I had some of the icons and they weren't wiping good enought. Took them back and the guy said I had the wrong ones on my truck, 424a was the part#. bought some rain x and they work pretty good for $20 for both. Might be getting some of the lattitudes to c if they're good in cold icy weather.

 

Three years on the Bosch, still doing great.

MikeyB

 

Go with the bosch icons, well worth the money. They work great in all conditions, even in heavy wet snow, and they do not flutter on the windshield at highway ( or higher) speeds. I am on my second set. Have been running them since 50,000 miles and at 73,000 plus on the truck now.

 

I just got me a pair of ANCO® Contour Premium Profile Blades....according to a rep for Anco they hold the patient to the "contour design" looking at a cross section of the Anco an the bosh Icons the Ancos look sturdier……

 

Went ahead and bought the new michelins from walmart got the 26" instead of the 24" they work and run pretty smooth. Just wasting away on wipers.

 

I buy the cheapest blades I can get. We have torrential winters here, and even the $3.50 walmart blades will last all year as long as they are kept clean. I replace them every year, but at $3.50/blade, I'll gladly replace them every year. Anyone too lazy to wipe things from their wiper blades when necessary.. well.. Im not too sure what to say about that. It doesn't take THAT long.
Scott

 

I simply MUST put wiper blades on the 03. Can't afford to spend much. Going to see what they have at O'Reillys when we go there later.

 

Man, you guys are complaining about 6 months to a year on wiper blades. When I still lived in Pennsylvania, I got a set that had "remember to change your blades every 6 months" somewhere inside. I thought "6 months? I wish I could get 6 weeks!". I think that set might have almost made it a month before I could no longer keep them from streaking. I would buy the cheapest wipers I could find, because even the Bosch and Michelin blades wouldn't make it more than 2 months.

I think blade life would be considerably longer if they would set the washers up to squirt a little fluid out before the blade starts moving, so it's not making its first pass and a half on a dry windshield.

What am I thinking? Chrysler had this figured out and in some cars back in the mid 90s. Must be the dealers weren't selling enough blades.