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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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Today I noticed one of the rubbers on my wiper was separating. They're crappy anyways, oh well. I looked at a bunch, and was gonna go with the usual rain-x, but was wondering if people were having better luck with other styles/brands. I was kinda wanting to try the spring ones, they have a lot cleaner look.

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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i personally find the bosch icon's to be great wipers and they are lasting forever for some reason. a lot cheaper then rain x but

jshstul5 Enthusiast

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I would go with the bosch wipers, I had a set of the rain x wipers on my truck for three years, which was awesome!! However every now and then the wiper would seperate from the arm .. it was really just a design flaw and they shouldnt have been two piece .. Its hard to explain but where I found a weak spot in the rain x wipers they are different on the bosch wipers.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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I've found over the years that the OEM blades seem to last the longest. I've tried many other brands and they just don't perform as good. :thumbs:

tanked_darren Senior Enthusiast

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The best wiper is a new one, I've had bosch I've had rain-x I've had Michelan, they are all the same its a wiper and I replace mine once a year.

 

They are cheap anyways and nothing beats a fresh set of wipers for the winter!

1990ss Enthusiast

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I've always used rain x wipers and love them. I decided to try the bosch icon on my '08 and replaced them about 3 months later with rain x. The bosch made a lot of noise when wiping like the rubber was extremely hard or something and they also left streaks.

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

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I've found over the years that the OEM blades seem to last the longest. I've tried many other brands and they just don't perform as good. :thumbs:

 

 

Same here...... OEM!!

music Senior Enthusiast

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I've tried them all, and the OEM were best on mine. Oddly, I recently put a set of the cheapest autozone wipers on my old Honda... and those things work better/quieter than the Neoform I put on the truck at the same time! (The Neoform perform about the same as the high end Bosch, Michelin and RainX models to me).

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

kstruckcountry

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Thanks for the input guys! The rain x on the 3/4 ton seem to do good, I'll prolly go with the Bosch or the OEM; where's the least expensive place to get OEM wipers?

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for the input guys! The rain x on the 3/4 ton seem to do good, I'll prolly go with the Bosch or the OEM; where's the least expensive place to get OEM wipers?

 

 

 

walmart, pep boys( which is only good for buying armor all and wipers)

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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I went to the car store and picked up some Icons, buy one get one half off. Wow. Way better than the ones it had. They do a lot better job cleaning off the windshield, plus have a much cleaner, simple look. Thanks for all the input! :thumbs:

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