Not sure if unkosher to ask here, but my friend has a problem with his passenger side replacement RainX latitude wiper on a Benz S430, the 28 is supposed to fit nicely, and does on the driver side, but the passenger side is touching the right side of the car (A pillar?).

Can he go down to a 26 inch?
What is a sister and best Benz forum, like our CL club?
Anyone have similar issue with Lexus, and do you downsize?

 

I can check the length on my CL sometime later..

Try mbworld.org or mymbonline.com

 

mbworld?? im sure a 26 will work fine but it just wont clean the top and side of the windshield like factory speced.

 

Well the 28's touch and I actually installed them upside down so they don't touch touch the A pillar, and they barely swipe the windshield. So 26 can only be better at this point.

 

You could try Benzworld.org for info.

 

what type do you use for your CL?

 

Usually driver and passenger side have different length wipers, did you check that first?

I would suspect the 26 should be fine, but like others have said you may end up with an unwiped bit up at the top.

 

Should be fine with the 26" blade. The wipers normally swipe a much larger area than needed to view, so having a 1/2"- 1" less wipe at the very top will probably be barely noticeable. Also, are you sure it calls for 28" on both sides? Like what was already mentioned, many cars require different lengths for driver and passenger. Usually the passenger side has a slightly shorter blade.

 

So now we have the Rain X with P and H adapter 28 driver and 26 passenger, but the latest issue is that they are installed upside down, because right side up, the arm puts too much pressure on the center and creates a bubble, oddly, upside down works. Secondlt, OEM seems to be 27 / 27 from Bosch. I hate Benz, love my Lex.