - 280 mm.

Based on these readings, you can install longer blades, which will increase the cleaning area of ​​the windshield. For example, replace the driver's 600 mm brush with 610 mm, or the passenger's 450 mm with 480 mm.

Lada Vesta standard windshield – article number, price

The standard windshield for Vesta is manufactured at the Bor plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region. It is multi-layered and can crumble with a strong impact. The top layer of the material is a little weak; this deficiency is revealed even in the first hours of operation of the new Vesta. The part itself is green - to darken it a little, making your stay in the car more comfortable - the air will heat up longer.

The price of a windshield assembly with stops and plate is about 9,000 rubles. It is sold under article number 8450007323. Whenever replacing glass on a Lada Vesta, you need to remember about the glass seals - “rubber bands”, which will protect the cracks from dirt, dust, and increase the tightness of the interior.

The rubber seal for the windshield for the Lada Vesta received the article number M01VXSU00130, it costs about 300-350 rubles. Also purchase the lower part of the connection between the part and the body - a plastic frill with a mesh is placed under the hood, costing 2,400 rubles, article number - 8450008090.

Normal without heating

The choice without heating and a rain sensor is a personal choice. This standard solution is a way to save money, but additional functions are favored not only by the desire to get comfort from operating the car, but also by pragmatism.

Heated glass

A heated windshield for the Lada Vesta can be installed, and after purchase it can be installed and connected correctly. This function - heating - greatly saves car owners in winter, when to clear snow they have to hit the windows with a hard brush, but in the cold they are not as strong as they might seem.

All these contacts leave very small scratches with abrasions, and the heating element melts the snow with its own hands. The cost of a windshield for a Lada Vesta with heating is from 13,500 rubles, catalog number - 8450007326. You can also purchase it with heating and a sensor - 8450007325. It will be more expensive, but the wipers will work automatically.

Rear window blade Lada Vesta SW

The standard size of the rear brush is 280 mm. You can increase the cleaning area by installing a larger brush. For example, a 330 mm brush (Bosch 3 397 011 306). It is 2.5 cm longer and has a slightly different shape for a stick-hook (the original one is more square, while the Ford one is rounded), but it fits perfectly.

Comparison of brushes on video:

What size wipers do you use on Vesta? Is the standard cleaning area sufficient for safe and comfortable vehicle operation? Take part in the survey, leave your feedback and recommendations. Let us remind you that other improvements to the sedan can be found in this category or by content.