Good wiper blades?
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Good wiper blades?
I have some expensive frameless wipers on my IS C and they skip over the windshield even when it's raining hard. I washed the car and windshield and wiped down the blades and they still skip. I noticed when test driving various IS Cs that they all have skipping wiper blades. Is there a particular blade that will actually work well on this car?
I hhe the OEM blades
they don’t skip at all
we have 9 cars, our ISC has the best wipers
I am a wiper dork and am fascinated with them. I have been trying to figure out the oem wiper material to see if I can get similar to other cars in our fleet
they don’t skip at all
we have 9 cars, our ISC has the best wipers
I am a wiper dork and am fascinated with them. I have been trying to figure out the oem wiper material to see if I can get similar to other cars in our fleet
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I have some expensive frameless wipers on my IS C and they skip over the windshield even when it's raining hard. I washed the car and windshield and wiped down the blades and they still skip. I noticed when test driving various IS Cs that they all have skipping wiper blades. Is there a particular blade that will actually work well on this car?
My 2013 IS-C factory arms and blades work great. No noise, and they do a superb job of cleaning.
Have you applied Rain-X to your windshield? Or used a car wash that does? For some reason that seems to alter wiper blade performance. It goes back to normal once I've used alcohol to thoroughly clean the glass. That however, is just my experience with the Lexuses I've owned since 2003.
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Don’t know if you have them yet or not, however, I have always been a good advocate for OEM. Whenever those are not available I go with the trico force. Not cheap but they are fantastic. I had a cayenne turbo for which I tried every Bosch product available and they were all making noise. The trico was the ultimate solution. When I picked up our IS during a rain storm, the dealership did not replace the wipers (smh) and I had to stop at O’reilly just to have something where I could see (Portland to Seattle). The Trico’s are still going strong.
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I’ve had good luck with Bosch Icon blades on both my ISC and my RX. I live in Hawaii and the sun really is hard on anything rubber or plastic. These last quite long and are relatively inexpensive on Amazon when on sale.
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I don't get it, my 2014 Prius had blades that worked GREAT for 3 years... I mean like crazy good. I had to look up the maintenance log to confirm if it ever was replaced and it wasn't.
bought a new set for my IS350C in Oct, drove through a few rain showers since then and they're now streaking badly, even after cleaning the blade rubber. That's like 3.5 months of use. Pretty bad. If I had the time, I'd go to Lexus for a warranty claim, but it'd cost me more in hassle.
I ended up just replacing them with some Bosch Edge blades. Hopefully these last at least a year--I have good luck with Bosch in the past lasting at least 1 year (usually 2).
EDIT, Oh and the size is 22" for the driver and 19" for the passenger.
bought a new set for my IS350C in Oct, drove through a few rain showers since then and they're now streaking badly, even after cleaning the blade rubber. That's like 3.5 months of use. Pretty bad. If I had the time, I'd go to Lexus for a warranty claim, but it'd cost me more in hassle.
I ended up just replacing them with some Bosch Edge blades. Hopefully these last at least a year--I have good luck with Bosch in the past lasting at least 1 year (usually 2).
EDIT, Oh and the size is 22" for the driver and 19" for the passenger.
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I don't get it, my 2014 Prius had blades that worked GREAT for 3 years... I mean like crazy good. I had to look up the maintenance log to confirm if it ever was replaced and it wasn't.
bought a new set for my IS350C in Oct, drove through a few rain showers since then and they're now streaking badly, even after cleaning the blade rubber. That's like 3.5 months of use. Pretty bad. If I had the time, I'd go to Lexus for a warranty claim, but it'd cost me more in hassle.
I ended up just replacing them with some Bosch Edge blades. Hopefully these last at least a year--I have good luck with Bosch in the past lasting at least 1 year (usually 2).
EDIT, Oh and the size is 22" for the driver and 19" for the passenger.
bought a new set for my IS350C in Oct, drove through a few rain showers since then and they're now streaking badly, even after cleaning the blade rubber. That's like 3.5 months of use. Pretty bad. If I had the time, I'd go to Lexus for a warranty claim, but it'd cost me more in hassle.
I ended up just replacing them with some Bosch Edge blades. Hopefully these last at least a year--I have good luck with Bosch in the past lasting at least 1 year (usually 2).
EDIT, Oh and the size is 22" for the driver and 19" for the passenger.
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I ended up just getting Denso hybrid blades (conventional frame covered with plastic to prevent snow/ice buildup). Also known as the Denso "designer" blades. Work great, even in Florida. I think Toyotas come with these types of blades OEM and they last 3-4 years. I didn't get the Lexus blades with the refills. I might try Denso beam blades next.
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Michelin Stealth Ultra seem to work well for me. They look good and wipe well. For my 2015 IS350c are two choices. You need a total of 42". 24" & 18" combo, or 22" & 20" combo will work. I am using the 22/20.
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Michelin Stealth Ultra seem to work well for me. They look good and wipe well. For my 2015 IS350c are two choices. You need a total of 42". 24" & 18" combo, or 22" & 20" combo will work. I am using the 22/20.
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