Windshield Smear’ers

[Zimm]

Yea, this morning at 5am was my first foray in the dark with freezing road spray. The wiper blades were definitely low bid.

 

[angstorms]

Here what I replaced them with, OEM blades are not always the great on any car I owned for winter.

 

[MurphyMurph]

I agree, they aren’t the best. Skip like mad in light rain.

I tried a nice (expensive) set from the local parts store and they were marginally better. Tried the set of Michelin from Costco and they were much better. Now I have 3 sets of front wipers, lol. Living in western Washington I need good wipers though. It rains like 200 days a year.

 

[Skydance]

I agree, they aren’t the best. Skip like mad in light rain.

I tried a nice (expensive) set from the local parts store and they were marginally better. Tried the set of Michelin from Costco and they were much better. Now I have 3 sets of front wipers, lol. Living in western Washington I need good wipers though. It rains like 200 days a year.

The Michelin Hybrid are very good. I’ve tried them. But the best is Denso Hybrid which looks marginally better.

 

[Dopplemax]

Ceramic coat and xpel the wind screen too.

 

[shiv.nandak]

I agree, they aren’t the best. Skip like mad in light rain.

I tried a nice (expensive) set from the local parts store and they were marginally better. Tried the set of Michelin from Costco and they were much better. Now I have 3 sets of front wipers, lol. Living in western Washington I need good wipers though. It rains like 200 days a year.

I mentioned this in another thread, but will post here again in case it helps you or anyone else. Summary is that after trying rain-x, bosch and stock blades - dense were the only ones that have not skipped a single time for me. Less skipping = less ice build up in heavy storms.

Windscreen wipers effectiveness

Does anyone know how to take the wipers off? The manual mentions a retaining clip, but I can't figure out where it is. Just flip the plastic cover off and at the end of the u bend, use your thumb to pry open the clip whilst pulling the wipers off at the same time.

www.theineosforum.com

 

[Zimm]

I didn’t have any skipping, it just seems like weak pressure on the windscreen that shows as a lack of squeegee effect. Maybe that’s the same cause as the skipping.

 

[Skydance]

I didn’t have any skipping, it just seems like weak pressure on the windscreen that shows as a lack of squeegee effect. Maybe that’s the same cause as the skipping.

Basically the old school wipers have a metal blade ensuring even pressure along the whole blade on curved windscreen and also they are slightly taller to allow a good contact angle. Hybrids are basically old school blades wrapped up in an aerodynamic shell to make it look modern.

 

[parb]

I have protection film on my windshield. No skipping.

 

[Catpaw4x4]

The Michelin Hybrid are very good. I’ve tried them. But the best is Denso Hybrid which looks marginally better.

Agree - very sleek looking!

 

[Emil]

Thank you for pointing me at the Denso. My factory wiper blade on the driver’s side smeared in the overlap area of the two wiping areas. I replaced it with the Denso Hybrid DU-040L (left-hand driven car). The wiper blade does its job very well in winter conditions (snow, rain, salt; snow/ice in the morning on the windshield) at all speeds and temperatures. No need to change the blade on the passenger side. At seven Euros per piece very reasonably priced. I found different lenghts in paper specs, apparently due to inch/mm conversion but blade lengths are indeed identical. Design-wise, the Denso looks indeed better but I do not think anybody would notice that I currently have different models installed. The picture shows Denso top, factory bottom.