Who makes the best windshield wiper?

[01yellercobra]

I usually get the Rain-X blades.

Reminds me of the early Terminator days on Stangnet. User by the name of Kilgore Trout had an anniversary model Terminator and listed Bosch Icon wiper blades as one of his mods.

U.M.

Holy crap I remember that.

A member on another forum I used to be on had a brass rotor listed as a mod. For the distributor, not the brakes.

I had Rain X on my truck before and they worked pretty well. I couldn't find another set before heading east so I went with Bosch as I had good luck with them in the past. Apparently something changed as they started chattering bad in a rain storm in New Mexico. Thankfully I don't need them much at home.

 

[mysticsvt]

I work for Bosch so I buy Bosch. No complaints here.

 

[03cobra#694]

The guy who bumped this was a spammer FYI.

 

[Coz]

 

[Uncle Meat]

I was wondering why this popped into my feed.

U.M.

 

[awful knawful]

Running Bosch Icons now. Most expensive, should be the best right?

One year in snow county.....

 

[Double"O"]

One year in snow county.....

6months in snow with salt country

But i will say the bosch seem to do better than most ive used up here

 

[HEMIHUNTER]

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Those aren’t Bosch Wipers.


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[CobraBob]

On my daily, I use the RainX window treatment. At highway speeds, day or night, and even on 45mph surface streets, the water beads right up, you don't even need to turn them on! Stop and go, or low speed driving, at most I only need to use the "intermittent" setting. I also apply it to the wiper blades. When the application is fresh, it lasts about a month. Also, use their brand of washer fluid too.

My windshield is ceramic coated (about 14 months old now) and rain beads right up as you've experienced with RainX. I like you idea of applying RainX to the wiper blade itself.

 

[Blown 89]

Old thread but don't buy complete blades. Buy the replacement rubber strips and crimp them back in. You can get strips for a few dollars a pair. I bought silicone strips in bulk a few years back and i think they were around $2 a pair.

 

[1Kona_Venom]

95% of the vehicles on this site are garage queens and of those only 2% claim to have ever seen rain.
Based on that statistic, any rubber thingy will perform fine.

 

[03cobra#694]

95% of the vehicles on this site are garage queens and of those only 2% claim to have ever seen rain.
Based on that statistic, any rubber thingy will perform fine.

Originals on my 20 year car Pete.

 

[Great Asp]

Running Bosch Icons now. Most expensive, should be the best right?

These are great wipers

 

[roy_1031]

Old thread but don't buy complete blades. Buy the replacement rubber strips and crimp them back in. You can get strips for a few dollars a pair. I bought silicone strips in bulk a few years back and i think they were around $2 a pair.

Is there a crimping tool? How do you re crimp them?


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[Blown 89]

Is there a crimping tool? How do you re crimp them?


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All of my cars have that style retention mechanism except my Volt which has some proprietary GM bullshit that requires me removing an end cap and wrestling with the replacement.

 

[1Kona_Venom]

Originals on my 20 year car Pete.

thats bad ass.
Like THE ORIGINAL FoMOCO blades that sell for ridiculous money if they are still iin the box?

 

[Roots-type]

Bosch ICONS for about 4-5yrs so far on my daily and still work like new. I don't polish the windshield or use rain x either. Shit, I hardly even wash the thing. If you don't try to drag them across an icy windshield, they'll last.

 

[03cobra#694]

Go figure a wiper blade thread here gets the attention like this. Especially one that gets bumped back up top.

 

[01yellercobra]

Go figure a wiper blade thread here gets the attention like this. Especially one that gets bumped back up top.

It's a slow work week.

 

[roy_1031]

All of my cars have that style retention mechanism except my Volt which has some proprietary GM bullshit that requires me removing an end cap and wrestling with the replacement.

Well shoot, that’s not hard or difficult at all!


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