I have them, I don't find them to be that great. They do a good job and they cost me about $17.00. I think that they are better than what is out there, I still get some streaking that is my main complaint. Might have gotten a bad set.
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I've tried both the Michelin and Anco versions of these and laugh every time I see that Rain-X ad. Neither one of the two I tried were worth a sh-t when the weather got below freezing because they couldn't conform to the curvature of the Tundra windshield and left gaps in their coverage mostly at the outer edge. They did get a little better once the cab warmed up but still didn't contact the width of the blades. They do work great when it's warmer outside.
Larry
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If a combo of all these whizz bangs met their claims you'd have to siphon gas out of your tank every second day and sell the excess horsepower on the third????
If your engine doesn't consume ANY oil it will seize???
Some people should not be allowed access to tools without books!!!
Get Actual Rain-X. The stuff in the little bottle. It cleared up my glass really good. When my windshield was wet, all these streaky thinngs that looked kinda like soap marks or something. Rain-X was the only thing that fixed it. I tried everything i could, even clay barring it diddnt work.
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Try PIAA. Mine have lasted six years and are finally starting to miss in a few places...and I can get new inserts, don't have to get carriers and blades so it's cheaper.
Ditto that. Have had mine for 4 years and still work like new.
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Try PIAA. Mine have lasted six years and are finally starting to miss in a few places...and I can get new inserts, don't have to get carriers and blades so it's cheaper.
Go with silicone. You can't beat those. I have Silblade. Guranteed for 5 years from everything, including cracking. With the heat were I live, I have had tons of luck. One of my blades had a small crack on one side. This did not affect the blade at all, but I wanted to see if they really guranteed it. I called up silblade and they sent me a brand new one, free of charge.
I have used PIAA's before and did not have luck with them. lasted less than a year.
I second the Rain-X cleaner. If you first use the Rain-X glass cleaner and then apply the actual Rain-X repellent you won't care what wipers you have because you'll barely ever need them. And the guy at the truck performance store that I go to told me all the toyota windshields have sum chemical on them i forget what he called it, but anyways unless you use a really good glass cleaner, like rain-x (not windex) it wont go away. as soon as i used the rain-x glass cleaner mine stopped streaking. My dads still streak, and his hasn't been cleaned yet.
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I am currently testing the Rain-X wipers right now. I use the 19" blades and they haven't streaked yet in the last month and a half of rain here. I used tp use Rain-X repellent too now I just wax the windshield when I get my truck washed and it's just as good and lasts longer. We'll see how these wiper blades survive a hot summer of dust and washer fluid.
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I tried Rain-X wipers on my BMW 740, started out OK, but did not last very long at all before the chatter started back up. I was getting a little chatter in my Tundra, switched to the new Bosch Icon bracketless blades, WOW! Very smooth, with no noise at all. Bought a set for the BMW too, now it is quieter than it has EVER been. BMW 740's are pretty notorious for blade chatter with standard blades. They are made differently for left and right side even in the same length, "A" for driver side, "B" for passenger. The spring molded into the blade must be curved more for the "outside" of the windshield to keep it in contact better.
No long usage yet, the Tundra ones have only been on for 4 months, hope they last a decent time. My daughter has them on her Sequoia though, been on about 8 months if I remember correctly. Pretty expensive though, around $18-20 per blade. If I get decent life out of them they will be my standard blades from now on.
Rain-X Wiper Blades
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