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I have come to the conclusion that all of them only last 4-6 months, regardlesss if I paid $15 each or $5 each. (In the Florida heat anyway.) I have started using the generic ones at Walmart for $4.97. (Forgot the brand name)
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Good ole cheap tricos, I've tried all the fancy moonbeam stuff, the bosch and rain-x. I keep putting the tricos back on with cheap refills. No reason to ever replace a good wiper blade frame, just the rubber get's old, refills are cheap if the frame is a standard size.
Though I do think I'll give these silicone refills a try. PIAA | Wiper Refills
Though I do think I'll give these silicone refills a try. PIAA | Wiper Refills
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Agree with RainX fluid treatment and crusty old blades... But it never rains in Southern...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pyC7WnvLT4#t=55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pyC7WnvLT4#t=55
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[QUOTE=wpnaes;14961156]Agree with RainX fluid treatment and crusty old blades... But it never rains in Southern...
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Anything on or under them will affect their life and performance. Mine chatter when it is real cold, I guess they are too hard.
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I'm a big Bosch fan all across the board
until I got their wiper blades...
The first time I got Bosch Icons I was VERY dissapointed with their performance so I called up Bosch to complain. The customer service rep said that I might have a older set and the rubber might not be up to spec and sent out a brand new pair.
The new set was just as crappy as the one it was supposed to replace.
A few years later I bought another set of Icons for a different vehicle and had the same mediocre performance.
The first time I saw wiper blades on sale I picked up a set for less than the cost of ONE of the Bosch blades. It wasn't any fancy popular brand and didn't make any magical claims but they worked just as good if not better and didn't squeak at all.
Although the Bosch customer service was fantastic, their wiper blades suck.
until I got their wiper blades...
The first time I got Bosch Icons I was VERY dissapointed with their performance so I called up Bosch to complain. The customer service rep said that I might have a older set and the rubber might not be up to spec and sent out a brand new pair.
The new set was just as crappy as the one it was supposed to replace.
A few years later I bought another set of Icons for a different vehicle and had the same mediocre performance.
The first time I saw wiper blades on sale I picked up a set for less than the cost of ONE of the Bosch blades. It wasn't any fancy popular brand and didn't make any magical claims but they worked just as good if not better and didn't squeak at all.
Although the Bosch customer service was fantastic, their wiper blades suck.
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Trico replacement blades are getting hard to find here. Everyone one seems to carry the entire wiper blade and arm assembly, but not the blade alone.
When I first bought my '97 F-150, I was meticulous at keeping everything on it "Ford". For 6 or 7 years, I even put Ford wiper blades back on it. They cost about twice what the Trico had, but they lasted close to 18 months. I quit using those blades only because I "promised" (swore?) to the dealership that I wasn't coming back due to the lousy treatment that they were giving me on another matter.
When I first bought my '97 F-150, I was meticulous at keeping everything on it "Ford". For 6 or 7 years, I even put Ford wiper blades back on it. They cost about twice what the Trico had, but they lasted close to 18 months. I quit using those blades only because I "promised" (swore?) to the dealership that I wasn't coming back due to the lousy treatment that they were giving me on another matter.
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Trico replacement blades are getting hard to find here. Everyone one seems to carry the entire wiper blade and arm assembly, but not the blade alone.
When I first bought my '97 F-150, I was meticulous at keeping everything on it "Ford". For 6 or 7 years, I even put Ford wiper blades back on it. They cost about twice what the Trico had, but they lasted close to 18 months. I quit using those blades only because I "promised" (swore?) to the dealership that I wasn't coming back due to the lousy treatment that they were giving me on another matter.
When I first bought my '97 F-150, I was meticulous at keeping everything on it "Ford". For 6 or 7 years, I even put Ford wiper blades back on it. They cost about twice what the Trico had, but they lasted close to 18 months. I quit using those blades only because I "promised" (swore?) to the dealership that I wasn't coming back due to the lousy treatment that they were giving me on another matter.
On the blades; I think they are going more towards selling you the whole thing nowadays.
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I am thinking of trying the Trico model that has the little wing that supposedly creates downforce on the wiper, making it wipe better.
When I bought my used Outback, those Tricos were on it, and I think I recall liking their performance.
When I bought my used Outback, those Tricos were on it, and I think I recall liking their performance.
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Only in a wind tunnel unless you are on the freeway.
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I do like those, and have seen a performance improvement. Not so much but some on more vertical windshields like ours. But more on cars with more shallow windshield angles.
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Fleet Mechanic
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My local stores don't put them out in the isle anymore with the rest of the blades, presumably cause they make more selling the whole assembly. However if you ask they do have them behind the counter.
I do like those, and have seen a performance improvement. Not so much but some on more vertical windshields like ours. But more on cars with more shallow windshield angles.
I do like those, and have seen a performance improvement. Not so much but some on more vertical windshields like ours. But more on cars with more shallow windshield angles.
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Colorado
Takes me 25 minutes to get to town at freeway speeds on these roads out here, so I would see a benefit. 
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