The Professor recommends to clean your windshield, by hand, at least once a month. Also, use isopropyl alcohol to clean the wiper blades at least once a month. Change the blades when deemed necessary.
how often change windshield wiper blades?
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What about snow. I can have good cleaning wiper blades in rain but I get snow/ice built up on them and need to stop fairly frequently to knock the ice off them, even with the blower blowing high heat. This usually happens in fast falling heavy snows. Would those "snow blades" be better in keeping the ice build up off the windshield?
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Buying the expensive ones and replacing them once a years works in Florida, and we have intense UV light, and heavy rain.
Never buy the low cost Bosch or Ance wipers. I frequently see them fail in 3 months
Never buy the low cost Bosch or Ance wipers. I frequently see them fail in 3 months
Originally Posted By: dparm
Every spring and every fall. My father worked in Bosch's wiper division for 25 years and this is the advice he gave me.
Six months, too, and I usually go for Bosch or OEM (that was OEM for my Audi, anyhow) - there are regular sales on them up here.
Every spring and every fall. My father worked in Bosch's wiper division for 25 years and this is the advice he gave me.
Six months, too, and I usually go for Bosch or OEM (that was OEM for my Audi, anyhow) - there are regular sales on them up here.
Originally Posted By: dparm
Bosch paid for third party studies years ago and found it creates a very unsafe condition at night where the water droplets act like tiny lenses to blind the driver from other headlamps.
Link? I been using Rain X since 09, I have put it on all of my family members cars and even friends cars. Not one has complained about being blinded by other headlamps. All of them love how they have increased Visibility in the rain.
So I really am interested where this "Study" is.
Bosch paid for third party studies years ago and found it creates a very unsafe condition at night where the water droplets act like tiny lenses to blind the driver from other headlamps.
Link? I been using Rain X since 09, I have put it on all of my family members cars and even friends cars. Not one has complained about being blinded by other headlamps. All of them love how they have increased Visibility in the rain.
So I really am interested where this "Study" is.
THANKS EVERYONE!!!!
will replace wipers, all cars, today!!!
let it snow!!!!
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bob
will replace wipers, all cars, today!!!
let it snow!!!!
best
bob
I usually replace them once a year in the spring. But lately I've been doing it more often, like every 6 months. There seems to be a point where no matter how much you clean the WW blades, they still jump, streak, smear, etc., and that is when I replace them. Some last a lot longer than others, of course. The original WW blades on our Fusion, which is 13 months and just under 11,000 miles old, still wipe perfectly. Then again, my wife drives the Fusion usually, and she doesn't use the WW blades as compulsively as I do... I wipe the windscreen at the first sign of dirt appearing
I should invest in WW blades and fluid...
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Originally Posted By: dparm
Bosch paid for third party studies years ago and found it creates a very unsafe condition at night where the water droplets act like tiny lenses to blind the driver from other headlamps.
Link? I been using Rain X since 09, I have put it on all of my family members cars and even friends cars. Not one has complained about being blinded by other headlamps. All of them love how they have increased Visibility in the rain.
So I really am interested where this "Study" is.
I used to use Rain-X, but I grew to hate the stuff. The beading is cool, and it helps on the highway. But in every car I've owned with Rain-X, as soon as it starts to wear off, the blades streak and the windscreen 'fogs' or hazes on the outside, making visibility (especially at night) awful.
Not only that, but Rain-X is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to remove after you've applied it. The only stuff I've found to work is this stuff called 'GS8 Auto Glass Stripper' from ACE Hardware. I applied it three times to get all of the Rain-X off. When explaining the concept of Rain-X to my wife, she said it best: "I'll just use my wiper bralds to remove the water". That is what they're intented for, anyhow
plus, watching water sheet is cool!
Originally Posted By: dparm
Bosch paid for third party studies years ago and found it creates a very unsafe condition at night where the water droplets act like tiny lenses to blind the driver from other headlamps.
Link? I been using Rain X since 09, I have put it on all of my family members cars and even friends cars. Not one has complained about being blinded by other headlamps. All of them love how they have increased Visibility in the rain.
So I really am interested where this "Study" is.
I used to use Rain-X, but I grew to hate the stuff. The beading is cool, and it helps on the highway. But in every car I've owned with Rain-X, as soon as it starts to wear off, the blades streak and the windscreen 'fogs' or hazes on the outside, making visibility (especially at night) awful.
Not only that, but Rain-X is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to remove after you've applied it. The only stuff I've found to work is this stuff called 'GS8 Auto Glass Stripper' from ACE Hardware. I applied it three times to get all of the Rain-X off. When explaining the concept of Rain-X to my wife, she said it best: "I'll just use my wiper bralds to remove the water". That is what they're intented for, anyhow
I replace mine on average once a year. My criteria is whenever they start streaking, or just not clearing well, and cleaning doesn't help, or only helps for a short time. For the rear wiper, I'm less picky, so it's just whenever it doesn't clear enough for me to see.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY!! replaced wipers today!!!!
best
Bob
best
Bob
Ideally, I'd do them every spring. They take a beating running over ice in the winter and the rainy spring is when I need them to perform best.
you can probably get more than a year out of them but streaking seems to start after a year and it depends how bad you want them to get by 3 years I would say you will for sure need new ones.
I change mine once they don't wipe the windshield cleanly. I can take a streak or two but when it's bad (especially in the winter), I change them.
On my Civic, it seems to eat wiper blades after 6-8 months since my car isn't garaged.
On my Civic, it seems to eat wiper blades after 6-8 months since my car isn't garaged.
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