Your local Costco may be clearing out tneir Michelin wipers for $4.97. They are made by Trico/Pylon which is of course First Brands. I’ve stocked up for two cars. YMMV.
Michelin wipers at Costco, $4.97 on clearance. YMMV.
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I've had a set of those on my beater Saturn for three years and they're still good. Recommend.
Owen Lucas
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Yep, saw them too. Rain X Washer Fluid box of 2 for under $8 as well. Time to stock up and get IDK 5 boxes, should last all year.
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I went through two sets of these wipers on my Civic and they didn’t last very long at all before they started streaking.
Indeed, the two Costcos I have been to in the last week have the wipers at $4.97. Picked up a couple initially. Was not happy with the adapters for my P3 Volvo (required two adapters stacked- I believe “B” and “C”). Instructions and markings on the adapters were not very clear for the stacked configuration. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the wipers functioned, so I am happy with them after the initial installation dissatisfaction. Picked up a few more.
I saw this the other day.. they were missing 3/4 the big sizes
had tons of 20" to 15"
very little to none of 22"+ except one size (not the one I needed)
Price is pretty good they are beam wipers.
but rockauto.com is about the same.. provided you buy more stuff to split up the shipping (air filter, cabin air filter etc)
had tons of 20" to 15"
very little to none of 22"+ except one size (not the one I needed)
Price is pretty good they are beam wipers.
but rockauto.com is about the same.. provided you buy more stuff to split up the shipping (air filter, cabin air filter etc)
Those are the worst wipers ever. Never again.
f355spider
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My experience as well. From rainy Seattle....
I also used these Michelin blades from walmart in the conventional type wiper blade for my friend's 16 CX-5. Worst wiper I've ever seen in my life, they dry rotted/streaking in ONLY 2 months! And my friend's car doesn't sit around nor in the sun! I took those off and replaced them with Mazda's original blades (not the value ones) and bam! perfect wiping, rubber lasted about a year before I replaced the rubber with Mazda again.
You can see why First Brands stuff (Michelin branded blades are part of that group) has gone out of business, pure junk.
You can see why First Brands stuff (Michelin branded blades are part of that group) has gone out of business, pure junk.
4wd
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I just put both Bosch and Michelin beam style on our two Tahoes at the same time. We will see how that goes …
4wd
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You know, there was a time when wipers were cheap and the mounts were pretty darn universal - so come springtime - I’d change them in the side parking lot at AZ. Not anymore
A tip from a mechanic make sure to clean your windshield before installing new blades. Seen plenty of people complain they put new blades on and they streaked. Well that can happen when you take a nice new clean blade and put it on a row of dirt still on the windshield.
And if your blades are still intact but not working well take a paper towel and wet it with rubbing alcohol, glass cleaner will also work ok. And wipe the blade while turning the towel over. This will remove most of the dirt the blade picks up and make it work again.
And if your blades are still intact but not working well take a paper towel and wet it with rubbing alcohol, glass cleaner will also work ok. And wipe the blade while turning the towel over. This will remove most of the dirt the blade picks up and make it work again.
It’s hit or miss with me, mine started to get streaky two months in. They’re fine on the beater van we have. And on my dad’s daily driver, no issues from him.
I personally prefer OEM. But I’ll buy these to avoid FLAPS markup.