Lets talk Wipers - Page 2

**roy365** · 10-09-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadRiver

looks like you guys narrowed it to bosh or icons

i got a parking ticket and when i went to lift it from under my wiper i noticed it was ripped... dammit!

so far not a huge deal but when winter hits i'm sure it'll be destroyed.

Bosch makes the Icon line of wipers. You won't be disappointed sir!

grnTitan04 · 10-09-2007, 11:09 AM

I have had the RainX, and this is my second Michelin set, they are equals, but they both can't make it through one Northern OH winter.

The Icons are $20 a piece!

Have to try them next anyway if everyone thinks they are da'shiite.

**giffordt** · 10-09-2007, 11:12 AM

Just replaced mine yesterday with the Icon's. Part # 424A for the driver's side and 422B for the passenger's side. They are on sale at Advance Auto Parts for 25% off.

**roy365** · 10-09-2007, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by giffordt

Just replaced mine yesterday with the Icon's. Part # 424A for the driver's side and 422B for the passenger's side. They are on sale at Advance Auto Parts for 25% off.

And......i think they offer free shipping after a specific total.

BuckyBadger · 10-09-2007, 01:17 PM

Thanks guys...You made this a pretty simple choice for me

Dom249 · 10-09-2007, 01:57 PM

Yeah Ive had the bosch and now I have the rain-x. They both work very sickly awsome

ZeroPt99 · 10-09-2007, 02:32 PM

I just make my girlfriend crawl out on the hood with a squeegee when we're going down the road and it starts to rain.

She complains a bit, but I think my truck's worth it.

**DeadRiver** · 10-09-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeroPt99

I just make my girlfriend crawl out on the hood with a squeegee when we're going down the road and it starts to rain.

She complains a bit, but I think my truck's worth it.

what if she scratches your hood?

ZeroPt99 · 10-09-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadRiver

what if she scratches your hood?

That's why I make her take her clothes off first. Try and keep up, man.

dragonhead08 · 10-10-2007, 12:24 PM

Just picked up a set of the icons last night. Damn they're good. Quiet as sin and zero streaks. Way better then the PIAA's I had before. The Piaas where quiet too but always left on streak that would never go away no matter how I cleaned them. I made sure to prep them too using the wipe that comes with them. I'm picking up another set tonight for the wifes car. I have to admit they are way pricey though, but I'm sure to suck it up the next storm we have.

On another note. Is there any particular way to maintain them?

**roy365** · 10-10-2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dragonhead08

Just picked up a set of the icons last night. Damn they're good. Quiet as sin and zero streaks. Way better then the PIAA's I had before. The Piaas where quiet too but always left on streak that would never go away no matter how I cleaned them. I made sure to prep them too using the wipe that comes with them. I'm picking up another set tonight for the wifes car. I have to admit they are way pricey though, but I'm sure to suck it up the next storm we have.

On another note. Is there any particular way to maintain them?

Funny you ask about maintaining them.....i had read before that if you take a cloth with some rubbing alcohol and wipe them it helps get some of the trash off. (kinda like a window seal/sill when you install rainouts) I dont know if this helps life of wiper or not, just kinda cleans them if you are getting some streaks.

ZeroPt99 · 10-10-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by roy365

Funny you ask about maintaining them.....i had read before that if you take a cloth with some rubbing alcohol and wipe them it helps get some of the trash off. (kinda like a window seal/sill when you install rainouts) I dont know if this helps life of wiper or not, just kinda cleans them if you are getting some streaks.

Rubbing alcohol works great, but some of the newer types of wipers (I don't know about the ICONs, but some types of Bosch wipers I've bought in the past did) have graphite on the blades, like some kind of dusting or something. The first time you clean them with rubbing alcohol, you wipe that off.

Kinda like cleaning your carpet with bleach I guess. It WILL come clean, but it may not ever look right again.

Okay, it's not really remotely like cleaning your carpet with bleach. I'm bad with examples.

**roy365** · 10-10-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeroPt99

Rubbing alcohol works great, but some of the newer types of wipers (I don't know about the ICONs, but some types of Bosch wipers I've bought in the past did) have graphite on the blades, like some kind of dusting or something. The first time you clean them with rubbing alcohol, you wipe that off.

Kinda like cleaning your carpet with bleach I guess. It WILL come clean, but it may not ever look right again.

Okay, it's not really remotely like cleaning your carpet with bleach. I'm bad with examples.

Ok.....just tell me if your girlfriend is naked while doing the carpet cleaning as well????

Miked1 · 10-10-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by roy365

Ok.....just tell me if your girlfriend is naked while doing the carpet cleaning as well????

Doesn't everyone's GF, wifey do it like that ? Ditto the vacuming/tile scrubbing !

Treebasher · 10-10-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by roy365

Ok.....just tell me if your girlfriend is naked while doing the carpet cleaning as well????

If a girl was cleaning their carpet...never mind.