Fitting Insignia Washer Jets

I have read on a couple of forums about upgrading the washer jets and so I have bought a set off Ebay tonight, my question is how easy are they to fit?

Does the scuttle need to be removed for fitting or is it done in situe

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Roy

the bit where the washer jets are actually pops open and comes off completely and you can access the jets. pop the old ones out.push the new ones in(mine were really tight),connect the pipes and refit. job done.

regards

andromeda411

Cheers for the advice, when you say the bit where the washer jets are, are you referring to the tray across the front think thats what it looks like apologies for the description, also do the wipers need to come off to do this?

Cheers

Roy

no the wipers do not need to come off. i managed with just removing the tray the washer jets sit in. my one just popped off.

regards

andromeda411

Yep, it's as easy as andromeda says, I had to tap my old ones out with a hammer cause they were tight too, any origional parts u might upgrade in future always try main dealer cause I got these on the day picked em up, £4.51, no waiting around,

Rusty27 wrote:

Yep, it's as easy as andromeda says, I had to tap my old ones out with a hammer cause they were tight too, any origional parts u might upgrade in future always try main dealer cause I got these on the day picked em up, £4.51, no waiting around,

Blimey thats a good price should've gone to Vx now lol, I got two sets from Ebay posted for £10.98 not bad I guess

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hope the pic helps.
just popped out and took it.the whole piece that has the jets in it comes off completely. makes the job even easier to do.

regards


andromeda411

Andromeda411 many thanks for the pic makes sense now lol just hope post delivers the goods now very soon doing Dads at the same time

i'm waiting for mine in the post tomorrow, £4.00 delivered off ebay, cheers for the info and picture, hopefully get them in on wed after work.

clarky69 wrote:

i'm waiting for mine in the post tomorrow, £4.00 delivered off ebay, cheers for the info and picture, hopefully get them in on wed after work.

Sounds like you got a cracking deal you got

Feeling quite happy LOL just had a call to say my parts have been delivered so bring on the fun when I get home

Its only a small mod but its a start

clarky69 wrote:

i'm waiting for mine in the post tomorrow, £4.00 delivered off ebay, cheers for the info and picture, hopefully get them in on wed after work.

show us the link i ight have some

topladz wrote:

clarky69 wrote:

i'm waiting for mine in the post tomorrow, £4.00 delivered off ebay, cheers for the info and picture, hopefully get them in on wed after work.

show us the link i ight have some

here you go Adam hope this works

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-INSIGNIA-WASHER-JETS-PAIR-FAN-SPRAY-MOD_W0QQitemZ270559581999QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3efe9b972f

Fitted them tonight to mine and dads zaf B they work a treat and certainly alot better clearing the screen.

The set I got came direct from a VX dealer and delivery imo was very quick.

Fitting them was easy lol.

Cheers

Roy

just got mine fitted, nice little job, the hardest part was removing the old jets from their housing, they work really well alot better than the old ones, may need very slight adjustment, but the tools are about £7.00, so might just leave them overall very happy.

Just looked at the wiring for the 2nd fog light can anyone give me a starting point please.

i fitted the insignia jets to my bus the other week, the new jets are a lot better then the standard one and as said above are very easy to fit, the whole lot only took me 15 minutes to do
you can find the adjustment tool for about a fiver off ebay, makes it a lot easier to adjust the jets with no risk of damaging them

me too

after reading this and seeing the pics im going to get my self a set and fit them sometime soon no doubt ill have a daft question along the way

Okey dokey, thought i would give this mod a go, blimey what a difference........some pix.


The standard jets in action


The replacement parts



Tools required..Flat head screwdriver and a hammer or mallet
Unclip the washer support bracket, this is very easy flexing it shows where the tangs are.



The existing jets are held in by a little tang, i used a flat head electrical screwdriver to move it out of the way. The next bit - removing the jet is a pig. After much messing about a good twatting with a no 9 mallet did the job and they pop out easily


The pipes were also easy to remove with a little leverage from the same electrical screwdriver.
In the great tradition of the Haynes book of household fables.......assembly is the reverse of removal


On completion one of mine would have cleaned the car next to me at a traffic light so a little adjusting was needed. All i did here was make sure the jet was pointed more toward the car where the pipe attaches to it. This seemed to do the trick.

The end result is a lot more staggering that i imagined. For the cost of these things i have no idea why they dont fit them to all cars. One fully misted screen, it cleans amazingly quickly.

great how 2 alan ive add it to the how 2 section hope you dont mind

topladz wrote:

great how 2 alan ive add it to the how 2 section hope you dont mind

Not at all, hope its of help to someone.