All you fresh air addicts (or cigarette addicts)

Excuse me if this topic has been covered elsewhere but is anyone else as desperately annoyed as me about the appaling

water management of the Yeti?

By this, I mean the fact that you can't have your drivers window open - even an inch, in the rain and with the wipers on without

large quantities of water dripping on your arm and forming puddles in the electric window switch recess and covering your door trim.

This is by far the worst car for this problem though my Octavia was also bad.

The construction and cost implications of cars these days dont facilitate the good old drip rail of yesteryear but for heavens sake

it's abysmal.

Yes, I can shut my window but I do like to have a bit of fresh air to the face while the feet are receiving warmth.

This may not be a big problem in the sunny south but up here in Crewe it rains even when the sun's out.

Any aftermarket goodies out there to stop this?

All you fresh air addicts (or cigarette addicts)

Excuse me if this topic has been covered elsewhere but is anyone else as desperately annoyed as me about the appaling

water management of the Yeti?

By this, I mean the fact that you can't have your drivers window open - even an inch, in the rain and with the wipers on without

large quantities of water dripping on your arm and forming puddles in the electric window switch recess and covering your door trim.

This is by far the worst car for this problem though my Octavia was also bad.

The construction and cost implications of cars these days dont facilitate the good old drip rail of yesteryear but for heavens sake

it's abysmal.

Yes, I can shut my window but I do like to have a bit of fresh air to the face while the feet are receiving warmth.

This may not be a big problem in the sunny south but up here in Crewe it rains even when the sun's out.

Any aftermarket goodies out there to stop this?

Id suggest wind deflectors but I doubt they'd sell them for a yeti as it's more a JDM/boy racery thing i suppoer lol

Lidl do some cheap waterproof jackets!

i get wet in my ford transit with the windows all up :'( .but wen i get home i can drive a skoda

Mine flicks water all over me when I open the door quickly! I'm learning not to do it now. :wonder:

All you fresh air addicts (or cigarette addicts)

Excuse me if this topic has been covered elsewhere but is anyone else as desperately annoyed as me about the appaling

water management of the Yeti?

By this, I mean the fact that you can't have your drivers window open - even an inch, in the rain and with the wipers on without

large quantities of water dripping on your arm and forming puddles in the electric window switch recess and covering your door trim.

This is by far the worst car for this problem though my Octavia was also bad.

The construction and cost implications of cars these days dont facilitate the good old drip rail of yesteryear but for heavens sake

it's abysmal.

Yes, I can shut my window but I do like to have a bit of fresh air to the face while the feet are receiving warmth.

This may not be a big problem in the sunny south but up here in Crewe it rains even when the sun's out.

Any aftermarket goodies out there to stop this?

The same happens to me, light up a gasper and the rain starts. Might not stop it but I'm thinking about putting Rain-X or something similar on the screen to see if it means I can do without the wipers which seem to be the reason the rain buckets through the drivers window.

Stewart

Hi,

this post by scunjee some time back might be of interest.

My link

Regards,

TP

http://www.climairuk.com/product.php?productid=4008&cat=0&page=1

they do sell them for the yeti!

Must be a RHD thing - I can have the driver's window open an inch or so without getting wet.

Rain gutters on the roof went out a long time ago - for reasons of aerodynamics and noise.

Must be a RHD thing - I can have the driver's window open an inch or so without getting wet.

Rain gutters on the roof went out a long time ago - for reasons of aerodynamics and noise.

That is true but look at any Mercedes built in the last twenty years or more and you will notice that they all have a gutter running the full height of the windscreen edges along the A-pillar. (For example) So if you wash-wipe the front screen with soapy water this does not get blown around the A-pillar on the side glass. Easy solution and I sure know that Mercedes cars are not noisy or have bad Cd figures because of this.

That is true but look at any Mercedes built in the last twenty years or more and you will notice that they all have a gutter running the full height of the windscreen edges along the A-pillar. (For example) So if you wash-wipe the front screen with soapy water this does not get blown around the A-pillar on the side glass. Easy solution and I sure know that Mercedes cars are not noisy or have bad Cd figures because of this.

The Yeti has one of those too - altough I will admit, not quite as effective as the one on my old Merc 250TD.

That was not really the question, as I belive the peeve was rain comíng off the roof.

We discussed the water on the driver's side window before - it is no problem on LH drive Yeti's, only on RH ones. The WW must have some different shape, not just mirror imaged from the original design. I think I even took some pictures for that thread and others did on the UK side - big difference.

So, there is an easy solution: Styart driving on the right side of the road

So, there is an easy solution:

Yes, give up smoking and keep the window shut!!

Yes, give up smoking and keep the window shut!!

I'll drink to that!

Hi,

this post by scunjee some time back might be of interest.

My link

Regards,

TP

Raindeflctors are extras as seen in Scandinavian Skoda broschure.

http://www.skoda-auto.no/wip4/yeti-tilbehoersbrosjyre/c/jump.epl?id=26677

In the same way that Westfalia make the "official" Skoda tow bar, I would suggest that Climair probably make the "official" Scandinavian market rain deflectors. Very few motor manufacturers will commission their own accessory product when there's a readily available alternative already made.

Has anyone fitted them, and

1. do they work?

2. is there an increase in wind noise?

3. are there any disadvantages?

Edited 26 September, 201015 yr by speedsport

I have used them on other vehicles, my finding are in red

Has anyone fitted them, and

1. do they work? Yes

2. is there an increase in wind noise? None at all - they actually reduce wind noise with the window open (compared to not having any fitted)

3. are there any disadvantages? They are a little harder to clean the windows, not enough to worry about though.

Thanks for that.

They dont seem to be silly money direct from Climair either. I bet the Skoda ones are more pricey, assuming they were available in the UK!

I bought a set of the Climair wind deflectors for my recently acquired Yeti - when they arrived I was disappointed to find that although they fit into the rubber frame for the glass, at the top back edge of the door, they sit over the top of it held in place by a metal clip hooked into the door frame - it looked crap, and the drivers door one was removed 1 minute after fitting and returned to the box with the rest of them - now sitting gathering dust in the garage roof...

Instead, I looked for a set of the HEKO ones as I'd had fitted to my previous Fabia vRS... found that HEKO do make them for the Yeti - and ordered them from here:

http://www.octimex.com/Wind-Deflectors/SKODA/YETI/Wind-Deflectors-SKODA-YETI-5doors-2009-%3E-4parts::360509.html

(Don't be put off by the photos not being of a Yeti on there).

Including the postage from Germany, it worked out to be about half the price of the Climair ones, arrived within a couple of days well packaged from Germany, and they fit properly into the door frames and look much smarter. If it stops raining any time soon, I'll take some photos and post them!

Cheers,

I bought a set of the Climair wind deflectors for my recently acquired Yeti - when they arrived I was disappointed to find that although they fit into the rubber frame for the glass, at the top back edge of the door, they sit over the top of it held in place by a metal clip hooked into the door frame - it looked crap, and the drivers door one was removed 1 minute after fitting and returned to the box with the rest of them - now sitting gathering dust in the garage roof...

Instead, I looked for a set of the HEKO ones as I'd had fitted to my previous Fabia vRS... found that HEKO do make them for the Yeti - and ordered them from here:

http://www.octimex.com/Wind-Deflectors/SKODA/YETI/Wind-Deflectors-SKODA-YETI-5doors-2009-%3E-4parts::360509.html

(Don't be put off by the photos not being of a Yeti on there).

Including the postage from Germany, it worked out to be about half the price of the Climair ones, arrived within a couple of days well packaged from Germany, and they fit properly into the door frames and look much smarter. If it stops raining any time soon, I'll take some photos and post them!

Cheers,

Great, I complained about the rain dumping from the side windows some time ago, I will go for these also, thanks for such a useful post. Cheers.

I had some Heko ones on the Freelander and they were brilliant, much better than the Climair ones.

Thanks for the link. Interesting it is only 4 EU's more for the 4 piece set. I think I need more overtime !!

Edited 27 September, 201015 yr by Llanigraham

I had some Heko ones on the Freelander and they were brilliant, much better than the Climair ones.

Thanks for the link. Interesting it is only 4 EU's more for the 4 piece set. I think I need more overtime !!

The ones for my saxo were team HEKO or something, brilliant things and made up for not having air-con!

Thanks all for those informative comments.

Glad I'm not the only one to whinge!

I think I'll get the HEKO deflectors - thanks for the link :yes:

I bought a set of the Climair wind deflectors for my recently acquired Yeti - when they arrived I was disappointed to find that although they fit into the rubber frame for the glass, at the top back edge of the door, they sit over the top of it held in place by a metal clip hooked into the door frame - it looked crap, and the drivers door one was removed 1 minute after fitting and returned to the box with the rest of them - now sitting gathering dust in the garage roof...

Instead, I looked for a set of the HEKO ones as I'd had fitted to my previous Fabia vRS... found that HEKO do make them for the Yeti - and ordered them from here:

http://www.octimex.com/Wind-Deflectors/SKODA/YETI/Wind-Deflectors-SKODA-YETI-5doors-2009-%3E-4parts::360509.html

(Don't be put off by the photos not being of a Yeti on there).

Including the postage from Germany, it worked out to be about half the price of the Climair ones, arrived within a couple of days well packaged from Germany, and they fit properly into the door frames and look much smarter. If it stops raining any time soon, I'll take some photos and post them!

Cheers,

Hi Simon,

My Heko deflectors came today from Germany, sans instructions, although promised - other than the diagrams printed on the plastic bags that aren't very clear.

I've only fitted the front ones so far, which are a good fit and look good on my Pacific Blue car as they blend well with the black pillars and paint work, but some teething problems:

At the moment they catch at the rear of the window when closing, where the side window seal is exerting pressure on them.

Which way round should the channel clips be used? One side has a little catch in it. I presume the clips are inserted after the deflectors are put in place, although I've

seen on another forum they should be inserted first? Although that does not make sense to me.

Cheers,

JP

Edited 4 October, 201015 yr by jeep

Presumimg they are the same as I had on the FL, I put the plastic into the channel first and then pushed the clips in with the catch against the plastic. Don't push them up too far or they can slip over the top, and you can't get them back out!!

You might find that a clip towards that corner will stop the window catching. I found that they needed to "settle" with the windows up for a while to get them right.

I tracked down Heko on the web www.heko.pl they have instructions and a video of installation My link

The only thing I would say is the top window channels on the Yeti are not as deep as the example car in the video, I haven't yet succeeded in getting the clips to stay in place, so hope some extra double sided tiger tape will suffice.

Also this shows the clip hooks are installed away from the deflector so that they lock into the material of the window channel.

Edited 4 October, 201015 yr by jeep