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05-08-2008, 01:46 PM | #1 |
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Bomb wiper blades, FOR THOSE THAT ACCEPT NO LESS.
Bosch is running a promo on their new wiper blades, All season Evolution wiper blades. They are the newest bracketless design, and it looks super nice. Buy one get one free with mail in rebate.
Parts stores usually run specials on wiper blades similar to these, like the Bosch Icon & more. The better part about the Bosch ones are that they integrate a cover on the portion that attaches to your wiper blade, allowing a cleaner look. I have a set of these on my car and they are SO nice. One swipe and all the water is off the windshield. I remember replacing them initially on the 240 and visibility went WAY up during rain. Even during summer, a few passes with these and all the bird poo would be swiped off my window. S13 runs 20" for driver & passenger side, but I've found you can run 21" and even up to 22" on the driver side for fuller coverage of the window. I personally run 21" on both sides, allows slightly more window coverage. S14 runs 21" driver, 20" passenger but i'm sure you can run slightly higher than this.. To prep your car for the best performance from the wiper blades, I suggest buying 0000 Steel Wool (ultrafine) and WETscrubbing your windshield with it prior to changing the wiper blades (scrub with water). Also, use distilled or drinking water from those .25 cent machines in your wiper fluid tank. Both have considerably less minerals than tap water, and dries spotless. It's cheap too! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_auto?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=bosch+evolution&x=11&y=30 Around $15 total cost after MIR! MIR link: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image.../160855530.pdf Ends may 30! Last edited by Anto; 05-08-2008 at 03:51 PM.. |
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05-08-2008, 01:49 PM | #2 |
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This was the most in depth wiper blade thread ever.
Sounds like a sales pitch actually but I appreciate nice wipers....
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05-08-2008, 02:00 PM | #3 |
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I have them on my car now actually and the work great. It's been only 3 weeks so we'll see how they hold up in the coming months. previous to that I had 3 sets or various wipers that just sucked big time. (between 10-13 per unit) Smears, noises and squeeeking!!! Makes my blood crawl.
These so far have been great. NO real noise and sinse there are no pressure points the conform easily to the shape of the window. When I first put them on the passenger side was not touching the window but with a little adjustment it was all good. I think that was due to the arm and not the wiper though. |
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i dont use wipers.
i dont have them on either of my cars
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Yea, wipers are one of those little things that can make driving a lot better.
Been looking for some decent ones for the new car, seems the more expensive I go, the shittier they work.
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I use whichever is on sale in store when I go to get blades, I always use either Bosch, Rain-X, or Michelin... Right now, I have the Michelin ones on the car and the Rain-X ones in that box of replacement shit in the corner of my room.
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05-08-2008, 02:32 PM | #10 |
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Rain-X wiper fluid additive beats everything.
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That works fine for those who still have the washer shit still installed... I am planning to remove and fill where the nozzles were when the car is painted.
Keeping the windshield freshly rain-x'd goes far though, I do it every couple or few weeks. |
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looks like a pretty good deal...no wonder ive seen so many civic hatches with them on their ride....i like my PIAA ones
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05-08-2008, 03:09 PM | #14 |
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Get silicone blades and never look back.
Rubber blades, bracketless or not go bad quickly. My Silblade wipers(with the outdated brackets) lasted years(in dry socal summers) and still worked like new. $10-$15 each on amazon |
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also for those of you who want the ability to drive in rain without your windshield wipers, look into
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i bought rain-x for my shitbeater winter car, it fucken blows. It lasted ONE MONTH... GAY GAY GAY
I have two year old wipers (low profile flat ones no idea what brand frm canadian tire) they lasted a year or less but I need to replace them. I was thinking about piaa silicone ones... but i dunno... now seeing these im tempted... 15 bux for one and free one in return... why not... how do they compare to piaa silicone ones they are 20 each... lol at some of the comments +1 rep to u guys |
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I've been thinking about those too. I'm definitely gonna buy silicone next time. Hey, if it's good enough for titties, it's good enough for me!
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05-08-2008, 03:53 PM | #20 |
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You use water with the steel wool, 0000 is ultrafine & is meant to polish out things. The equivalent is using claybar, but since it's glass claybar isn't necessary.
0000 won't scratch, just use water with it (drinking preferably). |
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I just read on a link i found on google to do it dry... *shrugs* Probably doesn't matter much. Other people said they used different cleaners with it, or water. I think one even said they used car wax with it.
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05-08-2008, 04:12 PM | #23 |
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Yeah I think I waxed all the glass on my car once.
It was hot. All the glass were blang as fuck. My front windshield has been scratched pretty good though, probably from the fucktard previous owner fag kid that left his wipers on when it wasn't raining anymore for days or something. |
05-08-2008, 06:58 PM | #29 |
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theres a trick to making shitty wiper blades work like magic. silicone spray. go buy a can and soak your wiper blades in it. then wipe them off real well and try them out. it basically rain x's your windsheild every time you use them.
piaa does the same thing with their blades, they just call them "silicone infused" silicone is good for rubber and it soaks in pretty well too. if you dont beleive me, try it out with an old used set of blades and then try the car out in the rain. ill bet money on the fact that it blows you away.
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