larger wipers
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From: Washington state
anyone found any brand of wiper replacement arms that the paint on top doesn't sun and weather beat off.
been using Anco but last pair look like they have been thru a Road Warrior movie and are only 2 years old, bare metal?
been using Anco but last pair look like they have been thru a Road Warrior movie and are only 2 years old, bare metal?
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Kansas
Originally Posted by ken1mod
I don't know why ferd put such little wipers on a nice large windshield like my aero has, but I replaced them with much larger ones and now I can see forever.
Ken
Ken
If you replaced the 22 inch wipers with bigger ones, what size did you use?
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I put a 24" on the drivers side and stock 22" on the passenger side, both teflon. Wife doesn't seem to care one way or the other. Remember it will only stick out one inch more on either end. On the rear wiper, I replaced the arm with OEM part and installed stock size teflon, works a 100% better.
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From: North Jersey, New Jersey
As long as the wiper blade isn't wiping over the glass gasket you can go bigger I'm sure that over wiping will cause premature wear.
I remember when I replaced my stock original rear wiper with a Bosch I accidentally put the pin in the wrong hole on the blade and it was draping over the rubber gasket and not wiping properly.
Man that stock wiper was on there I felt like I was going to break the pin especially since I never removed a pin type wiper arm before I didn't know how much force to use. Luckily the newer wipers have a clip release so you just push in the clip and remove.
I remember when I replaced my stock original rear wiper with a Bosch I accidentally put the pin in the wrong hole on the blade and it was draping over the rubber gasket and not wiping properly.
Man that stock wiper was on there I felt like I was going to break the pin especially since I never removed a pin type wiper arm before I didn't know how much force to use. Luckily the newer wipers have a clip release so you just push in the clip and remove.
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Originally Posted by Aftrmidnite
I put a 24" on the drivers side and stock 22" on the passenger side, both teflon. Wife doesn't seem to care one way or the other. Remember it will only stick out one inch more on either end. On the rear wiper, I replaced the arm with OEM part and installed stock size teflon, works a 100% better.
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Originally Posted by 96_4wdr
anyone found any brand of wiper replacement arms that the paint on top doesn't sun and weather beat off.
been using Anco but last pair look like they have been thru a Road Warrior movie and are only 2 years old, bare metal?
been using Anco but last pair look like they have been thru a Road Warrior movie and are only 2 years old, bare metal?
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From: North Jersey, New Jersey
I replace mine every year and a half or so two years max as long as you don't use them in the winter when your windshield is iced (tears up the rubber which causes them to leave streaks when its raining) they should last about that long.
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From: Southern California
Originally Posted by 93nighthawk
Who replaces blades? I leave mine on until they seperate from the arm. 
For snow and ice, you need razor blades, not dinky wipers
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From: Mitchell, SD
Originally Posted by copper_90680
It doesn't rain where you live, Nighthawk! For snow and ice, you need razor blades, not dinky wipers
For snow and ice, you need razor blades, not dinky wipers 
I just hate changing wiper blades, just call me goofy.
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When I was in High School one of the guys made linear induction wiper blades for a Science project. The wiper was the armature, the field windings were all the way across above and below the windshield. The wiper blades parked themselves on the "A" piller on either side of the windshield. The really neat thing was the whole windshield was wiped, not just two arcs.