Windshield Wiper Blades--

[petek]

Try the Aquapel treatment sometime. Either do it yourself or some businesses will do it for you. It's also offered at GM dealers and is in the parts list as Delco windshield repellant rebadged Aquapel. It works so well you barely have to turn your wipers on in many situations

 

[sudsmaster]

Does the Aquapel work on back and side windows?

 

[mattl]

Aquapel looks interesting. will give it a try.

 

[polkanut]

I work for O'Reilly's, and by far Trico is our biggest seller.  Not a lot of money, but a good reasonably priced & dependable blade that is just as good as the expensive Bosch or Rain-X brands that we sell.

 

[countryguy]

I use the Rain-X treatment on the front, side and rear window as well as the exterior mirrors...works great in repelling the water. Just spray on, wait a couple of minutes and buff.

Gary

 

[petek]

Not that it won't work on side windows but it would be a waste. It works well on the back. The glass must be thoroughly cleaned before applying

 

[kb0nes]

The best wiper blades you can buy are the ones at the part counter at the car dealership. In most cases you can simply buy the inserts for a couple dollars each and slide them into the factory blade. At least until someone makes the mistake of junking the factory blade in favor for an inferior aftermarket one... Once I bought a used car that had aftermarket blades, I bought new OEM blades for that car.

I've replaced the Honda factory inserts only twice on my 2010 car. Both times due to tears from freezing to the window. The Honda wipers are the best I have ever had on any car.

As for Rain-X it is kinda neat when it is really fresh when the Ice coats the window. But for rain I think it is dangerous. It creates tiny micro droplets on the window due to the high surface tension. Driving in sun showers can create horrible glare problems. I don't ever want anything on the glass that mucks up the wiper action.

 

[countryguy]

I've used Rain-X for years and have driven in every kind of rain/ice/snow condition possible without a problem.

 

[sudsmaster]

I'm talking about the mist that forms overnight on car glass parked outside.

 

 

[askolover]

I've been using the one-piece blades for a few years and have had good results with them.  However, on my 01 VW Beetle I recently went back to genuine VW blades as they are curved and have a special wind deflector built into them to keep them down on the curved glass better than the blade ones did.  They still last 2-3 years and will usually begin to split before their wiping performance suffers.